Shloka 26
Subhadrā’s Petition to Kṛṣṇa for the Revival of Parīkṣit (अभिमन्युज-प्राणरक्षा-प्रार्थना)
तास्त्वां वयं प्रणम्यपेह याचामो मधुसूदन । कुलस्यास्य हितार्थ तं कुरु कल्याणमुत्तमम्,“मधुसूदन! इस कुलकी भलाईके लिये हम सब लोग तुम्हारे पैरों पड़कर भीख माँगती हैं, इस बालकको जिलाकर तुम कुरुकुलका सर्वोत्तम कल्याण करो”
tās tvāṁ vayaṁ praṇamyāpeha yācāmo madhusūdana | kulasyāsya hitārthaṁ taṁ kuru kalyāṇam uttamam ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O Madhusūdana, we bow to you here and beg you—do the highest good for this lineage. For the welfare of this Kuru family, restore that child to life and secure its supreme well-being.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Humble surrender and earnest prayer are presented as ethically potent when directed toward the welfare of others: the speakers seek not personal gain but the preservation and well-being of the family line, appealing to Kṛṣṇa’s compassionate power to restore life and secure the ‘highest good’ (uttama-kalyāṇa).
A group of women (the grieving supplicants) bow down before Kṛṣṇa (Madhusūdana) and implore him to revive a child and thereby ensure the supreme welfare of the Kuru lineage; the verse is framed by Vaiśampāyana’s narration.