Shloka 243

अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa

Devanagari script

न कथंचन कौरव्य प्रहर्तव्यं गुराविति । 'पूर्वकालमें मुझे अस्त्रविद्याकी शिक्षा देकर कृपाचार्यने जो मुझसे यह कहा था कि “कुरुनन्दन! तुम्हें गुरुक ऊपर किसी प्रकार भी प्रहार नहीं करना चाहिये”

Transliteration

na kathañcana kauravya prahartavyaṃ gurāv iti |

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai Kauravya, dalam apa jua keadaan sekalipun, seseorang tidak boleh memukul gurunya.” Ini mengingatkan ikatan etika antara guru dan murid: biarpun di tengah keganasan perang, penghormatan kepada guru tetap menjadi aturan tingkah laku yang mengikat.

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• kathaṃcana: in any way; at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana

• kauravya: O descendant of Kuru
• kauravya: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauravya
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• prahartavyam: to be struck; should be attacked
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-hṛ
• Form: Gerundive (tavya), Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Obligation/necessity (passive sense)

• gurau: upon/against the teacher
• gurau: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• iti: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kauravya (Kuru-descendant addressee)
• guru (the teacher/preceptor; contextually Kṛpācārya in the cited recollection)