Shloka 33

Daiva–Puruṣakāra Saṃvāda

Kṛpa’s Counsel on Destiny and Human Effort

Devanagari script

ते पृष्टास्तु वदेयुर्यच्छेयो न: समनन्तरम्‌

Transliteration

te pṛṣṭāstu vadeyur yaccheyo naḥ samanantaram

Translation

若问及他们，他们应当立刻、毫不迟延地说出对我们真正最有利之策。克利帕力陈：在此危局之中，谋议必须迅捷，且以众人之福祉为归，不可踌躇，更不可自辩推诿。

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पृष्टाः: asked / having been asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: पृच्छ्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वदेयुः: should say / might say
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यत्: what / that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रेयः: the better (course) / welfare
• श्रेयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नः: of us / for us
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• समनन्तरम्: immediately / right after
• समनन्तरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समनन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, Adverbial accusative

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛpa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In moments of danger and moral uncertainty, one should seek and offer counsel that aims at śreyaḥ—genuine welfare—and do so promptly; delay and ambiguity can worsen harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛpa, speaking among the surviving Kaurava leaders after the war, presses for immediate, welfare-oriented advice: if questioned, the others should state at once what course is best for their side.