Shloka 38
Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization
सधर्मव्रतसंयोगं यथाधर्म युगे युगे । विक्रियन्ते स्वधर्मस्था वेदवादा यथागमम्
sadharmavratasaṃyogaṃ yathā dharma yuge yuge | vikriyante svadharmasthā vedavādā yathāgamam ||
व्यास ने कहा—प्रत्येक युग में धर्म और व्रतों का संयोग उसी युग के धर्म के अनुसार बनता है। पर युग-युग में धर्म के क्षय होने पर वेद-वचन कहने वाले और अपने स्वधर्म में स्थित पुरुष भी शास्त्रानुसार उस बदलते समय के अनुरूप विकार को प्राप्त होते हैं।
व्यास उवाच
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.