Shloka 40
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
स तत्र संहारविसर्गमेक॑ स्वधर्मजैर्बन्धनै: क्लिश्यमान: । ततः स हारिद्रमुपैति वर्ण संहारविक्षेपशते व्यतीते
sa tatra saṁhāra-visargam ekaṁ svadharma-jair bandhanaiḥ kliśyamānaḥ | tataḥ sa hāridram upaiti varṇaṁ saṁhāra-vikṣepa-śate vyatīte ||
在那里，有身之众生经历一次“收摄与再现”的循环，因自身法（dharma）所生的系缚——其职责与习性——而受苦。其后，当“收摄与放出”（毁摄与流布）的更替历经百次，便得‘黄褐金色’之相（tawny）。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even what is called one’s own dharma can become a binding force when it hardens into attachment and karmic compulsion; the being is carried through repeated cycles of dissolution and re-manifestation until a further qualitative transformation is reached.
Bhīṣma describes a metaphysical process: an individual being, afflicted by bonds arising from its own nature and duties, passes through repeated alternations of cosmic withdrawal (saṁhāra) and projection (visarga/vikṣepa), and after many such cycles attains a distinct ‘hāridra’ state.