महाभारत · 1.120.1
॥
देवनागरी
जनमेजय उवाच
कृपस्यापि महाब्रह्मन् संभवं वक्तुम् अर्हसि ॥
शरस्तम्भात् कथं जज्ञे कथं चास्त्राण्य् अवाप्तवान् ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
janamejaya uvāca
kṛpasyāpi mahābrahman saṃbhavaṃ vaktum arhasi ||
śarastambhāt kathaṃ jajñe kathaṃ cāstrāṇy avāptavān ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
कृपस्य अपि महाब्रह्मन् संभवं वक्तुम् अर्हसिkṛpasya api mahābrahman saṃbhavaṃ vaktum arhasi"O great brahmin, tell also of the birth of Kripa —
शरस्तम्भात् कथं जज्ञे कथं च अस्त्राणि अवाप्तवान्śarastambhāt kathaṃ jajñe kathaṃ ca astrāṇi avāptavānhow he was born from a clump of reeds and how he obtained his weapons?"
जनमेजयjanamejayaoriginal form "janamejaya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कृपस्यापिkṛpasyāpioriginal form "kṛpasyāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चास्त्राण्य्cāstrāṇyoriginal form "cāstrāṇy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
Janamejaya said: "O great brahmin, tell also of the birth of Kripa: how he was born from a clump of reeds and how he obtained mastery of weapons?"
संस्करण
6cb075c3a5d3 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 4:41:49 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Janamejaya asks to be told of Kripa, the first teacher of the princes in the science of war. It is significant that the narrative, before it shows the education of the Pandavas and Kauravas, pauses over the origin of their teachers: scripture honors the lineage and birth of the teacher no less than that of the pupil. In this lies the proper reverence owed to a guru — to know from whom and how knowledge came is part of one's regard for the science itself. Thus scripture introduces the wondrous story of Kripa's birth from reeds, preparing the account of the future heroes' training in arms.