Marks of ordinary land (sādhāraṇa)

Ordinary land has soil neither too red nor too pale, neither too dry nor too dense; it is neither very cold nor harshly hot, neither too windy nor given to extraordinary rain, neither too hilly, nor densely forested, nor wholly without hills; it has neither too much water nor too little, and neither many thieves nor wild beasts, but good crops and many good people. Because seasonal food is eaten and the digestive fire stays balanced, the doshas are not disturbed and disease does not arise, so this land is the best of the three and its people live happily; the section closes by turning to suitability.