Shloka 28

Devanagari script

कस्य हाकरुणस्यापि नेत्राभ्यामश्रु नाव्रजेत्‌

Transliteration

kasya hākaruṇasyāpi netrābhyām aśru nāvrajet

Translation

Dijo Kripa: «¿De quién no brotarían lágrimas—aunque fuese del todo falto de compasión—al contemplar una escena así?»

Word by Word

• कस्य: of whom/whose
• कस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• हा: alas!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा

• करुणस्य: of the compassionate / of the pitiable
• करुणस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: करुण
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

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

• नेत्राभ्याम्: with (his) two eyes
• नेत्राभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र
• Form: neuter, instrumental, dual

• अश्रु: a tear/tears
• अश्रु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्रु
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अव्रजेत्: would go/come forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज्
• Form: optative (vidhilin), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛpa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores a basic moral intuition: certain acts and their consequences are so grievous that they naturally evoke tears, revealing that compassion is a near-universal human response and that cruelty in war leaves an undeniable ethical stain.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Sauptika Parva’s aftermath of night-time slaughter, Kṛpa reacts to the horrific results and voices a lament: the sight is so heartbreaking that even a person lacking compassion would be moved to weep.