तात मन्यामि तत् सर्वं बुध्यस्व बलम् आत्मनः ॥
नियतं सर्वमित्रेषु बलवत्स्व् अबलेषु च ॥
उच्चावचं बलं ज्ञात्वा मध्यस्थं चापि भारत ॥
प्रहृष्टम् अप्रहृष्टं च संदधाम तथा परैः ॥
साम्ना भेदेन दानेन दण्डेन बलिकर्मणा ॥
न्यायेनानम्य च परान् बलाच् चानम्य दुर्बलान् ॥
सान्त्वयित्वा च मित्राणि बलं चाभाष्यतां सुखम् ॥
सकोशबलसंवृद्धः सम्यक् सिद्धिम् अवाप्स्यसि ॥
योत्स्यसे चापि बलिभिर् अरिभिः प्रत्युपस्थितैः ॥
अन्यैस् त्वं पाण्डवैर् वापि हीनस्वबलवाहनैः ॥
एवं सर्वं विनिश्चित्य व्यवसायं स्वधर्मतः ॥
यथाकालं मनुष्येन्द्र चिरं सुखम् अवाप्स्यसि ॥
tāta manyāmi tat sarvaṃ budhyasva balam ātmanaḥ ||
niyataṃ sarvamitreṣu balavatsv abaleṣu ca ||
uccāvacaṃ balaṃ jñātvā madhyasthaṃ cāpi bhārata ||
prahṛṣṭam aprahṛṣṭaṃ ca saṃdadhāma tathā paraiḥ ||
sāmnā bhedena dānena daṇḍena balikarmaṇā ||
nyāyenānamya ca parān balāc cānamya durbalān ||
sāntvayitvā ca mitrāṇi balaṃ cābhāṣyatāṃ sukham ||
sakośabalasaṃvṛddhaḥ samyak siddhim avāpsyasi ||
yotsyase cāpi balibhir aribhiḥ pratyupasthitaiḥ ||
anyais tvaṃ pāṇḍavair vāpi hīnasvabalavāhanaiḥ ||
evaṃ sarvaṃ viniścitya vyavasāyaṃ svadharmataḥ ||
yathākālaṃ manuṣyendra ciraṃ sukham avāpsyasi ||
"Dear one, this is what I think: understand your own strength fully -- among all friends, both strong and weak. Having learned the high, the low, and the middling strength, O Bharata, both the pleased and the displeased, we shall enter into relations with others. By conciliation, division, gifts, punishment, and the exaction of tribute, bending the strong by justice and the weak by force, and having soothed our friends, let our strength be calmly weighed. With treasury and strength increased, you will attain true success. And you will fight with strong enemies when they present themselves, whether others or the Pandavas, even if your own strength and forces should prove inferior. Having thus decided everything and acting according to your own dharma, lord of men, in time you will attain lasting peace."
3904b054ff1d · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 6:17:35 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Kripa's counsel is sober, but limited to the politics of survival. He recognizes the Pandavas' strength, yet never rises to the question of whether it is just to withhold their kingdom.