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Shloka 38

Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization

सधर्मव्रतसंयोगं यथाधर्म युगे युगे । विक्रियन्ते स्वधर्मस्था वेदवादा यथागमम्‌,सत्ययुगमें मनुष्य स्वभावके अनुसार यज्ञ, व्रत और तीर्थाटन आदि करते हैं और त्रेता आदि युगमें वेदवादी एवं स्वधर्मनिष्ठ पुरुष शास्त्रके कथनानुसार धर्मके ह्वाससे विकारको प्राप्त होते हैं

sadharmavratasaṃyogaṃ yathā dharma yuge yuge | vikriyante svadharmasthā vedavādā yathāgamam ||

વ્યાસે કહ્યું—દરેક યુગમાં ધર્માચાર અને વ્રત-નિયમોનો સંયોગ તે યુગના ધર્મ અનુસાર જ રચાય છે. પરંતુ યુગે યુગે ધર્મ ક્ષીણ થવાથી, વેદવચન બોલનારા અને સ્વધર્મમાં સ્થિત પુરુષો પણ શાસ્ત્રવિધાન મુજબ બદલાતા સમયને અનુરૂપ પરિવર્તન પામે છે.

सधर्मव्रतसंयोगम्the conjunction/combination with (proper) dharma and vows
सधर्मव्रतसंयोगम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस-धर्म-व्रत-संयोग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
यथाas, according to
यथा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
धर्मम्dharma, righteousness
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
युगेin an age (yuga)
युगे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयुग
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
युगेin an age (yuga)
युगे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयुग
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
विक्रियन्तेare altered/changed, become modified
विक्रियन्ते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवि+कृ
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
स्वधर्मस्थाःstanding in/abiding by their own dharma
स्वधर्मस्थाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वधर्मस्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
वेदवादाःVeda-proclaimers; those who speak according to the Veda
वेदवादाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवेदवाद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
यथाas, according to
यथा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
आगमम्tradition/scriptural authority
आगमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआगम
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
Y
yuga (the ages)

Educational Q&A

Dharma is not presented as a single unchanging social expression across all ages; rather, practices like vows and ritual life align with the dharma appropriate to each yuga. As the yugas progress and dharma diminishes, even sincere, Veda-aligned people are affected by that shift and must follow what scripture prescribes for the altered conditions.

Vyāsa is explaining a yuga-based framework of ethical and religious life: how righteous practice appears in each age and how the decline of dharma across yugas leads to changes in conduct, even among those devoted to svadharma and Vedic authority.