Shloka 29

Devanagari script

शालावृका इति ख्यातास्त्रिषु लोकेषु भारत | अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि ते चापि विबुधैर्हता:,भारत! इसी प्रकार पृथ्वीको भी अपने अधीन करके देवताओंने तीनों लोकोंमें शालावृक नामसे विख्यात उन अद्बासी हजार ब्राह्मणोंका भी वध कर डाला, जो वेदोंके पारज्गत विद्वान थे और अभिमानसे मोहित होकर दानवोंकी सहायताके लिये उनके पक्षमें जा मिले थे

Transliteration

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

Translation

ວະຍາສະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ (Bhārata) ພວກເຂົາໂດ່ງດັງໃນສາມໂລກວ່າ ‘ຊາລາວຣຶກ’ (Śālāvṛka). ຈຳນວນ 88,000 ຄົນຂອງພວກເຂົາກໍຖືກເທວະດາສັງຫານ—ເປັນຜູ້ຮູ້ເວດາ ແຕ່ຖືກມານະຫຼອກລວງ ແລະ ໄດ້ເຂົ້າຂ້າງດານະວະ (Dānava)».

Word by Word

शालावृकाःŚālāvṛkas (a named group/tribe)

इतिthus; as

ख्याताःrenowned; known

त्रिषुin three

लोकेषुworlds

भारतO Bhārata

अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणिeighty-eight thousand (in number)

तेthey

चand; also

अपिalso; even

विबुधैःby the gods; by the wise/divine ones

हताःslain; killed

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

व्यास (Vyāsa)

भ

भारत (Bhārata)

त

त्रयः लोकाः (the three worlds)

व

विबुधाः/देवाः (the gods)

श

शालावृकाः (Śālāvṛkas)

द

दानवाः (Dānavas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.