Vamana Purana — Rules of Purity (Shauca), Shloka 55
Rules of Purity (Śauca), Permissible Foods, and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
वसेच्च देशेषु सुराजकेषु सुसंहितेष्वेव जनेषु नित्यम् अक्रोधना न्यायपरा अमत्सराः कृषीवला ह्योषधयश्च यत्र
vasecca deśeṣu surājakeṣu susaṃhiteṣveva janeṣu nityam akrodhanā nyāyaparā amatsarāḥ kṛṣīvalā hyoṣadhayaśca yatra
Dapat manirahan sa mga lupain na may mabuting pamamahala at laging kasama ng mga taong maayos ang kaayusan—kung saan ang mga naninirahan ay walang poot, nakatuon sa katarungan, walang inggit, at may mga magsasaka at mga halamang-gamot.
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FAQs
Dharma is ecological and civic: personal virtue flourishes best where governance is just and society is orderly. The ideal habitat is defined not by wealth alone but by non-anger, justice, non-envy, and practical supports of life—agriculture and medicine.
This is dharma-ācāra and rājadharma counsel, supplementary to the pancalakṣaṇa framework; it supports the Purāṇic aim of guiding conduct (sadācāra) alongside mythic and genealogical narratives.
‘Good rule + good people + herbs’ symbolizes a complete dharmic ecosystem: order (nyāya), harmony (amātsarya/akrodha), sustenance (kṛṣi), and healing (oṣadhi). It presents society itself as a field (kṣetra) for spiritual and material well-being.