Shloka 27

Devanagari script

वायुरुवाच ब्राह्मणान्‌ क्षात्रधर्मेण पालयस्वेन्द्रियाणि च । भगुभ्यस्ते भयं घोरं तत्‌ तु कालाद भविष्यति

Transliteration

vāyur uvāca brāhmaṇān kṣātradharmeṇa pālayasvendriyāṇi ca | bhṛgubhyaḥ te bhayaṃ ghoraṃ tat tu kālād bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

وایو نے کہا—اے راجن! کشتریہ دھرم کے مطابق برہمنوں کی حفاظت کرو اور اپنی اِندریوں کو بھی قابو میں رکھو۔ بھِرگو وَنش کے برہمنوں کی طرف سے تمہیں سخت خوف لاحق ہوگا؛ مگر یہ بہت عرصہ گزرنے کے بعد ہوگا۔

Word by Word

• {'vāyuḥ': 'Vāyu, the wind-deity

• a divine speaker', 'uvāca': 'said', 'brāhmaṇān': 'Brahmins

• members of the priestly/teaching class', 'kṣātra-dharmeṇa': 'by/according to kṣatriya-dharma

• the warrior-ruler’s code of duty', 'pālaya': 'protect, safeguard, govern (imperative sense)', 'indriyāṇi': 'the senses

• sense-faculties', 'saṃyam(a)/pālaya indriyāṇi': 'restrain/control the senses (ethical self-discipline implied)', 'bhṛgubhyaḥ': 'from the Bhṛgus

• descendants of the sage Bhṛgu', 'te': 'to you', 'bhayam': 'fear, danger', 'ghoram': 'terrible, dreadful', 'tat tu': 'but that', 'kālāt': 'after time

• in the course of time', 'bhaviṣyati': 'will happen, will come to pass'}

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu
• Brāhmaṇas
• Kṣātra-dharma
• Indriyas (senses)
• Bhṛgus (Bhṛgu lineage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s kṣatriya-dharma includes safeguarding Brahmins and practicing self-restraint; ethical governance is inseparable from control of the senses, and future consequences may unfold over time.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu delivers counsel and a warning: the addressee should protect Brahmins and restrain the senses, while being told that a grave danger connected with the Bhṛgu lineage will arise, though only after a long time.