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:,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
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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.