Shloka 17
Adhyātma-krama: Indriya–Manas–Buddhi–Ātman Hierarchy and Citta-Prasāda (आध्यात्मक्रमः)
अधर्मान्त्हिता वेदा वेदधर्मास्तथा55 श्रमा: । विक्रियन्ते स्वधर्मस्था: स्थावराणि चराणि च
adharmāntarhitā vedā vedadharmās tathāśramāḥ | vikriyante svadharmasthāḥ sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca ||
ວະຍາສະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອອະທັມຄອບງຳ, ພຣະເວດາຮາວກັບຖືກປິດບັງ, ແລະຫນ້າທີ່ຕາມພຣະເວດາ ພ້ອມທັງອາສຣົມ (ລຳດັບຊີວິດ) ທີ່ຕັ້ງມາແຕ່ເກົ່າ ກໍຖືກບັງບັງ. ແລ້ວແມ່ນແຕ່ສັດທັງຫຼາຍ—ທັງຢືນນິ່ງແລະເຄື່ອນໄຫວ—ທີ່ເຄີຍຢູ່ຕາມທັມຂອງຕົນ ກໍບິດເບືອນອອກຈາກທັມ; ຄວາມວຸ້ນວາຍທັງດ້ານຈິດໃຈແລະທຳມະຊາດ ແຜ່ກະຈາຍໄປທົ່ວ.»
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
When adharma dominates, not only human ethics but even the foundations of sacred authority (the Vedas), Vedic duties, and the āśrama-based social-spiritual order become obscured; as a result, beings deviate from their svadharma and widespread distortion arises.
Vyāsa is describing the symptoms of an age or condition of moral collapse: dharma-based institutions and teachings lose visibility and force, and the resulting confusion affects all living beings—immobile and mobile—who no longer remain steady in their proper nature and conduct.