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Shloka 15

आपद्-राजनीतिः (Āpad-rājanīti) — Policy Options in Multi-Front Crisis

कृतघ्नेषु च या सक्ता नृशंसेष्वलसेषु च | अपकारिषु चासक्ता सा55शा कृशतरी मया,कृतघ्न, नृशंस, आलसी तथा दूसरोंका अपकार करनेवाले पुरुषोंमें जो आशा होती है, वह (कभी पूर्ण न होनेके कारण चिन्तासे दुर्बल बना देती है; इसलिये वह) मुझसे भी अत्यन्त कृश है

kṛtaghneṣu ca yā saktā nṛśaṃseṣv alaseṣu ca | apakāriṣu cāsaktā sāśā kṛśatarī mayā ||

കൃതഘ്നന്മാരിലും ക്രൂരന്മാരിലും അലസന്മാരിലും മറ്റുള്ളവർക്കു അപകാരം ചെയ്യുന്നവരിലും ഒട്ടിപ്പിടിക്കുന്ന ആ ‘ആശ’ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും നിരാശയായി, ആശങ്കകൊണ്ട് മനുഷ്യനെ ക്ഷീണിപ്പിക്കുന്നു; അതുകൊണ്ട് ആ ആശ എന്നെക്കാൾ പോലും കൂടുതൽ ക്ഷീണിതമാണ്.

कृतघ्नेषुamong the ungrateful (men)
कृतघ्नेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकृतघ्न
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
याwhich (she)
या:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सक्ताattached, clinging
सक्ता:
TypeAdjective
Rootसक्त
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
नृशंसेषुamong the cruel (men)
नृशंसेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनृशंस
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
अलसेषुamong the lazy (men)
अलसेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअलस
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपकारिषुamong those who do harm
अपकारिषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअपकारिन्
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
असक्ताnot attached; unattached
असक्ता:
TypeAdjective
Rootअसक्त
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
साshe/that (hope)
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
आशाhope
आशा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआशा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
कृशतरीmore emaciated, thinner
कृशतरी:
TypeAdjective
Rootकृशतर
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
मयाby me / than me (instr. of comparison)
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormInstrumental, Singular

कृश उवाच

कृश (Kṛśa)
आशा (Hope, personified/abstract)

Educational Q&A

Hope placed in people who are ungrateful, cruel, lazy, or harmful becomes a source of continual frustration and anxiety; ethically, one should restrain such misplaced expectation and cultivate discernment and detachment.

Kṛśa speaks reflectively, personifying ‘hope’ and describing how attachment to unworthy persons drains one’s strength; the verse functions as moral counsel within the Shānti-parvan’s instruction on conduct and inner steadiness.