Shloka 13
Devanagari script
अद्य स्वप्स्यन्ति पञ्चाला विमुक्तकवचा विभो । विश्वस्ता रजनीं सर्वे प्रेता इव विचेतस:
Transliteration
adya svapsyanti pañcālā vimuktakavacā vibho | viśvastā rajanīṁ sarve pretā iva vicetasaḥ ||
Translation
クリパは言った。「今夜、強き御方よ、パンチャーラの者たちは鎧を脱ぎ、眠りにつくであろう。信じきって警戒を解き、夜通し、死人のように意識なく横たわる。そのような状態で、残忍にも彼らに対して背信の害をなす者は、救いの舟なき、広大で底知れぬ地獄の海に必ず沈む。」
Word by Word
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
स्वप्स्यन्तिwill sleep
स्वप्स्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootस्वप्
FormLृट् (Simple Future), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
पञ्चालाःthe Panchalas
पञ्चालाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चाल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
विमुक्तकवचाःhaving cast off their armor
विमुक्तकवचाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootविमुक्तकवच
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
विभोO mighty one
विभो:
TypeNoun
Rootविभु
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
विश्वस्ताःtrusting, off-guard
विश्वस्ताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्वस्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
रजनीम्the night
रजनीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरजनी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रेताःdead men, corpses
प्रेताः:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रेत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
विचेतसःunconscious, senseless
विचेतसः:
TypeAdjective
Rootविचेतस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
कृप उवाच
Characters & Entities
K
KṛpaP
PāñcālasCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse frames attacking trusting, unarmored sleepers as droha (treacherous betrayal) and therefore adharma, warning of severe moral and karmic consequence—symbolized as sinking into a vast hell without any means of rescue.
On the eve of the Sauptika episode, Kṛpa observes that the Pāñcālas will be asleep and unarmored, and he cautions that harming them in that helpless state would be a cruel act of treachery with grave consequences.