Shloka 3
कर्मेज्या मानवानां च दानवैहैंहयर्षभ । भ्रष्टैश्चर्यास्ततो देवाश्चेरु: पृथ्वीमिति श्रुति:
karmejyā mānavānāṃ ca dānavair haihayarṣabha | bhraṣṭaiś caryās tato devāś ceruḥ pṛthvīm iti śrutiḥ ||
ভীষ্মে ক’লে—হে হৈহয়সকলৰ মাজত শ্রেষ্ঠ! পৰম্পৰাত শুনা যায় যে দানৱসকলে মানুহৰ কৰ্ম-যজ্ঞ আৰু আচাৰ-বিধিও লোপ কৰিলে। তেতিয়া বিধি-বিধানৰ পৰা বঞ্চিত আৰু ঐশ্বৰ্যচ্যুত দেৱতাসকল দুখে পৃথিৱীত সঞ্চৰণ কৰিলে।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
When prescribed rites and ethical-religious observances collapse, even the gods are portrayed as losing stability and prosperity; the verse underscores that dharma (sustained through right conduct and ritual order) is a pillar of cosmic and social well-being.
Bhishma recounts a traditional report: the Danavas overpower the gods and disrupt the world’s ritual life, leading to the gods’ loss of splendor and their wandering upon the earth in hardship.