Shloka 9

कृपकर्णसंवादः

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

Devanagari script

एकाग्रमानसो भूत्वा शूणु सर्व समाहित: । अर्जुन: फाल्गुनो जिष्णु: किरीटी श्वेतवाहन: । बीभत्सुर्विजय: कृष्ण: सव्यसाची धनंजय:,एकाग्रचित्त हो सावधानीके साथ सबको सुनना। [वे नाम ये हैं--) अर्जुन, फाल्गुन, जिष्णु, किरीटी, श्वेतवाहन, बीभत्सु, विजय, कृष्ण, सव्यसाची और धनंजय

Translation

With mind gathered into one point, listen with full attention: Arjuna, Phālguna, Jiṣṇu, Kirīṭī, Śvetavāhana, Bībhatsu, Vijaya, Kṛṣṇa, Savyasācī, and Dhanañjaya.

Word by Word

एकाग्रमानसःone whose mind is concentrated

भूत्वाhaving become

शृणुlisten

सर्वम्everything / all (that I say)

समाहितःcomposed, attentive

अर्जुनःArjuna

फाल्गुनःPhālguna (Arjuna)

जिष्णुःJiṣṇu (the victorious one; Arjuna)

किरीटीKirīṭī (the diadem-wearer; Arjuna)

श्वेतवाहनःhe whose chariot-horses are white

बीभत्सुःBībhatsu (Arjuna)

विजयःVijaya (the victorious; Arjuna)

कृष्णःKṛṣṇa (a name/epithet here applied to Arjuna in some traditions; also can denote Kṛṣṇa depending on context)

सव्यसाचीhe who can shoot with the left hand (ambidextrous archer)

धनंजयःDhanañjaya (conqueror/winner of wealth; Arjuna)

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes