Shloka 65
उद्यम्य त्वरितो बाहुं ब्रुवाणश्व॒ पुनः पुन: । जीवन्तमानयाचार्य मा वधीरिति धर्मवित्,वे धर्मके ज्ञाता हैं, अतः अपनी एक बाँह उठाकर बड़ी उतावलीके साथ बारंबार यह कहने लगे कि “आचार्यको जीते-जी ले आओ, मारो मत”
udyamya tvarito bāhuṁ bruvāṇaś ca punaḥ punaḥ | jīvantam ānayācārya mā vadhīr iti dharmavit ||
Kṛpa, a knower of dharma, quickly raised his arm and repeatedly urged: “Bring the teacher back alive—do not kill him.” In the midst of battle, he frames the command as an ethical restraint, insisting that even an enemy who is one’s revered preceptor must be captured rather than slain.
कृप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in war, dharma can impose limits: reverence toward one’s teacher and moral restraint require seeking capture rather than killing, especially when the opponent is a revered preceptor.
In the heat of the Drona-parvan battle episodes, Kṛpa urgently signals and repeatedly instructs the warriors to bring the Ācārya (Droṇa) back alive, explicitly forbidding his killing.