Shloka 10
युधिष्ठिरस्य नगरप्रवेशः — चार्वाकप्रकरणं
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Entry into the City and the Cārvāka Episode
तत्रैनं रुषिता विप्रा विप्रकारप्रधर्षिता: । थक्ष्यन्ति वाग्बला: पापं ततो नाशं गमिष्यति,“उसके विरुद्धाचरणसे तिरस्कृत हो रोषमें भरे हुए वाक॒शक्तिसे सम्पन्न ब्राह्मण वहीं उस पापीको जला देंगे। इससे उसका नाश हो जायगा”
tatrainaṁ ruṣitā viprā viprakāra-pradharṣitāḥ | thakṣyanti vāg-balāḥ pāpaṁ tato nāśaṁ gamiṣyati ||
Dort werden die Brahmanen—erzürnt und durch sein Fehlverhalten gegen Brahmanen geschändet—jenen Sünder mit der Kraft ihres Wortes versengen. Dadurch wird er dem Untergang entgegengehen.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that adharma—especially insulting or harming Brahmins and the righteous—brings inevitable downfall. The 'strength of speech' (vāk-bala) signifies the moral potency of truth, mantra, and righteous indignation, which can become a force of retribution against wrongdoing.
Vāyudeva describes a consequence awaiting an unnamed wrongdoer: Brahmins, provoked by his offenses against them, will use their powerful speech to 'burn' him—i.e., destroy him through curse-like utterance or spiritually potent condemnation—leading to his ruin.