Shloka 54
कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः
Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma
धर्मिष्ठा: परिहीयन्ते पापीयान् वर्धते जन: । धर्मस्य बलहानि: स्यादधर्मश्ष बली तथा,धर्मात्मा पुरुष हानि उठाते दीखेंगे और बड़े-बड़े पापी लौकिक दृष्टिसे उन्नतिशील होंगे। धर्मका बल घटेगा और अधर्म बलवान् होगा
dharmiṣṭhāḥ parihīyante pāpīyān vardhate janaḥ | dharmasya balahāniḥ syād adharmaś ca balī tathā ||
Orang-orang yang teguh dalam dharma akan tersisih dan merosot, sedangkan mereka yang lebih berdosa akan maju dan bertambah. Kekuatan dharma akan menyusut, dan adharma justru menjadi perkasa.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns of a moral inversion: when society neglects the righteous and rewards the sinful, dharma loses its effective power and adharma becomes dominant—an ethical diagnosis of social decay.
Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, describes a condition of the world where the dhārmic are pushed aside and the wicked rise—setting a reflective, cautionary tone about the consequences of collective moral failure.