Shloka 16
Subhadrā’s Petition to Kṛṣṇa for the Revival of Parīkṣit (अभिमन्युज-प्राणरक्षा-प्रार्थना)
यदुप्रवीर यो<यं ते स्वस्नीयस्यात्मज: प्रभो । अश्वत्थाम्ना हतो जातस्तमुज्जीवय केशव
yadupravīra yo 'yaṃ te svasnīyasya ātmajaḥ prabho | aśvatthāmnā hataḥ jātas tam ujjīvaya keśava ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ວິລະຊົນຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ແຫ່ງຍະດຸ, ໂອ ພຣະອົງ—ເດັກນ້ອຍນີ້ ຜູ້ເປັນບຸດຂອງຫລານຊາຍຂອງທ່ານ ໄດ້ເກີດມາແລ້ວໃນສະພາບຕາຍ ເນື່ອງຈາກອາວຸດຂອງອັສວັດຖາມະນ. ໂອ ເກສະວະ ຂໍຈົ່ງຊຸກຊີວິດເຂົາໃຫ້ຟື້ນຄືນ»។
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even after war’s devastation, dharma expresses itself as protection of the innocent and the continuity of rightful lineage; the appeal to Keśava highlights reliance on divine power to heal what human violence has shattered.
The narrator reports an urgent plea to Kṛṣṇa: a child related through a nephew has been born dead due to Aśvatthāman’s weapon, and Kṛṣṇa is asked to revive the child.