Shloka 14
यस्तेषां तदवस्थानां द्रह्ेत पुरुषोडनृजु: । व्यक्ते स नरके मज्जेदगाधे विपुले5प्लवे
yas teṣāṃ tad-avasthānāṃ drakṣet puruṣo 'nṛjuḥ | vyakte sa narake majjed agādhe vipule 'plave, prabho ||
Ô seigneur, si dans cet état—alors qu’ils gisent sans soupçon—un homme cruel et retors les regarde avec l’intention de les trahir et de leur nuire, il sombrera à coup sûr en enfer : un océan vaste et profond, sans barque pour le sauver.
कृप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that treacherously harming enemies who are helpless (asleep, unarmed, unsuspecting) violates dharma and leads to severe karmic consequence, symbolized as sinking into a vast, boatless ocean of hell.
Kṛpa warns his lord that the Pañcālas are likely sleeping at night after removing armor and becoming unwary; he cautions that betraying and attacking them in that state is a grievous adharma that condemns the perpetrator to hell.