Shloka 14
अध्याय १४६ — निशायां सात्यकिदुर्योधनयुद्धम् / Chapter 146 — Night Battle: Sātyaki and Duryodhana; Śakuni’s Encirclement of Arjuna
मध्ये राजसहस्राणां प्रेक्षकाणां समन्तत: । कृपया च पुनस्तेन स जीवेति विसर्जित:
madhye rāja-sahasrāṇāṃ prekṣakāṇāṃ samantataḥ | kṛpayā ca punas tena sa jīveti visarjitaḥ ||
ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນກາງບັນດາກະສັດນັບພັນ ແລະ ມີຜູ້ເບິ່ງຢູ່ຮອບດ້ານ, ຊາຍນັ້ນໄດ້ປ່ອຍເຂົາອີກຄັ້ງດ້ວຍຄວາມເມດຕາ ພ້ອມຄິດວ່າ “ໃຫ້ເຂົາມີຊີວິດ.” ນາທີນັ້ນຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ແມ່ນແຕ່ທ່າມກາງກົດເຫດອັນໂຫດຮ້າຍຂອງສົງຄາມ ແລະ ການຈ້ອງມອງຂອງສາທາລະນະ, ການເມດຕາທີ່ຕັ້ງໃຈກໍຍັງສາມາດຍືນຢັນທາງເລືອກທາງທຳເໜືອການທຳລາຍສິ້ນເຊີງໄດ້.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in a battlefield culture that often rewards decisive killing, the verse highlights kṛpā (compassion) as a conscious ethical intervention: choosing to spare life can be a morally significant act, especially when done openly under the gaze of many.
Sañjaya reports that, surrounded by many kings and spectators, a combatant who had the power to kill instead releases his opponent (or captive) again, explicitly motivated by compassion—‘let him live.’