Shloka 35
Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization
त्रेतायां संहता वेदा यज्ञा वर्णाश्रमास्तथा । संरोधादायुषस्त्वेते भ्रश्यन्ते द्वापरे युगे
tretāyāṃ saṃhatā vedā yajñā varṇāśramās tathā | saṃrodhād āyuṣas tv ete bhraśyante dvāpare yuge ||
Wika ni Vyāsa: Sa Tretā Yuga, ang mga Veda ay pinanghawakang buo at hindi nahahati; gayundin, ang mga paghahandog at ang mga tuntunin ng varṇa at āśrama ay maayos na naipananatili. Ngunit sa Dvāpara Yuga, sapagkat umiikli at nalilimitahan ang haba ng buhay ng tao, nagsisimulang humina ang mga ito—unti-unting lumalayo ang mga tao sa Veda, sa mga sakripisyo, at sa mga tungkulin ng varṇa-āśrama.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
As the yugas progress, human capacity—especially lifespan and steadiness—diminishes, and with it the ability to preserve Vedic learning, sacrificial discipline, and varṇāśrama duties; dharma declines not merely by doctrine but by weakened human endurance and commitment.
Vyāsa is explaining a yuga-based account of social and religious change: in Tretā, Vedic and ritual order is stable and well-observed; by Dvāpara, due to curtailed lifespan, people lose vigor for sustained observance, and established institutions begin to erode.