Shloka 18

Subhadrā’s Petition to Kṛṣṇa for the Revival of Parīkṣit (अभिमन्युज-प्राणरक्षा-प्रार्थना)

Devanagari script

सो<यं जातो मृतस्तात पश्यैनं पुरुषर्षभ । उत्तरां च सुभद्रां च द्रौपदी मां च माधव

Transliteration

so ’yaṃ jāto mṛtastāta paśyainaṃ puruṣarṣabha | uttarāṃ ca subhadrāṃ ca draupadīṃ māṃ ca mādhava ||

Translation

قال فايشامبايانا: «يا عزيزَ النفس، هذا هو ذلك الطفل—وُلِدَ ميتًا. يا ثورَ الرجال، انظر إليه بعين الرحمة. يا ماذافا، بإحيائك له احمِني أنا أيضًا، مع أوتّارا وسوبهادرا ودراوبادي.»

Word by Word

• सः: he/that one
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जातः: born
• जातः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मृतः: dead
• मृतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तात: O dear one / O father
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पश्य: see!
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), Second, Singular, परस्मैपद

• एनम्: him/this one
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरुषर्षभ: O bull among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• उत्तराम्: Uttarā
• उत्तराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सुभद्राम्: Subhadrā
• सुभद्राम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभद्रा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• द्रौपदीम्: Draupadī
• द्रौपदीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• माधव: O Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Uttarā
• Subhadrā
• Draupadī
• the newborn child (Parīkṣit, implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds śaraṇāgati (seeking refuge) and karuṇā (compassion): in a moment of utter helplessness, the speaker appeals to Kṛṣṇa’s mercy to restore life and thereby safeguard vulnerable women and the future of the lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

A child is presented as stillborn, and an urgent plea is made to Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava) to look upon him with compassion, revive him, and thus protect Uttarā, Subhadrā, Draupadī, and the speaker—signaling the crisis and hope surrounding the survival of the Kuru line.