Shloka 36
Abhimanyunidhana-prakāśaḥ — Vasudeva–Kṛṣṇa–Subhadrā–Kuntī śoka-saṃvāda
Disclosure and Consolation
वैशम्पायन उवाच शृण्वतां तु महाराज कथां तां लोमहर्षणाम् । दुःखशोकपरिकक््लेशा वृष्णीनामभवंस्तदा
vaiśampāyana uvāca śṛṇvatāṃ tu mahārāja kathāṃ tāṃ lomaharṣaṇām | duḥkhaśokaparikleśā vṛṣṇīnām abhavaṃs tadā ||
ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಮಹಾರಾಜ! ಆ ರೋಮಾಂಚಕರ ಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ಕೇಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತೆ ವೃಷ್ಣಿವಂಶೀಯರು ದುಃಖ, ಶೋಕ ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ಲೇಶದಿಂದ ಆವರಿತರಾದರು.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when a cause is framed as righteous or inevitable, the human cost of violence persists: hearing of horrific events produces real communal grief. The verse underscores moral seriousness about war’s aftermath rather than triumphalism.
In Vaiśampāyana’s narration to King Janamejaya, a terrifying war-related account is being heard; upon hearing it, the Vṛṣṇi clan becomes overwhelmed with sorrow, grief, and distress.