Shloka 19
प्रत्यक्ष भूमिपालानां भवतां चापि संनिधौ । न्यस्तशस्त्रो मम पिता धृष्टद्युम्नेन पातित:
pratyakṣa-bhūmipālānāṁ bhavatāṁ cāpi saṁnidhau | nyasta-śastro mama pitā dhṛṣṭadyumnena pātitaḥ ||
“就在诸王聚集的众目睽睽之下，甚至在你们近旁之时，我父亲已然弃置兵刃，却仍被德里什塔丢摩那击倒杀害。”
कृप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a key wartime ethical norm in the Mahābhārata: once a combatant has laid down weapons, attacking him is treated as a serious breach of kṣatriya-dharma. Publicly witnessed wrongdoing intensifies moral responsibility and fuels cycles of vengeance.
Kṛpa, speaking in the Sauptika Parva, recalls that his father Droṇa was killed by Dhṛṣṭadyumna while disarmed, and that this occurred in full view of many kings and the nearby leaders. He uses this memory to underscore the perceived injustice and to justify the anger driving subsequent actions.