Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 34, Shloka 10
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
त्रिवर्गसाधने यत्नः कर्तव्यो गृहमॆधिना ।
तत्संसिद्धो गृहस्थस्य सिद्धिरत्र परत्र च ॥
trivargasādhane yatnaḥ kartavyo gṛhamedhinā | tatsaṃsiddho gṛhasthasya siddhir atra paratra ca ||
Người gia chủ phải nỗ lực thành tựu ba mục tiêu (dharma, artha và kāma). Khi các mục tiêu ấy được hoàn thành đúng đắn, gia chủ đạt thành tựu cả đời này lẫn đời sau.
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FAQs
The Purāṇa frames the householder path as a balanced pursuit: prosperity and legitimate enjoyment are not rejected, but must be integrated with dharma to yield welfare in both worlds.
Belongs to dharma-śāstra-like guidance embedded in the Purāṇa, not to cosmology/genealogy/manvantara narration.
‘Atra-paratra siddhi’ implies a continuity between visible order (social/ethical harmony) and subtle order (post-mortem trajectory), suggesting karma as an inter-world causal law.