Shloka 5
Gṛhastha Livelihood, Āpad-dharma, and Sacrificial Stewardship of Wealth
क्षात्रवृत्तिं परां प्रहुर्न स्वयं कर्षणं द्विजैः / तस्मात् क्षात्रेण वर्तेत वर्तनेनापदि द्विजः
kṣātravṛttiṃ parāṃ prahurna svayaṃ karṣaṇaṃ dvijaiḥ / tasmāt kṣātreṇa varteta vartanenāpadi dvijaḥ
ท่านทั้งหลายกล่าวว่าอาชีพแบบกษาตระ—หน้าที่คุ้มครองและปกครอง—เป็นทางอันประเสริฐ และไม่ควรให้ทวิชะไถนาด้วยตนเอง ดังนั้นทวิชะพึงดำรงชีพด้วยธรรมกษาตระ; แต่ยามคับขันจะยังชีพด้วยอาชีพใดที่หาได้ก็ได้
Traditional Purana narration (instructional voice attributed to the Kurma Purana’s teaching discourse on dharma, commonly framed within the sage-narration lineage).
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: it prioritizes dharma as disciplined conduct; in the Kurma Purana’s larger vision (including Ishvara Gita themes), right action and restraint purify the mind, making it fit for realizing the Self beyond roles—yet roles are honored as practical supports for that purification.
No specific technique is taught in this verse; it supplies the ethical foundation (niyama-like discipline) by regulating livelihood and conduct. In the Kurma Purana’s integrated path, such dharmic steadiness supports Shaiva–Vaishnava devotion and yogic concentration central to Pashupata-oriented practice.
It does not name Shiva or Vishnu directly; instead it reflects the Purana’s synthesis by presenting dharma as a shared framework within which devotion and yoga—whether framed in Shaiva (Pashupata) or Vaishnava idioms—operate without contradiction.