Mahabharata 4.44.22 — Virata Parva, Adhyaya 44, Shloka 22
कृपकर्णसंवादः
Kṛpa’s Counsel to Karṇa on Deśa-Kāla and Coordinated Strategy
कृष्ण इत्येव दशमं नाम चक्रे पिता मम । कृष्णावदातस्य ततः प्रियत्वादू बालकस्य वै
arjuna uvāca | kṛṣṇa ityeva daśamaṃ nāma cakre pitā mama | kṛṣṇāvadātasya tataḥ priyatvād bālakasya vai |
အာర్జုနက ပြောသည်— «အဖေတော်သည် ကျွန်ုပ်အား ဒသမမြောက်အမည်အဖြစ် ‘ကೃṣṇa’ ဟု ပေးတော်မူ၏။ ကလေးဘဝ၌ ကျွန်ုပ်၏အရောင်သည် မည်းနှင့်ဖြူ ရောနှောသကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်ပြီး၊ ကလေးဘဝ၏ ဆွဲဆောင်မှုကြောင့် အဖေတော်အတွက် အထူးချစ်ခင်ရသူ ဖြစ်ခဲ့သဖြင့်»။
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how names and epithets arise from observable qualities and relationships: Arjuna’s name ‘Kṛṣṇa’ is linked to his complexion and to paternal affection, showing that identity in the epic is shaped both by personal traits and by social/familial bonds.
In the Virāṭa Parva, Arjuna is explaining his own names and reputation. Here he states that his father bestowed the name ‘Kṛṣṇa’ as an additional (tenth) name because Arjuna, as a child, was pleasing and dear, and had a dark-and-fair complexion.
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