Shloka 30

Devanagari script

बुद्धिश्चिन्तयते किंचित्‌ स्वं श्रेयो नावबुद्धयते । इस संकटसे सर्वथा संतप्त होनेके कारण मेरी बुद्धि आज बहुत सोचने-विचारनेपर भी अपने लिये किसी हितकर कार्यका निर्णय नहीं कर पाती है ।। मुहता तु मनुष्येण प्रष्टव्या: सुह्ददो जना:

Transliteration

buddhiś cintayate kiñcit svaṁ śreyo nāvabuddhyate | asmin saṅkaṭe sarvathā santaptaḥ san mama buddhiḥ adya bahu cintayitvāpi svārthe kiñcid hitakarma niścetuṁ na śaknoti || muhūrtāt tu manuṣyeṇa praṣṭavyāḥ suhṛdo janāḥ |

Translation

ກຣິປະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃຈຂ້ອຍຄິດຄົ້ນຢູ່ ແຕ່ກໍບໍ່ອາດເຫັນໄດ້ວ່າສິ່ງໃດແມ່ນດີທີ່ສຸດສຳລັບຂ້ອຍ. ຖືກວິກິດນີ້ເຜົາໄໝ້ທຸກດ້ານ ແມ່ນແຕ່ຄິດໄຕ່ຕອງຫຼາຍໃນມື້ນີ້ ປັນຍາຂ້ອຍກໍຍັງຕັດສິນບໍ່ໄດ້ວ່າຈະເລືອກທາງໃດຈຶ່ງເປັນປະໂຫຍດ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນຍາມແບບນີ້ ຄົນຄວນໄປປຶກສາຜູ້ຫວັງດີທີ່ໄວ້ໃຈໄດ້»។

Word by Word

बुद्धिःintellect, understanding

चिन्तयतेthinks, reflects

किञ्चित्something, a little

स्वम्one's own

श्रेयःthe better course, welfare, good

नnot

अवबुद्ध्यतेis understood, is ascertained

मुहूर्तम्for a moment, for a short time

तुbut, however

मनुष्येणby a man, by a person

प्रष्टव्याःto be asked, should be asked

सुहृदःfriends, well-wishers

जनाःpeople

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kṛpa

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?

When judgment is clouded by distress, one may fail to recognize śreyas (the truly beneficial course). In such moments, dharmic action is supported by seeking counsel from trustworthy well-wishers rather than acting impulsively.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the aftermath of the war’s devastation, Kṛpa admits his inability to decide what is best amid the crisis and indicates the need to consult loyal friends—setting a reflective, advisory tone within the Sauptika Parva’s tense events.