Shloka 11
अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः
The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex
मर्यादायां धर्मसेतुर्निबद्धो नैव सीदति । पुष्टस्रोत इवासक्त: स्फीतो भवति संचय:
maryādāyāṃ dharmasetur nibaddho naiva sīdati | puṣṭasrota ivāsaktaḥ sphīto bhavati saṃcayaḥ ||
Sinabi ni Parāśara: Kapag ang pilapil na parang tulay ng dharma ay mahigpit na naitatali sa sinaunang hangganan ng wastong asal, hindi ito guguho. Gaya ng matibay na dam sa ilog na nagpapalakas at nagpapatuloy sa agos, gayon din ang naitatag na pagpipigil na ito ang nag-iingat sa dharma; at mula rito, lumalago ang naipong yaman ng pag-aayuno at pagninilay (tapas)—na walang pagkapit at walang pansariling pagnanasa.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma endures when it is anchored in established moral boundaries (maryādā). Such disciplined restraint prevents ethical collapse and allows spiritual merit/austerity (tapas) to accumulate and grow without selfish attachment.
Parāśara is instructing his listener using a vivid analogy: just as a strong dam within a river’s course does not break and helps sustain a robust flow, so a well-established ‘embankment’ of dharma, fixed in traditional norms, remains stable and fosters the growth of accumulated spiritual power.