Shloka 17
मानवसर्गः, चातुर्वर्ण्य-गुणकर्म, यज्ञ-प्रतिपादनम्, आश्रमधर्म-फल, नरकवर्णनम्
तासु क्षीणास्व् अशेषासु वर्धमाने च पातके द्वन्द्वाभिभवदुःखार्तास् ता भवन्ति ततः प्रजाः
tāsu kṣīṇāsv aśeṣāsu vardhamāne ca pātake dvandvābhibhavaduḥkhārtās tā bhavanti tataḥ prajāḥ
それら（徳と正しい抑制）がことごとく尽き、罪が増し続けると、民は二元の対立の打撃に圧され、悲しみに苦しむ者となる。
Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)
FAQs
Here dvandva signifies the destabilizing forces of duality—pleasure and pain, gain and loss—that overpower people when virtue is exhausted and sin increases, marking the lived experience of Kali Yuga.
He links societal misery directly to moral depletion: as righteous qualities vanish and wrongdoing grows, the populace becomes inwardly and outwardly afflicted—dominated by conflict, fluctuation, and sorrow.
Though not named in the verse, the teaching presumes Vishnu as the supreme governor of cosmic order: Kali’s decline is a phase within His regulated yuga-cycle, and restoration ultimately depends on re-alignment with dharma upheld by Him.