Shloka 9
Adhyāya 136: Yavakrī–Bharadvāja Saṃvāda and the Bāladhī–Dhanuṣākṣa Gāthā
Arrogance, Boons, and Nimitta
एष रैभ्याश्रम: श्रीमान् पाण्डवेय प्रकाशते । भारद्वाजो यत्र कविर्यवक्रीतो व्यनश्यत,पाण्डुनन्दन! यह रैभ्यका सुन्दर आश्रम प्रकाशित हो रहा है, जहाँ विद्वान् भरद्वाजपुत्र यवक्रीत नष्ट हो गये थे
eṣa raibhyāśramaḥ śrīmān pāṇḍaveya prakāśate | bhāradvājo yatra kavir yavakrīto vyanaśyat, pāṇḍunandana ||
“Ó filho de Pāṇḍu, contempla: o esplêndido eremitério de Raibhya surge à vista. Foi aqui que Yavakrīta, filho de Bharadvāja—embora erudito—encontrou a sua ruína.”
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse points to an ethical caution: intellectual attainment (kavitva/learning) is not sufficient by itself; without self-control, humility, and dharmic conduct, even a learned person can fall into destruction.
The speaker indicates a specific location to a Pāṇḍava: the splendid hermitage of the sage Raibhya. He identifies it as the place where Yavakrīta, the learned son of Bharadvāja, previously met his end—setting context through a remembered episode tied to that place.