Shloka 38
Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization
सधर्मव्रतसंयोगं यथाधर्म युगे युगे । विक्रियन्ते स्वधर्मस्था वेदवादा यथागमम्
sadharmavratasaṃyogaṃ yathā dharma yuge yuge | vikriyante svadharmasthā vedavādā yathāgamam ||
ویاس نے کہا—ہر یُگ میں دھرم اور ورت (نذر و ریاضت) کا امتزاج اسی یُگ کے دھرم کے مطابق صورت اختیار کرتا ہے۔ مگر یُگ بہ یُگ جب دھرم گھٹتا ہے تو وید کے مطابق کلام کرنے والے اور اپنے سْوَधرم پر قائم رہنے والے بھی شاستر کے حکم کے مطابق بدلتے زمانے کے موافق تغیر و تبدل کو پہنچتے ہیں۔
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is not presented as a single unchanging social expression across all ages; rather, practices like vows and ritual life align with the dharma appropriate to each yuga. As the yugas progress and dharma diminishes, even sincere, Veda-aligned people are affected by that shift and must follow what scripture prescribes for the altered conditions.
Vyāsa is explaining a yuga-based framework of ethical and religious life: how righteous practice appears in each age and how the decline of dharma across yugas leads to changes in conduct, even among those devoted to svadharma and Vedic authority.