Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अभिमन्युरिव प्रीता द्वारवत्यां रता भृशम्‌ । त्वमिवैषां सुभद्रा च प्रीत्या सर्वात्मना स्थिता,“वे सबके सब अभिमन्युकी भाँति बड़ी प्रसन्नताके साथ वहाँ रहते हैं। द्वारकामें उनका मन बहुत लगता है। सुभद्रादेवी तुम्हारी ही तरह उन सबके साथ सब प्रकारसे प्रेमपूर्ण बर्ताव करती हैं

Transliteration

abhimanyur iva prītā dvāravatyāṁ ratā bhṛśam | tvam iva eṣāṁ subhadrā ca prītyā sarvātmanā sthitā |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “They all live there with great joy, as though Abhimanyu himself were among them; their hearts are deeply attached to Dvāravatī. And Subhadrā, like you, stands by them with wholehearted affection, treating them with loving regard in every way.”

Word by Word

अभिमन्युःAbhimanyu

इवlike/as

प्रीताःpleased, delighted

द्वारवत्याम्in Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

रताःattached, devoted, engaged

भृशम्greatly, exceedingly

त्वम्you

इवlike/as

एषाम्of these (people), their

सुभद्राSubhadrā

चand

प्रीत्याwith affection, out of love

सर्वात्मनाwith her whole self; wholly

स्थिताstood/was; remained (behaved, stayed)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Abhimanyu

Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Subhadrā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic kinship: true support is shown through steady, wholehearted affection (sarvātmanā prītyā). Social and familial harmony is sustained not merely by duty, but by sincere love expressed in conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the situation in Dvāravatī: the people there live happily and feel deeply at home, and Subhadrā remains devoted to them, treating them with complete affection—likened to the warmth one would feel in Abhimanyu’s presence and compared to the listener’s own loving nature.