Shloka 10
अपनी महिमासे कभी च्युत न होनेवाले राजा पाण्डुको तुम मरुद्गणोंसे भी श्रेष्ठतम समझो। विदुर धर्मके अंश थे। राजा युधिष्ठिर भी धर्मके ही अंश हैं ।। कलिं दुर्योधनं विद्धि शकुनिं द्वापरं तथा । दुःशासनादीन विद्धि त्वं राक्षसान् शुभदर्शने
kalim duryodhanaṃ viddhi śakuniṃ dvāparaṃ tathā | duḥśāsanādīn viddhi tvaṃ rākṣasān śubhadarśane ||
Vyāsa dijo: «Considera al rey Pāṇḍu, que jamás decae de su propia majestad, como superior incluso a las huestes de los Maruts. Vidura fue una porción de Dharma; y el rey Yudhiṣṭhira también es una porción de Dharma. Sabe que Duryodhana encarna a Kali, y que Śakuni encarna a Dvāpara. Y tú, de mirada auspiciosa, entiende que Duḥśāsana y los demás son de naturaleza rākṣasa.»
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse interprets key Kaurava figures as embodiments of destructive cosmic-moral forces (Kali, Dvāpara, rākṣasa-nature), teaching that adharma is not only personal vice but can appear as a larger pattern of moral degeneration that corrupts judgment, fuels cruelty, and precipitates catastrophe.
Vyāsa is explaining the deeper nature of the principal antagonists: Duryodhana is identified with Kali, Śakuni with Dvāpara, and Duḥśāsana and others as rākṣasa-like. This frames the past events of the Bhārata conflict as driven by forces of decline and violence, not merely human rivalry.