Shloka 126
समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः
Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī
गृहीत्वा हरणं प्राप्ते कृष्णे देवकिनन्दने । अभिमन्यो: सुभद्रायां जन्म चोत्तमतेजस:,तदनन्तर देवकीनन्दन भगवान् श्रीकृष्णके दहेज लेकर पाण्डवोंके पास पहुँचनेकी और सुभद्राके गर्भसे परम तेजस्वी वीर बालक अभिमन्युके जन्मकी कथा है
gṛhītvā haraṇaṃ prāpte kṛṣṇe devakīnandane | abhimanyoḥ subhadrāyāṃ janma cottamatejasaḥ |
विवाहधन (दहेज) घेऊन देवकीनंदन श्रीकृष्ण पांडवांकडे येऊन पोहोचले; तेव्हा सुभद्रेच्या गर्भातून परम तेजस्वी अभिमन्यूचा जन्म झाला.
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage underscores how dharmic social bonds—especially marriage alliances and family responsibilities—sustain the continuity of a righteous lineage; from such ordered relationships arise future defenders of dharma, here symbolized by Abhimanyu’s birth.
Kṛṣṇa, called Devakī’s son, arrives among the Pāṇḍavas after taking the bridal wealth, and subsequently Subhadrā gives birth to the exceptionally radiant warrior Abhimanyu.