कृप उवाच
सदैव तव राधेय युद्धे क्रूरतरा मतिः ॥
नार्थानां प्रकृतिं वेत्थ नानुबन्धम् अवेक्षसे ॥
नया हि बहवः सन्ति शास्त्राण्य् आश्रित्य चिन्तिताः ॥
तेषां युद्धं तु पापिष्ठं वेदयन्ति पुराविदः ॥
देशकालेन संयुक्तं युद्धं विजयदं भवेत् ॥
हीनकालं तद् एवेह फलवन् न भवत्य् उत ॥
देशे काले च विक्रान्तं कल्याणाय विधीयते ॥
आनुकूल्येन कार्याणाम् अन्तरं संविधीयताम् ॥
भारं हि रथकारस्य न व्यवस्यन्ति पण्डिताः ॥
kṛpa uvāca
sadaiva tava rādheya yuddhe krūratarā matiḥ ||
nārthānāṃ prakṛtiṃ vettha nānubandham avekṣase ||
nayā hi bahavaḥ santi śāstrāṇy āśritya cintitāḥ ||
teṣāṃ yuddhaṃ tu pāpiṣṭhaṃ vedayanti purāvidaḥ ||
deśakālena saṃyuktaṃ yuddhaṃ vijayadaṃ bhavet ||
hīnakālaṃ tad eveha phalavan na bhavaty uta ||
deśe kāle ca vikrāntaṃ kalyāṇāya vidhīyate ||
ānukūlyena kāryāṇām antaraṃ saṃvidhīyatām ||
bhāraṃ hi rathakārasya na vyavasyanti paṇḍitāḥ ||
Kripa said: 'Radheya, your mind is always too fierce in battle. You do not understand the nature of true aims, nor do you consider their consequences. There are many strategies devised on the authority of the shastras, but the sages of old declare that war is the most sinful among them. War joined to the right place and time can yield victory; that same war, waged at the wrong time, bears no fruit. Valor shown in the right place and time is ordained for good; let the occasion for action be arranged according to what is favorable. The wise do not undertake to bear the burden of a charioteer.'
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Kripa does not deny the kshatriya's duty, but sets it a measure: place, time, consequence. Without this measure, courage becomes mere cruelty.