Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
वैखानसत्वं गार्हस्थ्यमाश्रमद्वितयं विशः गार्हस्थ्ययमुत्तमं त्वेकं शूद्रस्य क्षणदाचर
vaikhānasatvaṃ gārhasthyamāśramadvitayaṃ viśaḥ gārhasthyayamuttamaṃ tvekaṃ śūdrasya kṣaṇadācara
ویشیہ کے لیے دو آشرم ہیں—ویکھانس طرزِ حیات اور گૃہستھ آشرم۔ مگر شودر کے لیے صرف ایک ہی، بہترین گૃہستھ آشرم ہے، اے کشنَدَاچَر۔
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The verse frames dharma as role- and stage-appropriate: one should follow the duties prescribed for one’s varṇa and āśrama, with gṛhastha presented as the foundational life for sustaining society.
Primarily Dharma-śikṣā within Vamśānucarita/ācāra-oriented narration (didactic material rather than sarga/pratisarga cosmology).
By calling gṛhastha ‘uttama’ (excellent), the text symbolically elevates the sustaining, duty-bearing life that supports ritual, charity, and social continuity.