Shloka 22
Uttarā-vilāpaḥ and Kṛṣṇasya satya-vacanenābhi-mañyu-jasyābhijīvanam
Uttarā’s Lament and the Revival of Abhimanyu’s Son by Krishna’s Truth-Act
कृतघ्नो<5यं नृशंसो5यं यथास्य जनकस्तथा । यः पाण्डवीं श्रियं त्वक्त्वा गतो5द्य यमसादनम्,“यह बालक भी अपने पिताके ही समान कृतघ्न और नृशंस है, जो पाण्डवोंकी राजलक्ष्मीको छोड़कर आज अकेला ही यमलोक चला गया
kṛtaghno 'yaṃ nṛśaṃso 'yaṃ yathāsya janakas tathā | yaḥ pāṇḍavīṃ śriyaṃ tyaktvā gato 'dya yamasādanam ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “This boy too is ungrateful and cruel, just like his father. For he has abandoned the royal fortune and sovereignty of the Pāṇḍavas and, today, has gone alone to the abode of Yama (death).”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse condemns ingratitude and cruelty as grave ethical failings, portraying them as traits that can persist through lineage and lead to ruin—especially when one abandons rightful prosperity and duty for a destructive course ending in death.
Vaiśampāyana narrates a harsh moral assessment of a young man who, like his father, is judged ungrateful and ruthless; he has forsaken the Pāṇḍavas’ royal fortune and has gone to Yama’s abode—indicating his death and the consequences of his choices.