Shloka 29

Adhyāya 33 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Post-Conflict Remorse and Inquiry on Āśrama Discipline (शोक-विमर्शः, आश्रम-जिज्ञासा)

Devanagari script

शालावृका इति ख्यातास्त्रिषु लोकेषु भारत | अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि ते चापि विबुधैर्हता:

Transliteration

śālāvṛkā iti khyātās triṣu lokeṣu bhārata | aṣṭāśīti-sahasrāṇi te cāpi vibudhair hatāḥ ||

Translation

វ្យាសបានមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា៖ «ឱ ភារត (Bhārata) ពួកគេមានកេរ្តិ៍ឈ្មោះក្នុងបីលោកថា សាលាវ្រឹក (Śālāvṛka)។ ចំនួនប៉ែតសិបប្រាំបីពាន់នាក់នៃពួកគេក៏ត្រូវទេវតាសម្លាប់ដែរ—ជាបុរសប្រាជ្ញា ទោះជាចេះវេទក៏ដោយ តែត្រូវមោទនភាពបំភាន់ ហើយបានចូលរួមជាមួយដានវ (Dānava)»។

Word by Word

• शालावृकाः: Śālāvṛkas (a named group/tribe)
• शालावृकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालावृक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इति: thus; as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• ख्याताः: renowned; known
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्यात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रिषु: in three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि: eighty-eight thousand (in number)
• अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टाशीतिसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• विबुधैः: by the gods; by the wise/divine ones
• विबुधैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• हताः: slain; killed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• व्यास (Vyāsa)
• भारत (Bhārata)
• त्रयः लोकाः (the three worlds)
• विबुधाः/देवाः (the gods)
• शालावृकाः (Śālāvṛkas)
• दानवाः (Dānavas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.