Shloka 9

Devanagari script

स हि मे जातकर्मादि कारयामास माधव । शास्त्रदृष्टेन विधिना पुत्रप्रीत्या जनार्दन

Transliteration

sa hi me jātakarmādi kārayāmāsa mādhava | śāstradṛṣṭena vidhinā putraprītyā janārdana ||

Translation

माधव! पुत्रप्रेमाने त्यांनी शास्त्रदृष्ट विधीनुसार माझे जातकर्म इत्यादी संस्कार करविले, हे जनार्दन.

Word by Word

सःhe

हिindeed/for

मेof me / for me

जातकर्मादिthe birth-rite and other (rites)

कारयामासcaused to be performed / had (them) performed

माधवO Mādhava

शास्त्रदृष्टेनby the scripturally prescribed

विधिनाby the proper procedure/rite

पुत्रप्रीत्याout of affection for (his) son

जनार्दनO Janārdana

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karṇa

Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava, Janārdana)

Karṇa’s foster-father (implied by saḥ)

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?

Karṇa highlights that performing a child’s saṁskāras according to śāstra is a profound act of parental responsibility; such care creates a binding moral claim of gratitude and loyalty, shaping one’s sense of duty even in times of political and martial crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karṇa addresses Kṛṣṇa (as Mādhava/Janārdana) and recalls how ‘he’—Karṇa’s foster-father—arranged Karṇa’s birth-rites and other sacraments in the proper scriptural manner, motivated by love for him as a son. Karṇa uses this remembrance to justify his steadfast allegiance.