जनपदोध्वंस (Pandemic). धर्म एव हतो हन्ति (जो पुरूष धर्म का नाश…

Shloka 3.6 describes the cause of जनपदोध्वंस as अधर्मः (Adharma). It says where basic elements like earth, water, air are polluted, seasons do not follow the correct timings, living beings are killed mercilessly, good conduct has vanished, where there’s exploitation of forces of

nature, where this is curse (because of agony of living beings) जनपदोध्वंस is inevitable.

We are satisfying not one but all the conditions. Ground-water, crops-land, rivers, air we breath everything is polluted. Climate change is prevalent because of green house gases.

Animals are reproduced artificially and killed in millions every day and that too with the most cruel way possible.

Towards the end of the story of Mahabharata (महाभारत), Veda Vyasa (व्यास) through the five slokas known as the "Bharatasavitri" (भारत सवीत्री) emphasizes

as to how important the quality of righteousness is to both the human life and the society and that if righteousness is abandoned and unrighteousness supported, not only is the entire clan ruined but it also causes a great deal of harm to the society.

In order to attain Artha and Kama, one has to tread the path of Dharma. Ved-Vyasa (व्यास) expresses by raising both his hands up and shouting aloud as if to convey the agony he felt about not being heard. The following sanskrit shloka explains this:

ऊर्ध्वबाहुर्विरौम्येष न च कश्चिच्छृणोति मे।
धर्मादर्थश्च कामश्च स किमर्थं न सेव्यते।।

Up I raise my raise my arms and cry! Nobody listens to me! From Dharma come Artha and Kama Why doesn't anybody heed this?

न जातु कामान्न भयान्न लोभात्
धर्मं त्यजेत् जीवितस्यापि हेतोः ।
नित्यो धर्मः सुखदुःखे त्वनित्ये
जीवो नित्यो हेतुरस्य त्वनित्यः

Dharma should never be forsaken for artha, kama, fear of or for protection of one's life. Dharma lends happiness to living beings.

Happiness and sorrow are temporary phases of life. If the 'jiva' abandons dharma which gives everlasting contentment, then it causes destruction.

-Vyāsa in Mahābhārata

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