Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अर्जुनो5हं महाराज व्यक्त ते श्रोत्रमागत: । भीमादवरज: पार्थो यमाभ्यां चापि पूर्वज:,महाराज! मैं ही अर्जुन हूँ। अवश्य मेरा नाम भी आपके कानोंमें पड़ा होगा। मैं कुन्तीदेवीका पुत्र हूँ। भीमसेनसे छोटा और नकुल-सहदेवसे बड़ा हूँ

Transliteration

arjuno’ham mahārāja vyaktaṃ te śrotram āgataḥ | bhīmād avarajaḥ pārtho yamābhyāṃ cāpi pūrvajaḥ ||

Translation

อรชุนกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่พระมหาราชา ข้าคืออรชุน แน่นอนว่านามของข้าย่อมไปถึงพระกรรณของพระองค์แล้ว ข้าคือปารถะ โอรสของกุนตี—อ่อนกว่าภีมะ แต่เป็นพี่ของโอรสฝาแฝดแห่งอัศวิน (นกุลและสหเทวะ)”

Word by Word

अर्जुनःArjuna

अहम्I

महाराजO great king

व्यक्तम्surely, clearly

तेof you/your

श्रोत्रम्ear; hearing

आगतःhas come/reached

भीमात्than Bhima/from Bhima

अवरजःyounger (brother)

पार्थःson of Pritha (Kunti); Partha

यमाभ्याम्than the two (sons) of Yama (Nakula and Sahadeva)

चand

अपिalso

पूर्वजःelder (brother)

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Virata (addressed as Mahārāja in context)

Bhima (Bhimasena)

Nakula

Sahadeva

Kunti (implied by Pārtha/son of Kuntī)

Pāṇḍavas (implied by the sibling-order statement)

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?

The verse highlights dharmic clarity in speech: when concealment is no longer required, one should state the truth plainly—grounding identity in lineage and responsibility rather than in disguise or fear.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Virāṭa episode, Arjuna discloses his true identity to the king, asserting that his fame should already be known and specifying his place among the Pāṇḍava brothers—junior to Bhīma and senior to the twins Nakula and Sahadeva.