Sauptika Parva Adhyaya 5 Shloka 16 - Mahabharata | Chinese | Vedapath

Vyasa

Shloka 16

Devanagari script

संसारके सम्पूर्ण अस्त्रवेत्ताओंमें तुम श्रेष्ठ हो। तुम्हारी सर्वत्र ख्याति है। इस जगतमें अबतक कभी तुम्हारा छोटे-से-छोटा दोष भी देखनेमें नहीं आया है ।।

Transliteration

saṃsārake sampūrṇa astravettāsu tvaṃ śreṣṭho 'si | tava sarvatra khyātiḥ | asmin jagati adyāvat kadācit tava laghutamo 'pi doṣo na dṛṣṭapūrvaḥ || tvaṃ punaḥ sūryasaṅkāśaḥ śvo bhūtvā udite ravau | prakāśe sarvabhūtānāṃ vijetā yudhi śātravān ||

Translation

克利帕说道：“在这世间通晓兵器之学的人当中，你最为卓绝。你的名声遍及四方，直到如今，人们从未在你身上见到哪怕最细微的过失。因此，待明日旭日升起之时，你当如太阳般光耀；在澄明的日光下，于众生之前与敌交战，并战胜你的仇敌。”

Word by Word

त्वम्you

पुनःagain, moreover

सूर्य-संकाशःsun-like, resembling the sun

श्वःtomorrow

भूतःhaving become

उदितेwhen risen, upon rising

रवौin/at the sun (i.e., when the sun has risen)

प्रकाशेin the light, in daylight

सर्व-भूतानाम्of all beings

विजेताconqueror, victor

युधिin battle

शात्रवान्enemies

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kṛpa (speaker)

the addressed warrior (unnamed in this verse)

Ravi/Sūrya (the Sun)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames martial action within public, accountable conduct: true excellence is not only skill with weapons but also a reputation free from blemish, and victory sought openly “in the light,” aligning valor with honor and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛpa praises the addressed warrior as the foremost weapon-master and urges him to wait for sunrise, then fight in daylight before all beings and defeat the enemies—an exhortation toward open battle rather than concealed action.