Shloka 9

Devanagari script

वासुदेवसहायस्य गर्जत: सानुजस्य ते । मध्ये कुरूणां कौन्तेय तस्य कालो5यमागत:

Transliteration

vāsudeva-sahāyasya garjataḥ sānujaśya te | madhye kurūṇāṃ kaunteya tasya kālo ’yam āgataḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: «Oh hijo de Kuntī, ha llegado el momento para aquel guerrero que ruge en la batalla, acompañado de sus hermanos menores y sostenido por Vāsudeva, de plantarse en medio mismo de los Kurus. Con Kṛṣṇa como auxilio, ha arribado su hora destinada para la acción decisiva.»

Word by Word

वासुदेवof Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

सहायस्यof the helper/ally

गर्जतःof (him) roaring

सानुजस्यof (him) with his younger brother

तेof you/your

मध्येin the midst

कुरूणाम्of the Kurus

कौन्तेयO son of Kuntī

तस्यof him/of that

कालःtime (the destined time)

अयम्this

आगतःhas come/has arrived

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)

Kurus

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical and spiritual idea that decisive action in a dharmic struggle requires both personal courage and right guidance; with Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) as support, the hero’s fateful moment (kāla) arrives, implying responsibility to act when the time for duty comes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a Kaunteya and points to a warrior—lion-roaring, accompanied by his younger brother(s), and aided by Vāsudeva—who is now poised amid the Kuru forces; the statement marks the arrival of the critical moment for confrontation.