Shloka 12

Devanagari script

ये च ब्रूयुस्तवास्मीति ये च स्यु: शरणागता: । विमुक्तमूर्थजा ये च ये चापि हतवाहना:

Transliteration

ye ca brūyus tavāsmīti ye ca syuḥ śaraṇāgatāḥ | vimuktamūrdhajā ye ca ye cāpi hata-vāhanāḥ ||

Translation

克利波说道：“凡宣称‘我属于你’者，凡前来求庇护者，凡披散头发者（示苦难或归降），以及坐骑或车辆已毁者——在此世间杀害这样的人，并不被视为正法之举。”

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• ब्रूयुः: might say / would say
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (ब्रवीति)
• Form: Optative, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तव: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• स्युः: might be / would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• शरणागताः: having come for refuge; surrendered
• शरणागताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरणागत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विमुक्त: released / loosened
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्त
• Form: —, —, —

• मूर्धजाः: hair (lit. head-born)
• मूर्धजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• हत: killed / destroyed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत
• Form: —, —, —

• वाहनाः: those whose mounts/vehicles (are ...)
• वाहनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛpa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse states a dharmic restraint in warfare: one should not kill those who explicitly submit (“I am yours”), seek refuge, or are clearly incapacitated and helpless (e.g., dismounted or with loosened hair as a sign of distress/surrender).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Sauptika Parva context, Kṛpa voices an ethical warning about whom it is improper to kill—especially those who have surrendered or are defenseless—thereby invoking accepted norms of righteous conduct even amid violent conflict.