Shloka 2
Abhimanyunidhana-prakāśaḥ — Vasudeva–Kṛṣṇa–Subhadrā–Kuntī śoka-saṃvāda
Disclosure and Consolation
त्वंतु प्रत्यक्षदर्शी च रूपज्ञश्न महाभुज । तस्मात् प्रब्रृहि संग्रामं याथातथ्येन मेडनघ
tvaṁ tu pratyakṣadarśī ca rūpajñaś ca mahābhuja | tasmāt prabrūhi saṅgrāmaṁ yāthātathyena me 'nagha mahābāho ||
វាសុទេវៈមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា៖ «អ្នកជាសាក្សីឃើញដោយផ្ទាល់ ហើយក៏យល់ច្បាស់អំពីសភាពពិតនៃអ្វីដែលបានកើតឡើងផងដែរ ឱ មហាបាហុ។ ដូច្នេះ ឱ វីរបុរសគ្មានបាប សូមប្រាប់ខ្ញុំអំពីសង្គ្រាមនោះតាមពិតប្រាកដ ដូចដែលវាបានកើតឡើង»។
वसुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes ethical narration: when recounting a morally weighty event like war, the most reliable account comes from an eyewitness who also understands the event’s true nature, and it should be told “yāthātathyena”—exactly as it happened.
Vasudeva addresses a heroic figure who personally witnessed the war and knows its realities, requesting a truthful, accurate description of the conflict.