Shloka 34
कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः
Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma
विपरीते तदा लोके पूर्वरूपं क्षयस्य तत् । बहवो म्लेच्छराजान: पृथिव्यां मनुजाधिप
viparīte tadā loke pūrvarūpaṁ kṣayasya tat | bahavo mleccharājānaḥ pṛthivyāṁ manujādhipa ||
Vaiśampāyana dit : «Lorsque la pensée et la conduite du monde se renversent —lorsque les hommes se détournent de l’ordre juste— cela même est le signe avant-coureur de la destruction. En ce temps-là, ô seigneur des hommes, de nombreux rois mleccha viennent régner sur la terre.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When collective thought and behavior turn contrary to dharma, it signals impending societal decline; unrighteous or culturally alienated rule is presented as a symptom of that inversion.
Vaiśampāyana describes ominous portents of degeneration: as people’s conduct becomes perverse, the world moves toward dissolution, and many mleccha rulers rise to power on earth.