Shloka 9

युधिष्ठिरस्य नगरप्रवेशः — चार्वाकप्रकरणं

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Entry into the City and the Cārvāka Episode

Devanagari script

राजा दुर्योधनो नाम सखास्य भविता नृषु । तस्य स्नेहावबद्धो 5सौ ब्राह्मणानवमंस्यते,“मनुष्योंमें राजा दुर्योधन उसका मित्र होगा और उसीके स्नेहसे बँधकर वह राक्षस ब्राह्मगोंका अपमान कर बैठेगा

Transliteration

rājā duryodhano nāma sakhāsya bhavitā nṛṣu | tasya snehāvabaddho 'sau brāhmaṇān avamaṁsyate |

Translation

మనుష్యులలో దుర్యోధనుడనే రాజు అతనికి మిత్రుడవుతాడు; ఆ మైత్రి స్నేహానికి బద్ధుడై అతడు బ్రాహ్మణులను అవమానిస్తాడు.

Word by Word

राजाking

दुर्योधनःDuryodhana

नामby name / named

सखाfriend

अस्यof him / his

भविताwill be

नृषुamong men

तस्यof him / his

स्नेहby affection

अवबद्धःbound / tied

असौthat (person) / he

ब्राह्मणान्Brahmins

अवमंस्यतेwill disrespect / will insult

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Duryodhana

Brāhmaṇas

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?

Attachment (sneha) to an unrighteous friend can overpower discernment and push a person into adharma—here, expressed as contempt toward brāhmaṇas, who represent sacred learning, restraint, and dharmic authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu foretells that a certain being will form friendship with King Duryodhana; due to that bond of affection, he will end up committing the grave social and moral offense of insulting brāhmaṇas.