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Varnashrama-dharma

वर्णाश्रम धर्म

Also known as वर्णाश्रमविभाग · Varnashrama-vibhaga (the varna-ashrama divisions)

Varnashrama-dharma is the Vedic social order: the four varnas and four ashramas, each with its own duty, as codified in the smriti literature. In the processed verses its perfection is declared to be not ritual but the satisfaction of Hari: 'svanushthitasya dharmasya samsiddhir haritoshanam' (SB 1.2.13).

Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa 1.2.13 — Sanskrit Wikisource (pinned oldid=110173)