Shloka 30

कृपोपदेशः — द्रौणेरनिद्रा च

Kṛpa’s Counsel and Drauṇi’s Sleepless Resolve

Devanagari script

शोकं मे वर्धयत्येष वारिवेग इवार्णवम्‌ | एकाग्रमनसो मेउ5द्य कुतो निद्रा कुत: सुखम्‌

Transliteration

śokaṃ me vardhayatyeṣa vārivega ivārṇavam | ekāgramanaso me 'dya kuto nidrā kutaḥ sukham ||

Translation

ਇਹ ਉੱਛਾਲ ਮੇਰਾ ਸੋਗ ਉਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਧਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਪਾਣੀ ਦਾ ਵੇਗ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ ਨੂੰ ਚੜ੍ਹਾ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਅੱਜ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨ ਇਕ ਥਾਂ ਟਿਕਦਾ ਨਹੀਂ; ਫਿਰ ਨੀਂਦ ਕਿੱਥੇ, ਸੁਖ ਕਿੱਥੇ?

Word by Word

• शोकम्: grief
• शोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• वर्धयति: increases
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एषः: this (one/thing)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वारिवेगः: rush/force of water
• वारिवेगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि + वेग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अर्णवम्: ocean
• अर्णवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्णव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकाग्रमनसः: of one-pointed mind / of concentrated mind
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाग्र + मनस्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• उद्य: therefore / hence
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्य

• कुतः: whence? how (could there be)?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः

• निद्रा: sleep
• निद्रा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निद्रा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कुतः: whence? how (could there be)?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः

• सुखम्: happiness, comfort
• सुखम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛpa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unrestrained emotional upheaval—especially after violent, unethical, or catastrophic events—destroys inner steadiness; without mental concentration (ekāgratā), neither rest (sleep) nor well-being (happiness) is possible.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛpa voices his distress in the wake of the night-raid context of the Sauptika Parva: the situation intensifies his sorrow like a flood feeding the sea, leaving him mentally unsettled and unable to find sleep or comfort.