Shloka 9
Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)
वासुदेवसहायस्य गर्जत: सानुजस्य ते । मध्ये कुरूणां कौन्तेय तस्य कालो5यमागत:
vāsudeva-sahāyasya garjataḥ sānujaśya te | madhye kurūṇāṃ kaunteya tasya kālo ’yam āgataḥ ||
三阇耶说道：“昆蒂之子啊，时辰已至：那位在战场上怒吼、与诸弟同在、得婆苏提婆扶持的勇士，当立于俱卢众之中。以奎师那为助力，他注定的决断之刻已经到来。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical and spiritual idea that decisive action in a dharmic struggle requires both personal courage and right guidance; with Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) as support, the hero’s fateful moment (kāla) arrives, implying responsibility to act when the time for duty comes.
Sañjaya addresses a Kaunteya and points to a warrior—lion-roaring, accompanied by his younger brother(s), and aided by Vāsudeva—who is now poised amid the Kuru forces; the statement marks the arrival of the critical moment for confrontation.