Shloka 10
अग्राह्य-ज्ञातिसंबन्धमण्डल-विवेचनम् / Managing Unreadable Kinship Networks: Vāsudeva–Nārada on Cohesion
स्यातां यस्याहुकाक्रूरी कि नु दुःखतरं ततः । यस्य चापि न तौ स्यातां कि नु दुःखतरं ततः
syātāṁ yasyāhukākrūrī ki nu duḥkhataraṁ tataḥ | yasya cāpi na tau syātāṁ ki nu duḥkhataraṁ tataḥ ||
जिसके अपने स्वजन आहुक और अक्रूर—जो परस्पर कलह करते हैं—दोनों ही हों, उसके लिए इससे बढ़कर दुःख क्या होगा? और जिसके वे दोनों सुहृद् न हों, उसके लिए भी इससे बढ़कर दुःख क्या—क्योंकि ऐसे मित्रों का अभाव भी महान् शोक है।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a double-edged sorrow: internal strife among one’s own relatives is devastating, yet the lack of capable, well-disposed allies is also deeply painful. Ethically, it urges valuing concord among kin and recognizing the social and moral importance of trustworthy friends.
Vāyudeva speaks in a reflective, proverbial manner, using the example of Āhuka and Akrūra to illustrate how both familial discord and the absence of supportive relations can become sources of profound suffering.