Shloka 15
Devanagari script
कृपालुषु परिक्लेशान् पाण्डवीयान् प्रकीर्तयन् । वृद्धेषु कुलधर्म च ब्रुवन् पूर्वरनुछितम्
Transliteration
kṛpāluṣu parikleśān pāṇḍavīyān prakīrtayan | vṛddheṣu kuladharmaṃ ca bruvan pūrvaranucitam ||
Translation
कृपालुषु परिक्लेशान् पाण्डवीयान् प्रकीर्तयन्। वृद्धेषु कुलधर्मं च ब्रुवन् पूर्वैरनुष्ठितम्॥
Word by Word
कृपालुषुamong the compassionate (ones)
कृपालुषु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootकृपालु
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
परिक्लेशान्afflictions, hardships
परिक्लेशान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपरिक्लेश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
पाण्डवीयान्belonging to the Pāṇḍavas
पाण्डवीयान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपाण्डवीय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
प्रकीर्तयन्recounting, proclaiming
प्रकीर्तयन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + कीर्त्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
वृद्धेषुamong the elders
वृद्धेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवृद्ध
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
कुलधर्मम्the family-duty, ancestral custom
कुलधर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकुलधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
ब्रुवन्saying, speaking
ब्रुवन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
पूर्वम्formerly, earlier
पूर्वम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व
अनुचितम्improper (thing/act)
अनुचितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुचित
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
दुपद उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
DrupadaP
PāṇḍavasCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Ethical persuasion should be grounded in compassion for the afflicted and in kuladharma—appealing to elders and ancestral precedent to guide present decisions.
Drupada is speaking in the political-ethical deliberations of the Udyoga Parva, describing the Pāṇḍavas’ sufferings and urging the elders to consider traditional family duty and long-established propriety.