Shloka 11
अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः
The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex
मर्यादायां धर्मसेतुर्निबद्धो नैव सीदति । पुष्टस्रोत इवासक्त: स्फीतो भवति संचय:
maryādāyāṃ dharmasetur nibaddho naiva sīdati | puṣṭasrota ivāsaktaḥ sphīto bhavati saṃcayaḥ ||
帕罗沙罗说：“若将法（dharma）之堤、如桥之堤岸，牢系于古来正行之界限之内，则终不崩坏。譬如江河之上筑成坚固之坝，使水流得以充盛而不断；如是，此已立之节制护持正法，而由此，无执无私的苦行（tapas）积聚之藏亦日益增长。”
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma endures when it is anchored in established moral boundaries (maryādā). Such disciplined restraint prevents ethical collapse and allows spiritual merit/austerity (tapas) to accumulate and grow without selfish attachment.
Parāśara is instructing his listener using a vivid analogy: just as a strong dam within a river’s course does not break and helps sustain a robust flow, so a well-established ‘embankment’ of dharma, fixed in traditional norms, remains stable and fosters the growth of accumulated spiritual power.