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

ಏಕಾಗ್ರಮನಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ, ಸಮಾಹಿತನಾಗಿ ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ಕೇಳು. ನನ್ನ ಹೆಸರುಗಳು—ಅರ್ಜುನ, ಫಾಲ್ಗುನ, ಜಿಷ್ಣು, ಕಿರೀಟಿ, ಶ್ವೇತವಾಹನ, ಬೀಭತ್ಸು, ವಿಜಯ, ಕೃಷ್ಣ, ಸವ್ಯಸಾಚಿ, ಧನಂಜಯ.

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

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes