Shloka 31
Abhimanyu’s Śrāddha; Vyāsa’s Assurance of the Unborn Heir (अभिमन्योः श्राद्धं तथा गर्भरक्षणोपदेशः)
आचदक्ष्व मेउ्द्य संग्रामं यथापूर्वमरिंदम । कस्मादेवं विलपतीं नाद्येह प्रतिभाषसे
ācakṣva me ’dya saṅgrāmaṃ yathāpūrvam ariṃdama | kasmād evaṃ vilapatīṃ nādyeha pratibhāṣase ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “O manlulupig ng mga kaaway, isalaysay mo sa akin ngayon ang labanan gaya ng dati. Bakit, kahit ako’y nananaghoy nang ganito, ay hindi mo ako kinakausap dito ngayon?”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical weight of war remembered through grief: recounting battle is not mere history but a moral and emotional reckoning, where silence itself signals inner conflict, sorrow, or reluctance to reopen painful truths.
A lamenting woman addresses a warrior called ‘ariṃdama’, urging him to describe the battle as he used to, and questioning why he remains silent despite her sorrowful speech.