Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ततो<स्य तनुज: पार्थान्‌ कृपस्यानन्तरं प्रभु: । अस्त्राणि शिक्षयामास नाबुध्यन्त च तं जना:,वहाँ उनके पुत्र शक्तिशाली अभश्व॒त्थामा कृपाचार्यके बाद पाण्डवोंको स्वयं ही अस्त्रविद्याकी शिक्षा देने लगे; किंतु लोग उन्हें पहचान न सके

Transliteration

tato 'sya tanujaḥ pārthān kṛpasyānantaraṃ prabhuḥ | astrāṇi śikṣayāmāsa nābudhyanta ca taṃ janāḥ ||

Translation

Então seu filho —o poderoso Aśvatthāmā—, após Kṛpa, começou pessoalmente a instruir os Pārthas na ciência das armas; contudo, o povo não reconhecia quem ele era de fato.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

अस्यof him

तनुजःson

पार्थान्the sons of Pṛthā (the Pāṇḍavas)

कृपस्यof Kṛpa

अनन्तरम्afterwards, next (after)

प्रभुःthe mighty one, lord

अस्त्राणिweapons (missile-weapons)

शिक्षयामासtaught, instructed

नnot

अबुध्यन्तunderstood, recognized

चand

तम्him

जनाःpeople

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Aśvatthāmā

Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)

Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Knowledge—especially martial knowledge (astra-vidyā)—is transmitted through established teachers and lineages, yet social perception may fail to recognize true authority or identity; competence and instruction can operate independently of public recognition.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Kṛpācārya, Aśvatthāmā (his son) takes up the role of instructor and trains the Pāṇḍavas in weapons, but the surrounding people do not realize who he is.