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Shloka 1

अर्जुन-कर्ण-सङ्ग्रामः

Arjuna–Karna Engagement in the Cattle-Raid Aftermath

Devanagari script

हि आय () है एकोनपज्चाशत्तमो< ध्याय: कृपाचार्यका कर्णको फटकारते हुए युद्धके विषयमें अपना विचार बताना कृप उवाच सदैव तव राधेय युद्धे क्रूरतरा मति: । नार्थानां प्रकृतिं वेत्सि नानुबन्धमवेक्षसे

Transliteration

kṛpa uvāca | sadaiva tava rādheya yuddhe krūtarā matiḥ | nārthānāṃ prakṛtiṃ vets i nānubandham avekṣase ||

Translation

Kripa dit : «Ô fils de Rādhā (Karna), ta pensée au sujet de la guerre est toujours d’une dureté excessive. Tu ne comprends pas la véritable nature des choses, et tu n’en considères pas les conséquences.»

Word by Word

कृपःKripa

उवाचsaid

सदैवalways

तवof you/your

राधेयO Radheya (son of Radha)

युद्धेin war

क्रूरतराmore cruel

मतिःthought/intent

नnot

अर्थानाम्of matters/objects/purposes

प्रकृतिम्nature/true character

वेत्सिyou know

नnor/not

अनुबन्धम्consequence/after-effect

अवेक्षसेyou consider/you look to

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)

Karna (Rādheya)

yuddha (war/battle)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Kripa warns that decisions about war must be guided by discernment: one should understand the real nature of the situation (prakṛti) and carefully weigh the chain of consequences (anubandha), rather than acting from harshness or impulsive aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Virata Parva, Kripa addresses Karna directly, criticizing his consistently severe attitude toward warfare and faulting him for not evaluating the situation and its likely outcomes before advocating or engaging in battle.