Shloka 60

Devanagari script

स त्वां निहतमाक्रन्दे श्रुत्वा संतापतापित: । नियम्य दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि नायुध्यत यथा पुरा,इस प्रकार युद्धमें तुम्हारे मारे जानेकी बात सुनकर वे शोकाग्निके तापसे संतप्त हो उठे और अपने दिव्यास्त्रोंका प्रयोग बंद करके उन्होंने पहलेके समान युद्ध करना छोड़ दिया

Transliteration

sa tvāṁ nihata-mākrande śrutvā saṁtāpa-tāpitaḥ | niyamya divyāny astrāṇi nāyudhyata yathā purā ||

Translation

戦場に「汝は討たれた」との叫びを聞くや、彼は悲嘆の熱に灼かれた。天授の武器を抑え、もはや以前のようには戦わず—哀しみと衝撃がその武勇を縛った。

Word by Word

सःhe

त्वाम्you

निहतम्slain

आक्रन्देin the lamentation/cry

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

संताप-तापितःtormented by grief

नियम्यhaving restrained/checked

दिव्यानिdivine

अस्त्राणिmissile-weapons

नnot

आयुध्यतhe fought

यथाas/just as

पुराformerly/before

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kṛpa (speaker)

you (addressee, unnamed in the verse)

divyāni astrāṇi (celestial weapons)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a dharmic war, the warrior’s conduct is shaped not only by duty and skill but also by inner states: grief can curb violence, leading one to restrain even legitimate power (divine weapons). The verse highlights the ethical and psychological dimension of warfare—self-control arising from sorrow rather than rage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛpa reports that, upon hearing the battlefield outcry that the addressee had been killed, the concerned warrior was overwhelmed by grief. As a result, he held back his celestial missiles and no longer fought with the same intensity as before.