In common parlance, Adharma means that which is against nature,
immoral, unethical, wrong or unlawful.
In the first category come those substances, which have neither beginning nor an end e.g. soul, dharma, Adharma etc.
Whenever there is decay of dharma(righteousness), O Bharata, And there is exaltation of Adharma(injustice), then I Myself come forth.
In the previous section, we saw how abortion in general
is considered as an Adharmic action, but there was no reference to the magnitude of Adharma.