Shloka 9
सनातनो वै मधुहा गोविन्द इति विश्रुत: । स सर्वान् पार्थिवान् संख्ये घातयिष्यति मानद:,वे ही सनातन, मधुसूदन और गोविन्द आदि नामोंसे प्रसिद्ध हैं। सज्जनोंको आदर देनेवाले वे भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण महाभारत-युद्धमें समस्त राजाओंका संहार करायेंगे
sanātano vai madhuhā govinda iti viśrutaḥ | sa sarvān pārthivān saṅkhye ghātayiṣyati mānadaḥ ||
അവൻ സനാതനൻ; ‘മധുഹാ’ (മധുവധകൻ), ‘ഗോവിന്ദൻ’ എന്ന നാമങ്ങളാൽ പ്രസിദ്ധൻ. സജ്ജനർക്കു മാനമരുളുന്ന ആ ഭഗവാൻ ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണൻ യുദ്ധത്തിൽ എല്ലാ രാജാക്കളുടെയും നാശം വരുത്തും.
ईश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents Kṛṣṇa as the eternal Lord, known by sacred epithets, and frames the war’s massive destruction as occurring under divine governance—raising the ethical idea that worldly power (kingship) is subject to dharma and to a larger, fated order.
Īśvara speaks, identifying himself through well-known names (Madhuhā, Govinda) and foretelling that in the coming great battle he will bring about the death of the assembled kings—anticipating the catastrophic outcome of the Kurukṣetra war.