Shloka 15

Devanagari script

सर्वस्त्रिविदुषां लोके श्रेष्ठस्त्वमसि विश्रुत: । नच ते जातु लोके5स्मिन्‌ सुसूक्ष्ममपि किल्बिषम्‌

Transliteration

sarvāstraviduṣāṃ loke śreṣṭhas tvam asi viśrutaḥ | na ca te jātu loke 'smin susūkṣmam api kilbiṣam ||

Translation

Kṛpa sprach: „In dieser Welt bist du weithin berühmt als der Vornehmste unter allen, die die Wissenschaft der Waffen kennen. Und in dieser Welt hat man zu keiner Zeit in dir auch nur die geringste Spur von Verfehlung gefunden.“

Word by Word

सर्वःall; entirely (as predicate: the very best/foremost)

त्रिविदुषाम्of the knowers of the three (Vedas)

लोकेin the world

श्रेष्ठःbest; foremost

त्वम्you

असिare

विश्रुतःrenowned; famous

नnot

चand

तेof you; your

जातुever; at any time

लोकेin the world

अस्मिन्in this

सुसूक्ष्मम्very subtle; extremely minute

अपिeven; also

किल्बिषम्sin; fault; transgression

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kṛpa

the addressed warrior (unnamed in this verse)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links true excellence to both mastery (knowledge of weapons) and moral purity (absence of even subtle fault), implying that renown is ideally grounded in ethical character as well as skill.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛpa addresses a warrior with high praise, affirming his unmatched expertise in arms and asserting that he has never shown even the slightest moral blemish—an endorsement meant to strengthen confidence and authority in a tense wartime context.