Shloka 25

Devanagari script

देवा ऊचु मैवं कृथा यवक्रीत यथा वदसि वै मुने । ऋते गुरुमधीता हि सुखं वेदास्त्वया पुरा,देवताओंने कहा--मुनि यवक्रीत! तुम जैसी बात कहते हो, वैसा न समझो। तुमने पूर्वकालमें बिना गुरुके ही सुखपूर्वक सब वेद पढ़े हैं और इन रैभ्यमुनिने बड़े क्लेश उठाकर अपने व्यवहारसे गुरुजनोंको संतुष्ट करके दीर्घकालतक कष्टसहनपूर्वक उत्तम वेदोंका ज्ञान प्राप्त किया है

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ—maivaṁ kṛthā yavakrīta yathā vadasi vai mune | ṛte gurum adhītā hi sukhaṁ vedās tvayā purā ||

Translation

Para dewa berkata: “Yavakrīta, jangan berpikir seperti yang kau ucapkan, wahai resi. Dahulu engkau memang mempelajari Weda dengan mudah bahkan tanpa guru.”

Word by Word

देवाःthe gods

ऊचुःsaid

माdo not

एवम्thus, in this way

कृथाःdo (make)

यवक्रीतO Yavakrīta

यथाas, in the manner that

वदसिyou speak

वैindeed

मुनेO sage

ऋतेwithout, except

गुरुम्a teacher

अधीताstudied/learnt

हिfor, indeed

सुखम्ease, comfort

वेदाःthe Vedas

त्वयाby you

पुराformerly, earlier

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Devāḥ (the gods)

Yavakrīta

Guru (teacher)

Vedas

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Divine counsel restrains pride and rash judgment: even if one has gained learning easily (here, Vedic study without a guru), one should not use that as a basis to belittle others or justify improper conduct; learning should be joined with humility and ethical discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

The gods address the sage Yavakrīta and correct his attitude. They remind him that he previously mastered the Vedas with ease even without a teacher, implying he should not speak or act arrogantly; the passage functions as a moral check within the Yavakrīta episode in the Vana Parva.