Shloka 7

Janmaveśma-praveśa and Uttarā’s Śaraṇāgati

Entry into the Birth-Chamber and Uttarā’s Appeal

Devanagari script

अभिमन्यु: प्रिय: कृष्ण भ्रातृणां नात्र संशय: । ते श्र॒त्वा कि नु वक्ष्यन्ति द्रोणपुत्रास्त्रनिर्जिता:,“श्रीकृष्ण! अभिमन्यु पाँचों भाइयोंको अत्यन्त प्रिय था--इसमें संशय नहीं है। उसके पुत्रकी यह दशा सुनकर अभ्वृत्थामाके अस्त्रसे पराजित हुए पाण्डव कया कहेंगे?

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: Abhimanyuḥ priyaḥ Kṛṣṇa bhrātṝṇāṁ nātra saṁśayaḥ | te śrutvā ki nu vakṣyanti Droṇaputrāstra-nirjitāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Oh Kṛṣṇa, Abhimanyu era entrañablemente amado por los hermanos—de ello no hay duda. Al oír la suerte de su hijo, ¿qué podrán decir los Pāṇḍava, ya vencidos por el arma del hijo de Droṇa?»

Word by Word

अभिमन्युःAbhimanyu

प्रियःdear, beloved

कृष्णO Krishna

भ्रातॄणाम्of the brothers

नnot

अत्रhere, in this matter

संशयःdoubt

तेthey (those)

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

किम्what

नुindeed, then (interrogative particle)

वक्ष्यन्तिwill say

द्रोणपुत्रास्त्रनिर्जिताःconquered by the weapon of Drona's son

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇa

Abhimanyu

Pāṇḍava brothers (the brothers)

Droṇaputra (Aśvatthāman)

astra (weapon)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral weight of kinship and the depth of grief in the wake of war: even victorious duty (kṣatriya dharma) cannot erase the ethical and emotional consequences of weapons used without restraint, and the community must face the suffering inflicted on the innocent.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses Kṛṣṇa, recalling how beloved Abhimanyu was to the Pāṇḍavas, and wonders how they will respond when they learn about the dire state of Abhimanyu’s son—an outcome linked to the devastating weapon of Droṇa’s son, Aśvatthāman.