Shloka 2

कृपकृपी-जननम्

The Birth of Kṛpa and Kṛpī; Kṛpa’s Attainment of Astras

Devanagari script

शुश्रूषुरनहंवादी संयतात्मा जितेन्द्रिय: । स्वर्ग गन्तुं पराक्रान्तः स्वेन वीर्येण भारत

Transliteration

śuśrūṣur anahaṃvādī saṃyatātmā jitendriyaḥ | svargaṃ gantuṃ parākrāntaḥ svena vīryeṇa bhārata ||

Translation

ഹേ ഭാരത! അദ്ദേഹം ഋഷി-মുനിമാരുടെ സേവയിൽ ഉത്സുകനായി, അഹങ്കാരരഹിതനായി, ആത്മസംയമിയുമായി, ഇന്ദ്രിയജയിയുമായി നിലകൊണ്ടു. സ്വന്തം വീര്യവും ശാസ്ത്രീയമായ പരിശ്രമബലവും ആശ്രയിച്ച് സ്വർഗ്ഗലോകം പ്രാപിക്കുവാൻ അദ്ദേഹം നിരന്തരം ശ്രമിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• शुश्रूषुः: desirous of serving
• शुश्रूषुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुश्रूषु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनहंवादी: not self-assertive; free from egoistic speech
• अनहंवादी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनहंवादी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संयतात्मा: self-controlled (one whose mind/self is restrained)
• संयतात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयतात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितेन्द्रियः: having conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितेन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वर्गम्: to heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गन्तुम्: to go
• गन्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: Infinitive (tumun), Parasmaipada

• पराक्रान्तः: striving; exerting himself
• पराक्रान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराक्रान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वेन: by his own
• स्वेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वीर्येण: by (his) strength/valor
• वीर्येण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhārata (address to Janamejaya)
• Svarga

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links spiritual progress to ethical discipline: service-mindedness (śuśrūṣā), absence of ego (anahaṃvāda), control of mind (saṃyama), and mastery of the senses (jitendriyatā). Heaven is presented not as a mere reward but as something pursued through sustained personal effort grounded in virtue.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a person’s character and conduct—emphasizing his humility, restraint, and sense-control—and notes that, by his own valor/effort, he actively strove to reach Svarga. The address “Bhārata” situates the statement within the frame-dialogue to the Bharata-descendant listener (Janamejaya).