Mahabharata 7.161.17 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 161, Shloka 17

अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa

Chapter 161

Devanagari script

ततः: कृपो<प्युवाचेदमाचार्य: सुमहामना: । सौम्यस्वभावादू राजेन्द्र क्षिप्रमागतमार्दव:

Transliteration

tataḥ kṛpo 'py uvācedam ācāryaḥ sumahāmanāḥ | saumyasvabhāvādū rājendra kṣipram āgatam ārdavaḥ ||

Translation

তখন মহামনা আচার্য কৃপও তাঁর সৌম্য স্বভাবের বশে অতি শীঘ্রই কোমল হলেন। রাজেন্দ্র! মৃদুতা ফিরে এলে তিনি শান্ত হয়ে এইরূপ বললেন।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• कृपः: Kripa
• कृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• उवाच: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आचार्यः: the teacher (Acharya)
• आचार्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सु-महा-मनाः: very great-minded
• सु-महा-मनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहामनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛpācārya (Kṛpa)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address rājendra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a violent context, a person of noble character can restrain anger; gentleness (ārdava) and self-control restore clarity and enable measured speech.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that Kṛpācārya, initially stirred, quickly becomes calm due to his gentle nature and then begins to speak.