Shloka 14
यस्तेषां तदवस्थानां द्रह्ेत पुरुषोडनृजु: । व्यक्ते स नरके मज्जेदगाधे विपुले5प्लवे,प्रभो! आज रातमें समस्त पांचाल कवच उतारकर निश्रिन्त हो मुर्दोके समान अचेत सो रहे होंगे। उस अवस्थामें जो क्रूर मनुष्य उनके साथ द्रोह करेगा, वह निश्चय ही नौकारहित अगाध एवं विशाल नरकके समुद्रमें डूब जायगा
yas teṣāṃ tad-avasthānāṃ drakṣet puruṣo 'nṛjuḥ | vyakte sa narake majjed agādhe vipule 'plave, prabho ||
O lord, if in that condition—when they are lying down unsuspecting—a cruel and crooked man should look upon them with intent to betray and harm them, he would surely sink into hell: a vast, deep ocean without any boat to save him. The speech underscores that attacking sleeping, unarmed men is a grave breach of righteous conduct and invites severe moral consequence.
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.