Shloka 9
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४० (कृष्णेन कर्णं प्रति पाण्डवबल-वैशिष्ट्यप्रदर्शनम्) / Udyoga Parva, Chapter 140
Krishna’s appraisal of Pandava advantage and war portents
स हि मे जातकर्मादि कारयामास माधव । शास्त्रदृष्टेन विधिना पुत्रप्रीत्या जनार्दन
sa hi me jātakarmādi kārayāmāsa mādhava | śāstradṛṣṭena vidhinā putraprītyā janārdana ||
“Hỡi Mādhava! Chính ông ấy đã cho cử hành các lễ nghi từ lễ Jātakarma trở đi cho ta, đúng theo phép tắc mà kinh điển quy định. Hỡi Janārdana, tất cả đều vì thương ta như con ruột.”
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.