Shloka 16
अभिमन्यु-पराक्रमवर्णनम्
Abhimanyu’s Prowess and the Duḥśāsana Engagement
वासुदेवादुपात्तं यदस्त्रं यच्च धनंजयात् | अदर्शयत तत् कार्ष्णि: कृष्णाभ्यामविशेषवत्,भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण तथा अर्जुनसे अभिमन्युने जो-जो अस्त्र प्राप्त किये थे, उनका उन्हीं दोनोंकी भाँति वह युद्धस्थलमें प्रदर्शन करने लगा
vāsudevād upāttaṃ yad astraṃ yac ca dhanañjayāt | adarśayat tat kārṣṇiḥ kṛṣṇābhyām aviśeṣavat ||
Sañjaya said: Whatever weapon Abhimanyu had received from Vāsudeva and whatever he had obtained from Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), all that the son of Kṛṣṇa (Abhimanyu) displayed on the battlefield without distinction—wielding those divine and heroic arts as though he were equal to Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna themselves. The verse underscores how training and grace, when joined to courage, can make a young warrior manifest the very standards of his teachers, even amid the moral strain of war.
संजय उवाच