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Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 49: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament and Strategic Foreboding after Abhimanyu’s Fall

/ (दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका ३ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ४१ ६ “लोक हैं।) न२्ंखय्य््लिििसस ह्य ४ «आर एकोनपज्चाशत्तमो<ड्ध्याय: अभिमन्युका कालिकेय, वसाति और कैकय रथियोंको मार डालना एवं छ: महारथियोंके सहयोगसे अभिमन्युका वध और भागती हुई अपनी सेनाको युधिष्ठिरका आश्वासन देना संजय उवाच विष्णो: स्वसुर्नन्दकर: स विष्ण्वायुधभूषण: । रराजातिरथ: संख्ये जनार्दन इवापर:,संजय कहते हैं--राजन्‌! भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णकी बहिन सुभद्राको आनन्दित करनेवाला तथा श्रीकृष्णके ही समान चक्ररूपी आयुधसे सुशोभित होनेवाला अतिरथी वीर अभिमन्यु उस युद्धस्थलमें दूसरे श्रीकृष्णके समान प्रकाशित हो रहा था

sañjaya uvāca |

viṣṇoḥ svasur nandakaraḥ sa viṣṇvāyudha-bhūṣaṇaḥ |

rājātirathaḥ saṅkhye janārdana ivāparaḥ ||

Sañjaya said: O King, that heroic Abhimanyu—delighting Subhadrā, the sister of Lord Viṣṇu (Kṛṣṇa), and adorned with the same discus-like weaponry—shone on the battlefield as a supreme chariot-warrior, like another Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa) himself.

संजयSanjaya
संजय:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंजय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
विष्णोःof Vishnu (Krishna)
विष्णोः:
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
स्वसुःof (his) sister
स्वसुः:
TypeNoun
Rootस्वसृ
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
नन्दकरःmaker of joy
नन्दकरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनन्दकर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विष्णु-आयुध-भूषणःadorned with Vishnu's weapon (the discus)
विष्णु-आयुध-भूषणः:
TypeAdjective
Rootविष्ण्वायुधभूषण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रराजshone, was resplendent
रराज:
TypeVerb
Rootराज्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
अतिरथःa great chariot-warrior (atiratha)
अतिरथः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअतिरथ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
संख्येin battle
संख्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंख्या
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
जनार्दनःJanardana (Krishna)
जनार्दनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजनार्दन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
अपरःanother, second
अपरः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
D
Dhritarashtra
A
Abhimanyu
K
Krishna (Vishnu, Janardana)
S
Subhadra
C
Chakra (discus weapon; Sudarshana by implication)

Educational Q&A

The verse presents an ethical lens for valor: true martial excellence is not mere violence but a dharmic brilliance aligned with righteous purpose, so much so that Abhimanyu is praised through comparison with Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana), the divine exemplar.

Sanjaya describes Abhimanyu on the battlefield, emphasizing his splendor, elite warrior status (atiratha), and symbolic resemblance to Kṛṣṇa through the mention of Viṣṇu’s weaponry and his role as the joy of Subhadrā.