Shloka 11
Devanagari script
न वध: पूज्यते लोके सुप्तानामिह धर्मत: । तथैवापास्तशस्त्राणां विमुक्तरथवाजिनाम्
Transliteration
na vadhaḥ pūjyate loke suptānām iha dharmataḥ | tathaivāpāstaśastrāṇāṃ vimuktarathavājinām ||
Translation
克利波说道：“在此世间，杀害熟睡之人，并不被认可为合乎正法的行为。同样，杀害已放下兵刃、以及已解下战车与马匹（亦即不复具备战斗状态）之人，也不被视为合乎达摩。”
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
वधःkilling, slaying
वधः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पूज्यतेis approved/esteemed
पूज्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootपूज्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सुप्तानाम्of (those) asleep
सुप्तानाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसुप्त
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
इहhere
इह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
धर्मतःaccording to dharma, as a matter of righteousness
धर्मतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootधर्म
तथाlikewise, similarly
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अपास्त-शस्त्राणाम्of those who have laid aside weapons
अपास्त-शस्त्राणाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअपास्त-शस्त्र
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
विमुक्त-रथ-वाजिनाम्of those whose chariots and horses have been released/unyoked
विमुक्त-रथ-वाजिनाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootविमुक्त-रथ-वाजि
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
Speaker
कृप उवाच
Characters & Entities
K
Kṛpa (speaker)W
weapons (śastra)C
chariot (ratha)H
horses (vājin)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse states a principle of dharma-yuddha: it is not righteous to kill those who are asleep or otherwise defenseless—specifically those who have set aside weapons and those who are no longer equipped for combat (their chariots/horses released).
In the Sauptika Parva context, Kṛpa voices a moral restraint regarding night-time or opportunistic slaughter, warning that attacking sleeping or disarmed opponents violates accepted norms of righteous warfare.