Shloka 36
अध्याय ९ — दुर्योधनस्य अन्त्यावस्था, विलापः, तथा सौप्तिक-प्रतिवृत्तम्
Duryodhana’s Final Condition, Lamentation, and the Night’s Report
कृपस्य तव वीर्येण मम चैव पितुश्न मे
kṛpasya tava vīryeṇa mama caiva pituś ca me
कृपस्य तव वीर्येण मम चैव पितुश्च मे।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The line underscores how outcomes in a crisis are attributed to the combined agency of capable individuals—especially trusted elders like Kṛpa—alongside one’s own effort and familial support. Ethically, it reflects the epic’s recurring emphasis on responsibility and the weight of counsel and competence in the wake of war.
Sañjaya, reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the Sauptika Parva, begins a statement crediting certain results to the prowess of Kṛpa, together with his own and his father’s. The verse as given is a partial line that likely continues in the next pāda(s) to complete the thought.