Shloka 26
कलौ धर्मसुलभता — व्यासोपाख्यानम् एवं संकीर्तन-प्रधानता
तस्यार्जने महान् क्लेशः पालने च द्विजोत्तमाः तथासद्विनियोगाय विज्ञेयं गहनं नृणाम्
tasyārjane mahān kleśaḥ pālane ca dvijottamāḥ tathāsadviniyogāya vijñeyaṃ gahanaṃ nṛṇām
Em adquiri-la há grande aflição, e em guardá-la também, ó melhores dos duas-vezes-nascidos; e depois, seu gasto injusto: sabei que isso é a armadilha profunda que enreda os homens.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse frames wealth as binding because it brings suffering in acquisition, anxiety in protection, and moral downfall through wrongful use—an emblem of Kali Yuga’s confusion.
Parāśara highlights a cycle of toil and attachment: people struggle to gain possessions, fear losing them, and then become entangled in unethical spending—showing how dharma becomes obscured.
By exposing the bondage of attachment, the text implicitly points toward Vishnu-centered dharma and inner surrender as the stabilizing refuge beyond Kali Yuga’s worldly traps.