Shloka 18

अर्जुन-कर्ण-सङ्ग्रामः

Arjuna–Karna Engagement in the Cattle-Raid Aftermath

Devanagari script

अस्माभिह्दोष निकृतो वर्षाणीह त्रयोदश । सिंह: पाशविनिर्मुक्तो न न: शेष॑ करिष्यति

Transliteration

asmābhir doṣa-nikṛto varṣāṇīha trayodaśa | siṁhaḥ pāśa-vinirmukto na naḥ śeṣaṁ kariṣyati ||

Translation

Крипа сказал: «Тринадцать лет здесь мы были виновны перед ними: держали их в лесу и обращались с ними коварно. Теперь они освобождены от узета своего обета; как лев, вырвавшийся из силка, разве не оставят они никого из нас в живых? По неведению мы наткнулись на Арджуну, сына Кунти, стоящего здесь в уединении — словно огонь, скрытый в колодце, — и впали в величайший страх и опасность.»

Word by Word

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Plural

• दोषः: fault, wrongdoing
• दोषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निकृतः: done, committed
• निकृतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√कृ (कृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• वर्षाणि: years
• वर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• त्रयोदश: thirteen
• त्रयोदश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोदश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• सिंहः: lion
• सिंहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाश-विनिर्मुक्तः: freed from bonds
• पाश-विनिर्मुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाश + विनिर्मुक्त (वि+निर्√मुच्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

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

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Plural

• शेषम्: remaining, left over
• शेषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शेष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• करिष्यति: will make, will do
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ
• Form: Simple future (लृट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛpa (Kripacharya)
• Arjuna
• Kuntī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wrongdoing and deceit create moral liability and fear of just consequences; when those who were restrained by vows become free, the wrongdoer anticipates retribution, illustrating the ethical weight of adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the Pandavas’ thirteen-year term is complete, Kripa warns the Kaurava side that they have provoked the Pandavas through treachery and now, having encountered Arjuna, they face imminent danger—likened to meeting a lion freed from a trap or hidden fire suddenly discovered.