Shloka 12
Uttarā-vilāpaḥ and Kṛṣṇasya satya-vacanenābhi-mañyu-jasyābhijīvanam
Uttarā’s Lament and the Revival of Abhimanyu’s Son by Krishna’s Truth-Act
पुण्डरीकाक्ष पश्यावां बालेन हि विनाकृतौ । अभिमन्युं च मां चैव हतौ तुल्यं जनार्दन
puṇḍarīkākṣa paśyāvāṃ bālena hi vinākṛtau | abhimanyuṃ ca māṃ caiva hatau tulyaṃ janārdana ||
“পুণ্ডৰীকাক্ষ জনাৰ্দন! চাওক— আমি আৰু মোৰ স্বামী দুয়ো সন্তানহীন হৈ পৰিছোঁ। অভিমন্যু নিহত হৈছে, আৰু মইও শোকে যেন নিহত; এইদৰে আমি দুয়ো সমানভাৱে মৃত্যুৰ গ্ৰাসত পৰিছোঁ।”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how death in war and death-by-grief can be ethically and existentially equivalent: even when a warrior attains heroic death, the survivors may be ‘killed’ by sorrow. It underscores compassion as a necessary complement to dharma, acknowledging the human cost of righteous conflict.
A lament is voiced to Kṛṣṇa (addressed as Puṇḍarīkākṣa/Janārdana): Abhimanyu has been slain, and the speaker declares herself equally destroyed by grief, emphasizing that both—fallen son and grieving mother—are alike overtaken by Death.