Shloka 66

Devanagari script

तथा निवार्यमाणेन कौरवैरर्जुनेन च । हत एव नृशंसेन पिता तव नरर्षभ,नरश्रेष्ठ) इस प्रकार कौरवों तथा अर्जुनके रोकनेपर भी उस नृशंसने तुम्हारे पिताकी हत्या कर ही डाली

Transliteration

tathā nivāryamāṇena kauravair arjunena ca | hata eva nṛśaṃsena pitā tava nararṣabha ||

Translation

ఇలా కౌరవులూ అర్జునుడూ అడ్డుకున్నప్పటికీ, ఆ క్రూరుడు నీ తండ్రిని వధించేశాడు—ఓ నరశ్రేష్ఠా.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• निवार्यमाणेन: while being restrained / though being prevented
• निवार्यमाणेन: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√वृ (वारयति) → निवार्यमाण
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular, Passive, Present passive participle

• कौरवैः: by the Kauravas
• कौरवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अर्जुनेन: by Arjuna
• अर्जुनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• हतः: killed / slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् → हत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle

• एव: indeed, certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• नृशंसेन: by the cruel one
• नृशंसेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृशंस
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (त्वद्)
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• नरर्षभ: O bull among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kauravas
• Arjuna
• Kripa (speaker)
• the addressee (nararṣabha)
• the addressee's father
• the ruthless killer (nṛśaṃsa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical gravity of an act of killing committed despite active restraint by others. It points to the failure of self-control (dama) and compassion, suggesting that cruelty in war is not excused merely by the battlefield context, especially when peers attempt to prevent wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kripa reports to a heroic addressee that, although the Kauravas and Arjuna tried to stop the perpetrator, a ruthless individual nevertheless killed the addressee’s father. The line functions as a stark notification of a grievous death and emphasizes the perpetrator’s nṛśaṃsatā (ruthlessness).