Shloka 11
न वध: पूज्यते लोके सुप्तानामिह धर्मत: । तथैवापास्तशस्त्राणां विमुक्तरथवाजिनाम्
na vadhaḥ pūjyate loke suptānām iha dharmataḥ | tathaivāpāstaśastrāṇāṃ vimuktarathavājinām ||
কৃপ ক’লে—এই জগতত শুই থকা লোকক বধ কৰা ধৰ্মসন্মত বুলি মানা নহয়। তেনেদৰে যিসকলে অস্ত্ৰ থৈ দিছে আৰু যিসকলৰ ৰথ-ঘোঁৰা মুকলি কৰা হৈছে—যুদ্ধৰ অযোগ্য এনে লোকক বধ কৰাও অধৰ্ম।
कृप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse states a principle of dharma-yuddha: it is not righteous to kill those who are asleep or otherwise defenseless—specifically those who have set aside weapons and those who are no longer equipped for combat (their chariots/horses released).
In the Sauptika Parva context, Kṛpa voices a moral restraint regarding night-time or opportunistic slaughter, warning that attacking sleeping or disarmed opponents violates accepted norms of righteous warfare.