उत्तर उवाच
दश पार्थस्य नामानि यानि पूर्वं श्रुतानि मे ॥
प्रब्रूयास् तानि यदि मे श्रद्दध्यां सर्वम् एव ते ॥
अर्जुन उवाच
हन्त ते ऽहं समाचक्षे दश नामानि यानि मे ॥
अर्जुनः फल्गुनो जिष्णुः किरीटी श्वेतवाहनः ॥
बीभत्सुर् विजयः कृष्णः सव्यसाची धनंजयः ॥
उत्तर उवाच
केनासि विजयो नाम केनासि श्वेतवाहनः ॥
किरीटी नाम केनासि सव्यसाची कथं भवान् ॥
अर्जुनः फल्गुनो जिष्णुः कृष्णो बीभत्सुर् एव च ॥
धनंजयश् च केनासि प्रब्रूहि मम तत्त्वतः ॥
श्रुता मे तस्य वीरस्य केवला नामहेतवः ॥
uttara uvāca
daśa pārthasya nāmāni yāni pūrvaṃ śrutāni me ||
prabrūyās tāni yadi me śraddadhyāṃ sarvam eva te ||
arjuna uvāca
hanta te 'haṃ samācakṣe daśa nāmāni yāni me ||
arjunaḥ phalguno jiṣṇuḥ kirīṭī śvetavāhanaḥ ||
bībhatsur vijayaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ savyasācī dhanaṃjayaḥ ||
uttara uvāca
kenāsi vijayo nāma kenāsi śvetavāhanaḥ ||
kirīṭī nāma kenāsi savyasācī kathaṃ bhavān ||
arjunaḥ phalguno jiṣṇuḥ kṛṣṇo bībhatsur eva ca ||
dhanaṃjayaś ca kenāsi prabrūhi mama tattvataḥ ||
śrutā me tasya vīrasya kevalā nāmahetavaḥ ||
Uttara said: "I have heard before ten names of Partha. If you tell them to me, I will believe everything." Arjuna said: "Very well, I will tell you my ten names: Arjuna, Phalguna, Jishnu, Kiriti, Shvetavahana, Bibhatsu, Vijaya, Krishna, Savyasachin, and Dhananjaya." Uttara said: "Why are you called Vijaya? Why Shvetavahana? Why Kiriti? How are you Savyasachin? Why are you Arjuna, Phalguna, Jishnu, Krishna, Bibhatsu, and Dhananjaya? Tell me truly. I have heard only the reasons behind that hero's names."
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Uttara asks not merely for proof of identity but for the meaning of the names. In the epic a name reveals a quality: a person becomes recognizable through the deeds that stand behind it.