Shloka 3
Devanagari script
चिरं हाापि जड: शूर: पण्डितं पर्युपास्य हि । न स धर्मान् विजानाति दर्वी सूपरसानिव
Transliteration
ciraṁ hāpi jaḍaḥ śūraḥ paṇḍitaṁ paryupāsya hi | na sa dharmān vijānāti darvī sūparasān iva ||
Translation
クリパは言った。「たとえ勇士が久しく賢者に仕え、その傍らにあっても、惰性により知が鈍ればダルマの理は悟れぬ。汁に浸っていながら味を知らぬ杓子のごとし。」
Word by Word
चिरम्for a long time
चिरम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचिरम्
हाalas
हा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहा
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
जडःdull, stupid
जडः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootजड
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शूरःhero, brave man
शूरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशूर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पण्डितम्a learned man
पण्डितम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपण्डित
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पर्युपास्यhaving served/attended upon
पर्युपास्य:
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-उप-आस्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), having attended/served
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मान्duties, dharmas
धर्मान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
विजानातिknows, understands
विजानाति:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-ज्ञा
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular
दर्वीladle
दर्वी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदर्वी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सूप-रसान्the tastes/flavours of soup
सूप-रसान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसूप-रस
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
Speaker
कृप उवाच
Characters & Entities
K
KṛpaP
paṇḍita (the learned person)D
darvī (ladle)S
sūpa (soup)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
Ethical understanding (dharma) is not gained by mere external association with the wise; without inner receptivity and clarity, one remains like a ladle that touches the soup yet cannot taste it.
In Sauptika Parva, Kṛpa speaks reflectively and admonishingly, using a vivid simile to comment on the failure to grasp dharma despite long exposure to learned counsel—an observation relevant to the moral collapse surrounding the night-time slaughter.