Shloka 22
मायामोह-प्रवर्तन, वेदमार्ग-बहिष्कार, तथा पाषण्ड-संसर्ग-दोषः
Māyāmoha’s Delusion, Rejection of the Vedic Path, and the Fault of Heretical Association
ते ऽप्य् अन्येषां तथैवोचुर् अन्यैर् अन्ये तथोदिताः मैत्रेय तत्यजुर् धर्मं वेदस्मृत्युदितं परम्
te 'py anyeṣāṃ tathaivocur anyair anye tathoditāḥ maitreya tatyajur dharmaṃ vedasmṛtyuditaṃ param
وہ بھی دوسروں کو اسی طرح کہنے لگے، اور وہ دوسرے بھی آگے اوروں سے اسی طرح سکھائے گئے۔ یوں، اے میتریہ، لوگوں نے وید اور سمرتی میں بیان کردہ برتر دھرم کو چھوڑ دیا۔
Sage Parāśara (addressing Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse frames dharma as “param”—supreme—when grounded in Veda and Smṛti, implying that teachings detached from these sources lead to confusion and abandonment of righteous order.
Parāśara depicts a chain effect: people repeat teachings to others, and as doctrines proliferate and echo without scriptural anchoring, society gradually forsakes the Veda–Smṛti-defined standard of dharma.
Though Vishnu is not named in this verse, the Vishnu Purana’s broader theology treats Vedic dharma as aligned with Vishnu’s sovereign order; abandoning that dharma is, indirectly, a departure from the divine structure sustaining the world.