Shloka 8

कृपकर्णसंवादः

Kṛpa’s Counsel to Karṇa on Deśa-Kāla and Coordinated Strategy

Devanagari script

अर्जुन उवाच हन्त ते5हं समाचक्षे दश नामानि यानि मे । वैराटे शृणु तानि त्वं यानि पूर्व श्रुतानि ते,अर्जुनने कहा--विराटपुत्र! मेरे जो दस नाम हैं और जिन्हें तुमने पहलेसे ही सुन रखा है, उनका वर्णन करता हूँ, सुनो

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca hanta te 'haṃ samācakṣe daśa nāmāni yāni me | vairāṭe śṛṇu tāni tvaṃ yāni pūrvaśrutāni te ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “Very well—now I shall clearly tell you my ten names. O son of Virāṭa, listen to them—those very names which you have already heard before.”

Word by Word

अर्जुनःArjuna

उवाचsaid

हन्तindeed; well then

तेto you

अहम्I

समाचक्षेI will tell; I relate

दशten

नामानिnames

यानिwhich

मेmy; of me

वैराटेO son of Virata

शृणुhear; listen

तानिthose

त्वम्you

यानिwhich

पूर्वम्formerly; earlier

श्रुतानिheard

तेby you; of you

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Virāṭa (implied through ‘Vairāṭa’, i.e., Virāṭa’s son)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes