Shloka 15

कृपोपदेशः — द्रौणेरनिद्रा च

Kṛpa’s Counsel and Drauṇi’s Sleepless Resolve

Devanagari script

कृत्वा च कदन तेषां प्रभाते विमले5हनि । विहरस्व यथा शक्र: सूदयित्वा महासुरान्‌

Transliteration

kṛtvā ca kadanaṁ teṣāṁ prabhāte vimalāhni | viharasva yathā śakraḥ sūdayitvā mahāsurān ||

Translation

தூய விடியற்காலையில் நாள் தெளிவாக உதயமானதும் அவர்களை அழித்து, விருப்பம்போல் உலாவு—மாபெரும் அசுரர்களை ஒழித்த பின் சக்ரன் (இந்திரன்) இன்புற உலாவுவது போல।

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा, कर्तरि, पूर्वकाल (absolutive)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कदनम्: slaughter, destruction
• कदनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तेषाम्: of them (of those enemies)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• प्रभाते: at dawn
• प्रभाते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विमले: in the pure/clear (day)
• विमले: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अहनि: on the day
• अहनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विहरस्व: roam/enjoy (you should roam)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विहर् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, Second, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सूदयित्वा: having slain/destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सूद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (इत्वा-रूप), कर्तरि, पूर्वकाल (absolutive)

• महासुरान्: great asuras (mighty demons)
• महासुरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛpa
• Śakra (Indra)
• Mahāsuras (mighty Asuras)
• the enemies (teṣām)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Kṛpa urges decisive enemy-destruction at dawn and then untroubled freedom, legitimizing the act through the model of Indra’s slaying of the Asuras; the verse highlights how martial counsel can invoke divine precedent to normalize extreme violence, raising an ethical tension between victory and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛpa addresses a warrior ally, encouraging him to kill the foes when morning comes and then roam as he pleases, comparing the anticipated triumph to Indra’s post-victory ease after defeating powerful Asuras.