अथ शारद्वतो राजन् कौन्तेयशरपीडितः ॥
अवासीदद् रथोपस्थे मूर्च्छाम् अभिजगाम ह ॥
विह्वलं तम् अभिज्ञाय भर्तारं शरपीडितम् ॥
हतो ऽयम् इति च ज्ञात्वा सारथिस् तम् अपावहत् ॥
तस्मिन् सन्ने महाराज कृपे शारद्वते युधि ॥
अश्वत्थामाप्य् अपायासीत् पाण्डवेयाद् रथान्तरम् ॥
दृष्ट्वा शारद्वतं पार्थो मूर्छितं शरपीडितम् ॥
रथ एव महेष्वासः कृपणं पर्यदेवयत् ॥
atha śāradvato rājan kaunteyaśarapīḍitaḥ ||
avāsīdad rathopasthe mūrcchām abhijagāma ha ||
vihvalaṃ tam abhijñāya bhartāraṃ śarapīḍitam ||
hato 'yam iti ca jñātvā sārathis tam apāvahat ||
tasmin sanne mahārāja kṛpe śāradvate yudhi ||
aśvatthāmāpy apāyāsīt pāṇḍaveyād rathāntaram ||
dṛṣṭvā śāradvataṃ pārtho mūrchitaṃ śarapīḍitam ||
ratha eva maheṣvāsaḥ kṛpaṇaṃ paryadevayat ||
Then Sharadvata [Kripa], O king, oppressed by the arrows of Kaunteya, sank onto the floor of his chariot and fell into unconsciousness. Recognizing his distraught lord, oppressed by arrows, and deciding "he is struck down," the charioteer carried him off. When Kripa Sharadvata sank down in battle, O great king, Ashvatthaman too withdrew from the Pandava to another chariot. Having seen Sharadvata unconscious, oppressed by arrows, Partha, the great archer, grieved pitifully on his very own chariot.
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The victor grieves over his fallen teacher — he does not exult, but mourns: nobility is measured by how one looks upon the fallen. It is telling that Arjuna grieves even for one who came against him with weapons: reverence for the guru outweighs the laws of enmity. The verse teaches that to overcome one revered is no joy but sorrow for the conscientious; and tears over a fallen teacher are nobler than any triumph over an enemy.