Shloka 26

Daiva–Puruṣakāra Saṃvāda

Kṛpa’s Counsel on Destiny and Human Effort

Devanagari script

असमर्थ्य समारब्धो मूढत्वादविचिन्तित: । हितबुद्धीननादृत्य सम्मन्त्रयासाधुभि: सह

Transliteration

asamarthya samārabdho mūḍhatvād avicintitaḥ | hitabuddhīn anādṛtya sammantrayāsādhubhiḥ saha

Translation

Kṛpa dit : «Sans avoir la capacité de mener l’entreprise à son terme, tu l’as pourtant commencée — par égarement et sans réflexion. Dédaignant les avis des sages, tu as pris conseil avec les méchants.»

Word by Word

असमर्थ्यincapable, not competent

समारब्धःhaving begun/undertaken

मूढत्वात्from/owing to foolishness

अविचिन्तितःunconsidered, without reflection

हितबुद्धीन्well-intentioned advisers (those of beneficial counsel)

अनादृत्यhaving disregarded

सम्मन्त्रयhaving consulted

असाधुभिःwith wicked/unsaintly persons

सहtogether with

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kṛpa

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?

One should not begin grave actions without capacity and careful deliberation; ignoring well-wishers and consulting the wicked leads to unethical, self-destructive outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛpa rebukes a listener (implicitly a Kaurava ally) for rashly initiating an act beyond his competence, done in delusion, after rejecting prudent advisers and instead taking counsel with immoral companions.