Shloka 70

Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals

Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness

Devanagari script

कृप उवाच यदि मां नाभिगच्छेथा युद्धाय कृतनिश्चय: । शपेयं त्वां महाराज पराभावाय सर्वश:

Transliteration

kṛpa uvāca yadi māṃ nābhigacchethā yuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ | śapeyaṃ tvāṃ mahārāja parābhāvāya sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

クリパは言った。「大王よ、戦を決意したのちにそなたが我がもとへ来なかったなら、我はそなたを徹底的な敗北へと呪ったであろう。」

Word by Word

• कृपः: Kripa
• कृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Common, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अभिगच्छेथाः: you should come to / approach
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Optative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada, अभि

• युद्धाय: for battle
• युद्धाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• कृतनिश्चयः: having made a firm resolve
• कृतनिश्चयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतनिश्चय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शपेयम्: I would curse
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप्
• Form: Optative, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Common, Accusative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पराभावाय: for defeat
• पराभावाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराभाव
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सर्वशः: entirely, in every way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)
• Mahārāja (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical weight of seeking proper counsel and guidance before entering war. A king who has resolved on battle must still approach elders/teachers; neglecting such counsel is portrayed as inviting ruin, even symbolically through a curse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛpa addresses a king and states that if the king, despite deciding on war, had not come to him, Kṛpa would have pronounced a curse ensuring the king’s complete defeat—emphasizing Kṛpa’s authority and the seriousness of disregarding his guidance.