Shloka 10
अध्याय २९४ — योगलक्षणम् तथा सांख्यपरिसंख्यानम्
Yoga Definition and Sāṃkhya Enumeration
त॑ धर्ममसुरास्तात नामृष्यन्त जनाधिप । विवर्धमाना: क्रमशस्तत्र तेडन्वाविशन् प्रजा:,तात! जनेश्वर! परंतु उस धर्मको असुर नहीं सह सके। वे क्रमश: बढ़ते हुए प्रजाके शरीरमें समा गये
taṁ dharmam asurās tāta nāmṛṣyanta janādhipa | vivardhamānāḥ kramaśas tatra te ’nvāviśan prajāḥ ||
Parāśara said: “O dear one, O lord of men, the Asuras could not endure that Dharma. Gradually increasing in strength, they entered into the people there, pervading them from within.”
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma, when it grows and becomes influential, can provoke resistance from adharma; destructive forces may not confront it openly but instead infiltrate society, corrupting people from within.
Parāśara explains to a ruler (addressed as janādhipa) that the Asuras, unable to bear the rise of dharma, gradually increase and then enter into the populace, implying a spreading inner corruption or possession-like influence among people.