Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तत्रैनं रुषिता विप्रा विप्रकारप्रधर्षिता: । थक्ष्यन्ति वाग्बला: पापं ततो नाशं गमिष्यति,“उसके विरुद्धाचरणसे तिरस्कृत हो रोषमें भरे हुए वाक॒शक्तिसे सम्पन्न ब्राह्मण वहीं उस पापीको जला देंगे। इससे उसका नाश हो जायगा”

Transliteration

tatrainaṁ ruṣitā viprā viprakāra-pradharṣitāḥ | thakṣyanti vāg-balāḥ pāpaṁ tato nāśaṁ gamiṣyati ||

Translation

Doon, ang mga brāhmaṇa—nagngangalit at napahiya dahil sa kanyang masamang asal—ay, taglay ang lakas ng kanilang pananalita, susunugin ang makasalanang iyon. Mula roon, siya’y hahantong sa pagkapuksa.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

एनम्him

रुषिताःangered

विप्राःBrahmins

विप्रकारप्रधर्षिताःinsulted/assailed by (his) misconduct toward Brahmins

तक्ष्यन्तिwill burn/destroy (lit. will hew/strike down)

वाक्बलाःpowerful in speech

पापम्the sinner / the wicked one

ततःthereupon/from that

नाशम्destruction

गमिष्यतिwill go/meet (i.e., will come to)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (speaker)

viprāḥ (Brahmins)

pāpaḥ (the sinner/wrongdoer; unnamed)

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?

The verse teaches that adharma—especially insulting or harming Brahmins and the righteous—brings inevitable downfall. The 'strength of speech' (vāk-bala) signifies the moral potency of truth, mantra, and righteous indignation, which can become a force of retribution against wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva describes a consequence awaiting an unnamed wrongdoer: Brahmins, provoked by his offenses against them, will use their powerful speech to 'burn' him—i.e., destroy him through curse-like utterance or spiritually potent condemnation—leading to his ruin.