Shloka 25
Droṇa–Vidura–Gāndhārī Counsel in the Royal Assembly (धर्मार्थयुक्ता सभा-उपदेश-प्रकरणम्)
दारेष्वप्यतिसक्तश्न यक्ष्माणं समपद्यत | यदा त्वराजके राष्ट्र न ववर्ष सुरेश्वर: । तदाभ्यधावन् मामेव प्रजा: क्षुद्धयपीडिता:,“वे अपनी पत्नियोंमें अधिक आसक्त होनेके कारण राजयक्ष्माके रोगसे पीड़ित हो मृत्युको प्राप्त हो गये। तब बिना राजाके राज्यमें देवराज इन्द्रने वर्षा बंद कर दी, उस दशामें सारी प्रजा क्षुधाके भयसे पीड़ित हो मेरे ही पास दौड़ी आयी”
dāreṣv apy atisaktaś ca yakṣmāṇaṃ samapadyata | yadā tv arājake rāṣṭre na vavarṣa sureśvaraḥ | tadābhyadhāvan mām eva prajāḥ kṣudhayāpīḍitāḥ |
风神伐由说道：“即便沉溺于对妻室的过度贪恋，他们仍染上王痨（rājayakṣmā，痨病），受其折磨而死。随后，国中无王，天帝因陀罗便停降甘霖。在那般境况下，饥馑所迫的百姓尽皆奔向我一人，求我庇护。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links personal and political disorder to collective suffering: uncontrolled attachment leads to bodily ruin, and a kingless realm loses stability so severely that even nature’s support (rain) is withdrawn; in crisis, people seek a sustaining power for protection.
Vāyu recounts a time when people, weakened by disease arising from excessive sensual attachment, died; afterward, in a rulerless kingdom, Indra stopped the rains, causing famine, and the starving populace rushed to Vāyu for help.