Shloka 11

Devanagari script

स एष निहतः शेते ब्रह्मदण्डेन राक्षस: । चार्वाको नृपतिश्रेष्ठ मा शुचो भरतर्षभ,नृपश्रेष्ठ॒ भरतभूषण! अब आप शोक न करें। यह वही राक्षस चार्वाक ब्रह्मदण्डसे मारा जाकर पृथ्वीपर पड़ा है

Transliteration

sa eṣa nihataḥ śete brahmadaṇḍena rākṣasaḥ | cārvāko nṛpatiśreṣṭha mā śuco bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “This very rākṣasa Cārvāka now lies slain, struck down by the brahma-daṇḍa, the Brahmanical rod of chastisement. O best of kings, O bull among the Bharatas, do not grieve.”

Word by Word

सःhe/that one

एषःthis (one)

निहतःslain/killed

शेतेlies (down)

ब्रह्मदण्डेनby the Brahma-staff / divine curse-punishment

राक्षसःthe demon

चार्वाकःCharvaka

नृपति-श्रेष्ठO best of kings

माdo not

शुचःgrieve

भरत-ऋषभO bull of the Bharatas

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Cārvāka

brahma-daṇḍa

Bharata lineage (addressed as Bharatarṣabha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that adharma—especially deceitful slander aimed at undermining righteous rule—cannot endure; it is ultimately restrained by the force of truth and the moral-spiritual authority symbolized by the brahma-daṇḍa. Therefore the king should not succumb to grief or doubt.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu informs the addressed king (implicitly Yudhiṣṭhira) that the impostor Cārvāka, described as a rākṣasa, has been struck down by the brahma-daṇḍa and now lies dead, and he urges the king to stop grieving.