Shloka 4
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
चकार सोऽर्थं धर्मेण धर्ममर्थेन वा पुनः ।
तयोश्चैवाविरोधेन बुभुजे विषयानपि ॥
cakāra so 'rthaṃ dharmeṇa dharmam arthena vā punaḥ |
tayoś caivāvirodhena bubhuje viṣayān api ||
Hinangad niya ang yaman sa pamamagitan ng dharma, at muli’y hinangad ang dharma na sinusuportahan ng yaman; at nang walang alitan sa pagitan ng dalawa, tinamasa rin niya ang mga ligayang makamundo.
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FAQs
The model ruler (and by extension the gṛhastha) harmonizes dharma and artha so that enjoyment (kāma) is not anarchic but integrated. The ideal is not renunciation here, but ordered life where aims do not clash.
Vaṃśānucarita (dynastic conduct) with didactic rājadharma coloring; it narrates character and policy rather than cosmology.
‘Aviruddha’ (non-conflict) hints at inner integration: when dharma and artha are aligned, the senses can be engaged without fragmenting the self—an implicit psychology of governance and self-governance.