Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 51
Adhyāya 287 — Janaka’s Inquiry on Śreyas, Abhayadāna, and Asaṅga
Non-attachment
जिस देशमें सदा धर्मपरायण, यज्ञ कराने और पढ़ानेके कार्यमें संलग्न सनातनधर्मी श्रोत्रिय ब्राह्मण ही सबसे पहले भोजन पाते हों, उस राष्ट्रमें अवश्य निवास करे ।।
svāhāsvadhāvaṣaṭkārā yatra samyaganūṣṭhitāḥ | ajasraṁ caiva vartante vaset tatra avicārayan ||
那罗陀说道：应当选择居住在这样的国土——最先分得食物者，乃是通晓吠陀、守持永恒法（Sanātana-dharma）、恒常依止正法、从事主持祭祀并教授经典的“受吠陀训练的婆罗门”（śrotriya Brāhmaṇa）。凡“svāhā”（火供）、“svadhā”（祖先供养）与“vaṣaṭ”呼声所标识的诸仪轨，皆能如法奉行且绵延不绝之处，应当不加迟疑而居之。
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Choose residence in a society where dharma is actively upheld through continuous, correctly performed Vedic and ancestral rites, and where learned, dharma-committed Brāhmaṇas are honored—symbolized by giving them the first share of food.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on righteous living and social well-being, Nārada describes the marks of a dharmic land/kingdom and advises that one should live where sacrificial and śrāddha duties are properly maintained and the custodians of Vedic learning are duly respected.