Shloka 76
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
वर्णानामाश्रमाणाञ्च धर्मान् धर्मभृतां वर ।
लोकानां सर्ववर्णानां सम्यग्धर्मार्थपालिनाम् ॥
varṇānām āśramāṇāṃ ca dharmān dharmabhṛtāṃ vara | lokānāṃ sarvavarṇānāṃ samyag dharmārthapālinām ||
தர்மத்தைத் தாங்குவோரில் சிறந்தவரே, அப்போது அவர் உலகங்களுக்காக வர்ண-ஆசிரமக் கடமைகளை நிறுவினார்—அனைத்து வர்ணங்களும் முறையாக தர்மத்தையும் அர்த்தத்தையும் பேணுவதற்காக.
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FAQs
A stable society integrates spiritual duty (dharma) with material welfare (artha) through role- and life-stage–appropriate responsibilities.
Ācāra/dharma material embedded in purāṇic discourse; it undergirds Manvantara functioning by defining how humans live within a given age.
Varṇa and āśrama can be read as inner ‘modes’ and ‘stages’ of growth; dharma is the harmonizing principle that aligns one’s capacities (guṇa) with right action.