Shloka 27
Devanagari script
वायुरुवाच ब्राह्मणान् क्षात्रधर्मेण पालयस्वेन्द्रियाणि च । भगुभ्यस्ते भयं घोरं तत् तु कालाद भविष्यति
Transliteration
vāyur uvāca brāhmaṇān kṣātradharmeṇa pālayasvendriyāṇi ca | bhṛgubhyaḥ te bhayaṃ ghoraṃ tat tu kālād bhaviṣyati ||
Translation
ヴァーユは言った。「王よ、刹帝利の法に従って婆羅門を守護し、また己の諸根を制せよ。ブリグ（Bhṛgu）の系譜に属する婆羅門たちより、恐るべき畏怖が汝に及ぶであろう。だがそれは、長き時を経たのちに起こる。」
Word by Word
{'vāyuḥ''Vāyu, the wind-deity
{'vāyuḥ':
a divine speaker', 'uvāca''said', 'brāhmaṇān': 'Brahmins
a divine speaker', 'uvāca':
members of the priestly/teaching class', 'kṣātra-dharmeṇa''by/according to kṣatriya-dharma
members of the priestly/teaching class', 'kṣātra-dharmeṇa':
the warrior-ruler’s code of duty', 'pālaya''protect, safeguard, govern (imperative sense)', 'indriyāṇi': 'the senses
the warrior-ruler’s code of duty', 'pālaya':
sense-faculties', 'saṃyam(a)/pālaya indriyāṇi''restrain/control the senses (ethical self-discipline implied)', 'bhṛgubhyaḥ': 'from the Bhṛgus
sense-faculties', 'saṃyam(a)/pālaya indriyāṇi':
descendants of the sage Bhṛgu', 'te''to you', 'bhayam': 'fear, danger', 'ghoram': 'terrible, dreadful', 'tat tu': 'but that', 'kālāt': 'after time
descendants of the sage Bhṛgu', 'te':
in the course of time', 'bhaviṣyati''will happen, will come to pass'}
in the course of time', 'bhaviṣyati':
Speaker
अजुन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VāyuB
BrāhmaṇasK
Kṣātra-dharmaI
Indriyas (senses)B
Bhṛgus (Bhṛgu lineage)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s kṣatriya-dharma includes safeguarding Brahmins and practicing self-restraint; ethical governance is inseparable from control of the senses, and future consequences may unfold over time.
Vāyu delivers counsel and a warning: the addressee should protect Brahmins and restrain the senses, while being told that a grave danger connected with the Bhṛgu lineage will arise, though only after a long time.