Shloka 52
एवं पर्याकुले लोके वितथैर्जर्जरीकृते । तैस्तैन्ययिर्महाराज पुराणं धर्ममाचर,महाराज! इस प्रकार सारा जगत् मिथ्या व्यवहारोंसे आकुल और दण्डसे जर्जर हो गया है। आप भी उनन्हीं-उन्हीं न््यायोंका अनुसरण करके प्राचीन धर्मका आचरण कीजिये
evaṁ paryākule loke vitathair jarjarīkṛte | tais tair nyāyair mahārāja purāṇaṁ dharmam ācara ||
एवं पर्याकुले लोके वितथैर्जर्जरीकृते। तैस्तैर्न्यायैर्महाराज पुराणं धर्ममाचर॥
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
In a society destabilized by falsehood and corrupt practice, a ruler should re-establish order by adhering to sound principles of justice (nyāya) and by practicing the time-tested, ancient dharma rather than improvising expedient but unethical measures.
The speaker addresses a great king and urges him to respond to a world thrown into turmoil by deceit: the remedy proposed is governance grounded in nyāya and the restoration of purāṇa-dharma (the old, authoritative moral order).