Shloka 113
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
ऋणप्रदाता वैद्यश्च श्रोत्रियः सजला नदी ।
जितामित्रो नृपो यत्र बलवान् धर्मतत्परः ॥
ṛṇapradātā vaidyaśca śrotriyaḥ sajalā nadī / jitāmitro nṛpo yatra balavān dharmatatparaḥ
यत्र ऋणदाता वैद्यः श्रोत्रियः पण्डितश्च, जलवती च नदी, तथा धर्मनिष्ठो बलवान् शत्रुजयी राजा वर्तते—तदेव देशः निवासयोग्यः।
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FAQs
A flourishing dharmic society rests on practical supports: economic resilience (credit), health care, learned guidance, water access, and righteous governance that ensures security.
Social-dharma instruction (ācāra/rājadharma-adjacent), not a cosmological lakṣaṇa.
The ‘four’ can be read as sustaining forces: artha (credit), ārogya (medicine), jñāna (śrotriya), and jīvana (water). The righteous king integrates them by providing order (daṇḍa aligned with dharma).