Shloka 55
Rules of Purity (Shauca) — Rules of Purity (Śauca), Permissible Foods, and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
वसेच्च देशेषु सुराजकेषु सुसंहितेष्वेव जनेषु नित्यम् अक्रोधना न्यायपरा अमत्सराः कृषीवला ह्योषधयश्च यत्र
vasecca deśeṣu surājakeṣu susaṃhiteṣveva janeṣu nityam akrodhanā nyāyaparā amatsarāḥ kṛṣīvalā hyoṣadhayaśca yatra
应当居住在政令良善之地，常与秩序井然之民同处——其民无嗔，奉行公正，不生嫉妒，且有农夫与药用草木之处。
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FAQs
Dharma is ecological and civic: personal virtue flourishes best where governance is just and society is orderly. The ideal habitat is defined not by wealth alone but by non-anger, justice, non-envy, and practical supports of life—agriculture and medicine.
This is dharma-ācāra and rājadharma counsel, supplementary to the pancalakṣaṇa framework; it supports the Purāṇic aim of guiding conduct (sadācāra) alongside mythic and genealogical narratives.
‘Good rule + good people + herbs’ symbolizes a complete dharmic ecosystem: order (nyāya), harmony (amātsarya/akrodha), sustenance (kṛṣi), and healing (oṣadhi). It presents society itself as a field (kṣetra) for spiritual and material well-being.