Shloka 18
Adhyaya 77 — Sanjna’s Withdrawal from Surya: The Birth of Yama and Yamuna, and the Emergence of Chhaya
त्वान्तु मे पश्यतो वत्से दिनानि सुबहून्यपि ।
मुहूर्तार्धसमानि स्युः किन्तु धर्मो विलुप्यते ॥
tvāntu me paśyato vatse dināni subahūny api / muhūrtārdhasamāni syuḥ kintu dharmo vilupyate
“بیٹی، میں تمہیں دیکھتے ہوئے بہت سے دنوں کو بھی آدھے پل کے مانند سمجھتا ہوں؛ لیکن اگر تم یہاں نامناسب طور پر ٹھہرو تو دھرم میں کمی واقع ہوتی ہے۔”
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FAQs
Affection compresses time, but dharma is not suspended by emotion; personal longing must not override rightful obligations.
Ācāra/dharma instruction embedded in narrative; not a pancalakṣaṇa core category.
‘Dharma diminishing’ signals the cosmic principle of ṛta/order: when a being is out of its proper locus (svadharma), harmony erodes despite pleasant experience.