Someone asked me what is dharma...
The answer according to my limited understanding is
I am reminded of a quote from mahabharatham धर्मस्य तत्वं निहतं गुहायां महाजनो येन गतः स पन्था the essence of Dharmas is hidden in the pitch darkness of a cave.
So the real path to travel is the one along which great men who preceded us travelled.
Dharma is that which carries righteousness..the basic principle of Satyam and ritam the path shown by Vedas and smritis are the two cardinal limbs of dharma.
Dhaaryate it dharmaH..
Simply the path of truth fairness and tolerance chalked out by Vedas and shastras are dharma.
It is expected that each person should try to follow the path shown by his grand fathers and the rishies or preceptors who presided over the clans to which they belonged.. the pravaraas of their gothtrams.
Dharmas can vary with situations and functions. Rajadharma pithrudharma putradhatma grihasta dharma pathivrathaa dharma aapad dharma and so on.
The texts like Vedas, dharmasastras, dharma, shroutha, grihya etc soothras define the action to be followed by various persons in each situation
In short dharma is nothing but guidelines for honest happy and peaceful life
Dharma cannot be defined beyond this
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