Shloka 26
Daiva–Puruṣakāra Saṃvāda
Kṛpa’s Counsel on Destiny and Human Effort
असमर्थ्य समारब्धो मूढत्वादविचिन्तित: । हितबुद्धीननादृत्य सम्मन्त्रयासाधुभि: सह
asamarthya samārabdho mūḍhatvād avicintitaḥ | hitabuddhīn anādṛtya sammantrayāsādhubhiḥ saha
कृप ने कहा— “सामर्थ्य न होते हुए भी तुमने यह कार्य आरम्भ किया—मोहवश और बिना विचार के। हितबुद्धि वालों की अवहेलना करके तुमने दुष्टों के साथ मिलकर परामर्श किया।”
कृप उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should not begin grave actions without capacity and careful deliberation; ignoring well-wishers and consulting the wicked leads to unethical, self-destructive outcomes.
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.