Shloka 27
अन्ये कृतयुगे धर्मास्त्रितायां द्वापरेडपरे । अन्ये कलियुगे नृणां युगहासानुरूपत:,युगोंके हासके अनुसार सत्ययुग, त्रेता, द्वापर और कलियुगमें मनुष्योंके धर्म भी भिन्न- भिन्न प्रकारके हो जाते हैं
anye kṛtayuge dharmās tretāyāṃ dvāpare 'pare | anye kaliyuge nṛṇāṃ yugahāsānurūpataḥ ||
Vyāsa berkata: Pada Zaman Kṛta (Satya), bentuk-bentuk dharma tertentu berkuasa; pada Tretā dan Dvāpara, bentuk-bentuk lain pula muncul; dan pada Kali, kewajipan manusia menjadi berbeza—setiap amalan dibentuk menurut watak serta keadaan zaman itu. Ajarannya ialah bahawa kebenaran (dharma) bukan sekadar suatu kod luaran yang tetap, tetapi mesti difahami dan diamalkan sesuai dengan keupayaan moral dan keadaan sesuatu masa, namun tetap menuju kepada kebaikan tertinggi yang sama.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is expressed differently in each yuga: the same ideal of righteousness is pursued through practices suited to the era’s moral strength and social conditions. Therefore, ethical application must consider context (yuga) rather than treating all external rules as timelessly identical.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on governance and righteousness, Vyāsa explains to the listener that human duties are not uniform across cosmic ages; they vary with the decline of virtue and capacity in each yuga, so guidance must be calibrated to the time.