Shloka 15

Devanagari script

सर्वस्त्रिविदुषां लोके श्रेष्ठस्त्वमसि विश्रुत: । नच ते जातु लोके5स्मिन्‌ सुसूक्ष्ममपि किल्बिषम्‌

Transliteration

sarvāstraviduṣāṃ loke śreṣṭhas tvam asi viśrutaḥ | na ca te jātu loke 'smin susūkṣmam api kilbiṣam ||

Translation

クリパは言った。「この世において、あなたは武器の学に通じる者すべての中で最も卓越した者として名高い。そしてこの世において、あなたに、いかなる時も、罪過の微かな影すら見いだされたことはない。」

Word by Word

• सर्वः: all; entirely (as predicate: the very best/foremost)
• सर्वः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिविदुषाम्: of the knowers of the three (Vedas)
• त्रिविदुषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविदुष्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• श्रेष्ठः: best; foremost
• श्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: are
• असि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular

• विश्रुतः: renowned; famous
• विश्रुतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्रुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ते: of you; your
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• जातु: ever; at any time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सुसूक्ष्मम्: very subtle; extremely minute
• सुसूक्ष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसूक्ष्म
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: even; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• किल्बिषम्: sin; fault; transgression
• किल्बिषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: किल्बिष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛpa
• the addressed warrior (unnamed in this verse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links true excellence to both mastery (knowledge of weapons) and moral purity (absence of even subtle fault), implying that renown is ideally grounded in ethical character as well as skill.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛpa addresses a warrior with high praise, affirming his unmatched expertise in arms and asserting that he has never shown even the slightest moral blemish—an endorsement meant to strengthen confidence and authority in a tense wartime context.