Shloka 14
अध्याय २९४ — योगलक्षणम् तथा सांख्यपरिसंख्यानम्
Yoga Definition and Sāṃkhya Enumeration
ता: प्राप्प तु स धिग्दण्डो न कारणमतो5भवत् | ततो<भ्यगच्छन देवांश्र ब्राह्मुणांक्षावमन्य ह
tāḥ prāpya tu sa dhigdaṇḍo na kāraṇam ato 'bhavat | tato 'bhyagacchan devāṁś ca brāhmaṇāṁś cāvamanyatha ||
পথভ্ৰষ্ট লোকসকলৰ ওপৰত ধিক্কাৰ-ৰূপ দণ্ড প্ৰয়োগ কৰা হ’ল, কিন্তু সেয়া তেওঁলোকক সৎপথলৈ ঘূৰাই আনিবলৈ ফলপ্ৰসূ নহ’ল। তাৰ পাছত মানুহে দেৱতা আৰু ব্ৰাহ্মণসকলক অৱজ্ঞা কৰি, খেয়ালখুশিমতে ইন্দ্ৰিয়ভোগত লিপ্ত হ’ল—সংযম আৰু শ্ৰদ্ধাৰ ভেটি ভাঙি পৰিবলৈ ধৰিলে।
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mere condemnation or social censure cannot reform those who are deeply corrupted; when reverence for the divine and for Brahminical/ethical authority collapses, people drift into unchecked sense-indulgence, and dharma loses its practical force.
Parāśara describes a stage of societal decline: a corrective measure described as ‘dhigdaṇḍa’ (punishment by reproach) fails to restrain wrongdoers, after which people openly begin to insult the gods and Brahmins and pursue pleasures according to their own will.