Shloka 6

मोक्षोपाय-निर्णयः

Determination of the Means to Liberation

Devanagari script

ममेदमिति नास्यैतत्‌ प्रवर्तेत कलौ युगे । लोकयात्रा न चैव स्यादथ चेद्‌ वेत्थ शंस नः,कलियुग आनेपर तो लोग “यह वस्तु मेरी है, इसकी नहीं है” ऐसा कहकर सीधे ही दूसरोंका धन हड़प लेंगे। इस तरह लोकयात्राका निर्वाह असम्भव हो जायगा। यदि तुम इसका कोई समाधान जानते हो, तो मुझसे बताओ

Transliteration

mamedam iti nāsyaitat pravarteta kalau yuge | lokayātrā na caiva syād atha ced vettha śaṃsa naḥ ||

Translation

“In the Kali age, the notion ‘this is mine, not his’ will no longer function as a reliable restraint. People will brazenly seize others’ wealth, and the ordinary conduct of society—its shared livelihood and mutual dealings—will not endure. If you know a remedy for this, tell me.”

Word by Word

• {'mama': 'my, mine', 'idam': 'this', 'iti': 'thus

• as the saying/thought', 'na': 'not', 'asya': 'of him/this person

• his', 'etat': 'this (principle/idea)', 'pravarteta': 'would proceed

• would be put into effect', 'kalau yuge': 'in the Kali Yuga (age of decline)', 'lokayātrā': 'the course of worldly life

• common livelihood', 'na ca eva syāt': 'and indeed it would not be', 'atha cet': 'and if

• but if', 'vettha': 'you know (2nd person singular)', 'śaṃsa': 'tell

• declare', 'naḥ': 'to us

Speaker

इुमत्सेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kali Yuga
• Lokayātrā (social order/common livelihood)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When the moral force behind rightful ownership and mutual restraint collapses, society’s basic functioning (lokayātrā) becomes impossible; therefore one must seek a dharmic remedy that can sustain trust and justice even in Kali Yuga.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhumatsena warns that in Kali Yuga people will openly appropriate others’ wealth, making normal social life unworkable, and he asks his interlocutor to propose a solution.