Shloka 62
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
गार्हस्थ्यं ब्रह्मचर्यं च वानप्रस्थं त्रयाश्रमाः क्षत्रियस्यापि कथिता ये चाचारा द्विजस्य हि
gārhasthyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca vānaprasthaṃ trayāśramāḥ kṣatriyasyāpi kathitā ye cācārā dvijasya hi
A vida de chefe de família (gārhasthya), a vida de estudante em brahmacarya e a vida de morador da floresta (vānaprastha)—estes três āśramas também são prescritos ao kṣatriya; e estas são, de fato, as observâncias próprias de um dvija (duas-vezes-nascido).
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FAQs
The verse underscores that disciplined life-stages are not exclusive to brāhmaṇas: kṣatriyas too are to follow brahmacarya, gārhasthya, and vānaprastha as dvija observances. It promotes a shared ethical framework for the ‘twice-born,’ linking power (kṣatra) with restraint and staged maturation.
Again, this is dharma/ācāra instruction (normative teaching) rather than one of the five primary purāṇic marks. It functions as social-ethical codification embedded within the Purāṇic narrative setting.
By affirming āśrama discipline for kṣatriyas, the text symbolically ‘tames sovereignty’: rulership is framed as accountable to spiritual training (brahmacarya), social responsibility (gārhasthya), and eventual withdrawal/renunciation (vānaprastha), preventing perpetual attachment to power.