Shloka 10
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४० (कृष्णेन कर्णं प्रति पाण्डवबल-वैशिष्ट्यप्रदर्शनम्) / Udyoga Parva, Chapter 140
Krishna’s appraisal of Pandava advantage and war portents
नाम वै वसुषेणेति कारयामास वै द्विजै: । माधव! उन्होंने मेरे जातकर्म आदि संस्कार करवाये तथा जनार्दन! उन्होंने ही पुत्रप्रेमवश शास्त्रीय विधिसे ब्राह्मणोंद्वारा मेरा “वसुषेण” नाम रखवाया ।।
nāma vai vasuṣeṇeti kārayāmāsa vai dvijaiḥ | mādhava! te me jātakarma-ādi-saṃskārān kārayāmāsuḥ tathā janārdana! te eva putra-premavaśāt śāstrīya-vidhinā brāhmaṇair mama “vasuṣeṇa” nāma sthāpayāmāsuḥ || bhāryāśnūḍhā mama prāpte yauvane tat-parigrahāt |
„Mein Name, ‘Vasuṣeṇa’, wurde feierlich von Brahmanen verliehen. O Mādhava, sie ließen für mich die Geburtsriten und die übrigen Saṁskāras vollziehen; und o Janārdana, aus Liebe zu mir als zu einem Sohn, setzten sie nach der Vorschrift der Schriften durch Brahmanen den Namen ‘Vasuṣeṇa’ für mich fest. Und als ich die Jugend erreichte, nahm ich mir in gebührender Form eine Gattin.“
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds dharma as lived through śāstric rites: identity and social legitimacy are shaped by saṃskāras (birth-rites, naming) performed according to scriptural procedure, and by the ethical force of parental affection that seeks to place a child within a recognized dharmic framework.
Karna speaks to Kṛṣṇa, recounting how his guardians arranged his Vedic sacraments and had Brahmins confer on him the name ‘Vasuṣeṇa’; he then notes that upon reaching youth he accepted a wife, continuing the expected life-course within social and ritual norms.