Sūta said: The persons in the different stages of life are: the religious student, the householder, the forest dweller and the ascetic. The two words Dharma and Adharma mentioned here denote activities. Auspicious activities constitute Dharma and inauspicious activities Adharma. The word Dharma is explained as that which is great in the task of Dhāraṇa (holding up, or uplifting) and Adharma (its opposite) as not holding up. In this context Dharma is instructed by the preceptors as one that takes to what is desired.