Shloka 10

Devanagari script

दौष्कुलेया दुरात्मानो नृशंसा निरपत्रपा:

Transliteration

dauṣkuleyā durātmāno nṛśaṃsā nirapatrapāḥ

Translation

Wika ni Vaiśampāyana: “Yaong mga lalaking isinilang sa bulok na angkan ay masama ang kalooban—malupit at lubos na walang hiya.”

Word by Word

• दौष्कुलेयाः: of bad lineage; low-born
• दौष्कुलेयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दौष्कुलेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दुरात्मानः: evil-souled persons; wicked men
• दुरात्मानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नृशंसाः: cruel; ruthless
• नृशंसाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृशंस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निरपत्रपाः: shameless; without modesty
• निरपत्रपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरपत्रप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse condemns adharma as a matter of character: cruelty and shamelessness are presented as ethical failures that mark a person as morally degraded, warning that loss of modesty and compassion leads to destructive conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, certain antagonistic figures are being morally characterized and censured—described as ignoble, wicked, cruel, and shameless—setting the ethical tone for the escalating conflict in the Udyoga Parva.