Shloka 9
कुरुक्षेत्रे सेनानिवेशवृत्तान्तः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra Questions Saṃjaya on the Deployed Armies
कृष्ण उवाच यथाहति भवान् वक्तुमस्मिन् काले हुपस्थिते । तथेदमर्थवद् वाक्यमुक्त ते भरतर्षभ
kṛṣṇa uvāca | yathāhati bhavān vaktum asmin kāle hy upasthite | tathā idam arthavad vākyam uktaṃ te bharatarṣabha |
ကృష్ణ မိန့်တော်မူသည်—“ဟေ ဘာရတဝంశ၏ အထွဋ်အမြတ်သူရဲကောင်း၊ အချိန်အခါက တောင်းဆိုသကဲ့သို့ ပြောရမည့်အခါ၌ သင်သည် အချိန်မီ၍ အဓိပ္ပါယ်ပြည့်ဝသော စကားကို အမှန်တကယ် ပြောခဲ့ပြီ။”
कृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Speech should be appropriate to the moment and guided by purpose (arthavat)—timely, meaningful counsel is itself a form of dharma, especially in high-stakes decisions.
In the Udyoga Parva’s tense pre-war deliberations, Krishna responds to a Bharata leader’s statement, affirming that the words spoken were fitting for the present crisis and carried substantial meaning.