Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यथा च निहत: पापै: पिता मम विशेषत:,“इन पापियोंने विशेषत: मेरे पिताजीको जिस प्रकार मारा था, वह सब आपने प्रत्यक्ष देखा है। वह घटना मेरे मर्मस्थानोंको छेदे डालती है। ऐसी अवस्थामें मेरे-जैसा वीर इस जगतमें दो घड़ी भी कैसे जीवित रह सकता है?

Transliteration

yathā ca nihataḥ pāpaiḥ pitā mama viśeṣataḥ

Translation

ກຣິປະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເຈົ້າເຫັນດ້ວຍຕາຕົນເອງແລ້ວວ່າ ຄົນບາບເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ—ໂດຍສະເພາະ—ໄດ້ຂ້າພໍ່ຂ້ອຍແນວໃດ. ພາບນັ້ນທະລຸເຂົ້າໄປຮອດຈຸດສຳຄັນທີ່ສຸດໃນໃຈຂ້ອຍ. ໃນສະພາບແບບນີ້ ນັກຮົບເຊັ່ນຂ້ອຍຈະຢູ່ລອດໃນໂລກນີ້ໄດ້ແມ່ນແຕ່ຊົ່ວຂະນະໄດ້ຢ່າງໃດ?»

Word by Word

यथाas, just as

चand

निहतःslain, killed

पापैःby the wicked (ones)

पिताfather

ममof me, my

विशेषतःespecially, in particular

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kṛpa

Kṛpa's father

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds how personal grief and the memory of injustice can drive a warrior toward retaliatory resolve; it also implicitly warns that labeling opponents as “sinful” can intensify vengeance and eclipse calmer ethical discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Sauptika Parva, Kṛpa speaks to his companions, recalling the killing of his father by the opposing side; the recollection wounds him deeply and he argues that, as a warrior, he cannot bear to live without answering that wrong.