Shloka 8

कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्तु कृष्णेन प्रेक्षमाणो युधिष्ठिरम्‌

Transliteration

evam uktas tu kṛṣṇena prekṣamāṇo yudhiṣṭhiram

Translation

三阇耶说道：被奎师那如此告诫之后，他仍目不转睛地注视着坚战——神情专注，在战争的道德重压之中权衡那番劝诫。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: spoken to / addressed
• उक्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त, passive sense (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कृष्णेन: by Krishna
• कृष्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रेक्षमाणः: looking at
• प्रेक्षमाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-ईक्ष्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), parasmaipada sense (active), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇa
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights attentive receptivity to righteous counsel: in moments of crisis, a leader must listen carefully, observe the one who bears dharmic responsibility, and act with moral clarity rather than impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that after Kṛṣṇa speaks, the person being addressed turns his attention toward Yudhiṣṭhira, watching him closely—signaling a pivotal exchange of counsel and decision-making in the midst of the Karṇa Parva battle events.