Shloka 48
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
ब्राह्मण उवाच येनोपायेन गच्छेयं निजगेहं शुचिस्मिते । तन्ममाचक्ष्व कल्याणि हानिर्नोऽखिलकर्मणाम् ॥
brāhmaṇa uvāca yenopāyena gaccheyaṃ nijagehaṃ śucismite | tan mamācakṣva kalyāṇi hānir no 'khila-karmaṇām ||
برہمن نے کہا—اے خوش تبسم! میں کس وسیلے سے اپنے گھر جا سکتا ہوں؟ اے مبارک خاتون، مجھے وہ بتا دیجیے تاکہ میرے تمام کرم اور دھرم پوری طرح ضائع نہ ہوں۔
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FAQs
The verse frames dharma as practice-dependent: a householder’s obligations are not merely beliefs but time-bound acts (daily and occasional rites). Prolonged absence risks ‘hāni’—a practical erosion of dharmic order and self-discipline.
Primarily not pancalakṣaṇa material; it belongs to ācāra/dharma instruction embedded in narrative. It is ancillary to Purāṇic teaching rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.
‘Home’ can symbolize the proper locus of svadharma (one’s ordained sphere). The request for an ‘upāya’ hints that dharma sometimes requires skillful means—right action aligned with time, place, and role.