मध्यमो ह्येष तत्त्वस्य धर्मः क्षत्रोपजीवनम् । रथनागाश्वचरितं जघन्यं च चिकित्सितम्
madhyamo hyeṣa tattvasya dharmaḥ kṣatropajīvanam | rathanāgāśvacaritaṃ jaghanyaṃ ca cikitsitam
Diz-se que este é o dever mediano em princípio: o sustento pelo modo kṣatriya—lidando com carros, elefantes e cavalos; ao passo que a ocupação mais baixa é tida como a prática da medicina.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (contextual attribution for Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic tableau: sages enumerate livelihoods; behind them appear vignettes—war chariots, elephants, horses—contrasted with a physician’s tools, illustrating the stated hierarchy.
The Purāṇic lens emphasizes alignment of livelihood with one’s prescribed social-duty framework (dharma) and warns against role-confusion.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the textual frame, but the verse focuses on dharma classifications rather than a specific tīrtha.
None; it is a normative statement about occupations and dharma.
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