Agni Purana — Raja-dharma, Shloka 28
Adhyaya 222 — राजधर्माः
Rājadharmāḥ): Duties of Kings (Administrative Order, Protection, and Revenue Ethics
गन्धौषधिरसानाञ्च पुष्पमूलफलस्य च बालदायादिकं युक्तमिति ख , ग , घ , ञ च स्त्रीणाञ्चैव द्विजातीनामिति ट पत्रशाकतृणानाञ्च वंशवैणवचर्मणां
gandhauṣadhirasānāñca puṣpamūlaphalasya ca bāladāyādikaṃ yuktamiti kha , ga , gha , ña ca strīṇāñcaiva dvijātīnāmiti ṭa patraśākatṛṇānāñca vaṃśavaiṇavacarmaṇāṃ
Ang mga pabango, mga halamang-gamot at ang kanilang katas/ekstrak, gayundin ang mga bulaklak, ugat, at bunga, ay dapat isama sa mga uri ng kalakal na sinusuri at tinatasa. Gayon din, ang mga bagay na ukol sa mga bata, pamana, at iba pang katulad nito ay dapat ayusing nararapat; at gayon din ang mga usaping ukol sa kababaihan at sa mga “dalawang-ulit na isinilang” (dvija). Bukod pa rito, ang mga gulay na dahon at mga damo, pati mga produktong kawayan/tambo at mga balat/katad, ay dapat ding bilangin sa mga nabanggit na kategorya.
Lord Agni (instructing the sage Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purana’s discourse style)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Arthashastra","secondary_vidya":"Dharmashastra","practical_application":"Create a taxable-goods taxonomy covering perfumes, medicinal substances, plant produce, vegetables, grasses, bamboo goods, and hides; also regulate family-law domains (children, inheritance) and protected social categories (women, twice-born) within administrative oversight.","sutra_style":false}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"List","entry_title":"Enumerated assessable goods and regulated social/legal domains","lookup_keywords":["gandha","auṣadhi-rasa","puṣpa-mūla-phala","patra-śāka","vaṃśa-vaiṇava","carma","dāya"],"quick_summary":"The verse lists commodity classes for assessment—fragrances, medicinal extracts, flowers/roots/fruits, leafy vegetables, grasses, bamboo/reed products, and hides—while indicating that matters of children, inheritance, women, and twice-born require due regulation under law."}
Concept: Systematization (varga-vibhāga) of goods and jurisdictions is a pillar of orderly governance.
Application: Maintain commodity registers (perfumes, drugs, produce, hides, bamboo goods) and separate legal registers for inheritance/guardianship and protected-category regulations.
Khanda Section: Rajadharma / Vyavahara (Taxonomy of taxable goods; statecraft and fiscal administration)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A bustling market with stalls of perfumes and medicinal extracts, heaps of flowers, roots, fruits, leafy greens, grasses; artisans selling bamboo/reed wares and leather. In the background, a court clerk records inheritance and guardianship matters.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, stylized bazaar with labeled goods: gandha jars, auṣadhi rasa bottles, garlands, roots and fruits, leafy greens; bamboo baskets and leather hides; a scribe in a pavilion recording dāya and bāla matters, ornate border.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting, gold-highlighted jars of perfume and medicine, richly patterned textiles on stalls, decorative bamboo wares and leather items, a regal clerk with gilded manuscript, symmetrical composition.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style, catalog-like arrangement of commodity groups with clear visual separation; a small inset of legal clerk handling inheritance documents; fine linework and soft colors for instructional clarity.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, detailed marketplace with merchants, apothecary bottles, garlands, produce baskets, bamboo crafts, leatherworkers; background court scene with document writing and seals, naturalistic shading."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Hamsadhwani","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: gandha+auṣadhi+rasānām+ca → gandhauṣadhirasānāñca; puṣpa+mūla+phalasya → puṣpamūlaphalasya; strīṇām+ca+eva → strīṇāñcaiva; dvijātīnām+iti → dvijātīnāmiti; patraśākatṛṇānām+ca → patraśākatṛṇānāñca.
Related Themes: Agni Purana ch. 222 lists of taxable items and shares; continuation in v. 222.29 on specific shares for goods
FAQs
It provides a technical listing/classification of items and social/legal categories (perfumes, medicines, produce, leather, bamboo goods; plus women, dvijas, inheritance/children) to be included under administrative regulation—typically for assessment, dues, or governance rules.
Beyond theology, the Agni Purana catalogs practical governance data—commodity groupings and socio-legal subjects (succession, status groups, regulated goods)—showing it functions as a compendium of statecraft, economy, and law.
By prescribing orderly regulation of trade goods and social/legal matters, it supports dharmic governance (rāja-dharma), which is traditionally held to generate merit through just administration and the protection of social order.