Shloka 9
Devanagari script
कौन्तेयस्त्वं न राधेयो न तवाधिरथ: पिता । सूर्यजस्त्वं महाबाहो विदितो नारदान्मया
Transliteration
sañjaya uvāca |
kaunteyas tvaṃ na rādheyo na tavādhirathaḥ pitā |
sūryajas tvaṃ mahābāho vidito nāradān mayā ||
Translation
三阇耶说：“孩子！你并非罗陀之子，而是昆蒂之子；阿提罗陀并不是你的父亲。大臂勇士啊，你乃日神之子。我从那罗陀处得知你的真实身世。”
Word by Word
कौन्तेयःson of Kuntī
कौन्तेयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकौन्तेय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
राधेयःson of Rādhā
राधेयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराधेय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नnor/not
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तवof you/your
तव:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
अधिरथःAdhiratha
अधिरथः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअधिरथ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पिताfather
पिता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सूर्यजःborn of the Sun (son of Sūrya)
सूर्यजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्यज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
महाबाहोO mighty-armed one
महाबाहो:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाबाहु
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
विदितःknown/ascertained
विदितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootविदित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नारदात्from Nārada
नारदात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootनारद
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
मयाby me
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Instrumental, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)क
कुन्ती (Kuntī)र
राधा (Rādhā)अ
अधिरथ (Adhiratha)स
सूर्य (Sūrya)न
नारद (Nārada)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
The verse highlights the ethical weight of truth about one’s origin: identity is not only social but also moral, and knowing the truth can demand a re-evaluation of duty, loyalty, and the harm of fighting one’s own kin.
Sañjaya reports a revelation about Karṇa’s birth: he is actually Kuntī’s son and thus connected to the Pāṇḍavas, not the biological son of his foster parents Rādhā and Adhiratha; Sañjaya says he learned this from the sage Nārada.