Shloka 34
मोक्षोपाय-निर्णयः
Determination of the Means to Liberation
“त्रेतायुग आनेपर धर्मका प्रचार एक चौथाई कम हो जाता है, द्वापरमें धर्मके दो ही पैर रह जाते हैं; परंतु कलियुगमें तो धर्मका चतुर्थ भाग ही शेष रह जाता है ।।
tretāyuge ānepare dharmasya pracāraḥ pādonaḥ bhavati; dvāpare dharmasya dvau eva pādau tiṣṭhataḥ; kaliyuge tu dharmasya caturtha-bhāga-mātraḥ śiṣyate. tathā kaliyuge prāpte rājño duścaritena ca kāla-viśeṣasya prabhāvena ca dharmasya ṣoḍaśī kalā-mātrā śeṣā bhaviṣyati.
胡马特塞那说道：“在特雷塔时代，达摩的弘布与力量减弱四分之一；到兜婆罗时代，达摩只剩两条‘腿’；而在迦梨时代，达摩仅余四分之一。并且当迦梨时代来临时，由于国王的败德行径，加之该时代自身的特殊势力，整体达摩将只剩十六分之一。”其旨在说明：道德秩序的衰落不仅源于时代的趋向，统治者的失德更会加速并加深这种衰败。
हुमत्सेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma progressively weakens across the yugas, and in Kali it becomes extremely small; this decline is driven both by the inherent influence of the age (kāla) and by the ruler’s immoral conduct, implying that ethical leadership can either preserve or hasten the collapse of social righteousness.
Humatsena is explaining a doctrinal account of yuga-based moral degeneration, using the metaphor of dharma’s ‘legs’ and fractional portions, and emphasizing that when Kali arrives, the king’s misrule together with the time’s power leaves only a tiny remnant of dharma.