Shloka 54
कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः
Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma
धर्मिष्ठा: परिहीयन्ते पापीयान् वर्धते जन: । धर्मस्य बलहानि: स्यादधर्मश्ष बली तथा
dharmiṣṭhāḥ parihīyante pāpīyān vardhate janaḥ | dharmasya balahāniḥ syād adharmaś ca balī tathā ||
ধর্মনিষ্ঠরা অবহেলিত হয়ে ক্ষীণ হবে, আর অধিক পাপী লোকেরা বাড়তে-ফুলতে থাকবে। ধর্মের শক্তি হ্রাস পাবে, আর অধর্মই প্রবল হয়ে উঠবে।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns of a moral inversion: when society neglects the righteous and rewards the sinful, dharma loses its effective power and adharma becomes dominant—an ethical diagnosis of social decay.
Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, describes a condition of the world where the dhārmic are pushed aside and the wicked rise—setting a reflective, cautionary tone about the consequences of collective moral failure.