[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 1.40 · spoken by Arjun ]
Arjun predicted what happens when a civilization's structure collapses. Was he right?
When adharma rises, the structure collapses. The women who carried the lineage are left unprotected. And the social order that held everything together begins to unravel from the inside.
SANSKRIT
कुलक्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुलधर्माः सनातनाः । धर्मे नष्टे कुलं कृत्स्नमधर्मोऽभिभवत्युत ॥१-४०॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“Order doesn't collapse from the outside. It collapses when the people holding it are gone.”
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