Shloka 29
Adhyāya 33 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Post-Conflict Remorse and Inquiry on Āśrama Discipline (शोक-विमर्शः, आश्रम-जिज्ञासा)
शालावृका इति ख्यातास्त्रिषु लोकेषु भारत | अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि ते चापि विबुधैर्हता:
śālāvṛkā iti khyātās triṣu lokeṣu bhārata | aṣṭāśīti-sahasrāṇi te cāpi vibudhair hatāḥ ||
ヴィヤーサは言った。「おおバーラタ（Bhārata）よ、彼らは三界においてシャーラーヴリカ（Śālāvṛka）として名高かった。そのうち八万八千人もまた神々に討たれた。ヴェーダに通じた学匠でありながら、驕りに惑わされ、ダーナヴァ（Dānava）に与した者たちである。」
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Learning and Vedic mastery do not safeguard one who is overcome by pride; when knowledge is yoked to adharma—such as supporting destructive forces like the Dānavas—it leads to downfall and invites divine punishment.
Vyāsa recounts that a group known across the three worlds as the Śālāvṛkas—numbering eighty-eight thousand—were killed by the gods, because they had taken the side of the Dānavas, despite being learned.