मध्यमो ह्येष तत्त्वस्य धर्मः क्षत्रोपजीवनम् । रथनागाश्वचरितं जघन्यं च चिकित्सितम्
madhyamo hyeṣa tattvasya dharmaḥ kṣatropajīvanam | rathanāgāśvacaritaṃ jaghanyaṃ ca cikitsitam
اصولِ تَتْو کے لحاظ سے یہ درمیانی دھرم ہے: کشتریہ طریقے سے روزی—رتھ، ہاتھی اور گھوڑوں کے کام میں مشغول رہنا؛ اور سب سے ادنیٰ پیشہ طبابت کو شمار کیا گیا ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (contextual attribution for Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic tableau: sages enumerate livelihoods; behind them appear vignettes—war chariots, elephants, horses—contrasted with a physician’s tools, illustrating the stated hierarchy.
The Purāṇic lens emphasizes alignment of livelihood with one’s prescribed social-duty framework (dharma) and warns against role-confusion.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the textual frame, but the verse focuses on dharma classifications rather than a specific tīrtha.
None; it is a normative statement about occupations and dharma.
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