Shloka 28

कृपोपदेशः — द्रौणेरनिद्रा च

Kṛpa’s Counsel and Drauṇi’s Sleepless Resolve

Devanagari script

कस्य हाकरुणस्यापि नेत्राभ्यामश्रु नाव्रजेत्‌

Transliteration

kasya hākaruṇasyāpi netrābhyām aśru nāvrajet

Translation

ਇਹੋ ਜਿਹਾ ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ—ਭਾਵੇਂ ਕੋਈ ਕਿੰਨਾ ਹੀ ਨਿਰਦਈ ਕਿਉਂ ਨਾ ਹੋਵੇ—ਕਿਸ ਦੀਆਂ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਹੰਝੂ ਨਹੀਂ ਵਹਿਣਗੇ?

Word by Word

• कस्य: of whom/whose
• कस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• हा: alas!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा

• करुणस्य: of the compassionate / of the pitiable
• करुणस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: करुण
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• नेत्राभ्याम्: with (his) two eyes
• नेत्राभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र
• Form: neuter, instrumental, dual

• अश्रु: a tear/tears
• अश्रु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्रु
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अव्रजेत्: would go/come forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज्
• Form: optative (vidhilin), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛpa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores a basic moral intuition: certain acts and their consequences are so grievous that they naturally evoke tears, revealing that compassion is a near-universal human response and that cruelty in war leaves an undeniable ethical stain.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Sauptika Parva’s aftermath of night-time slaughter, Kṛpa reacts to the horrific results and voices a lament: the sight is so heartbreaking that even a person lacking compassion would be moved to weep.