Shloka 1
Abhimanyu’s Śrāddha; Vyāsa’s Assurance of the Unborn Heir (अभिमन्योः श्राद्धं तथा गर्भरक्षणोपदेशः)
औपनआक्ाा बा अकाल एकषेष्टितमो< ध्याय: श्रीकृष्णका सुभद्राके कहनेसे वसुदेवजीको अभिमन्युवधका वृत्तान्त सुनाना वैशम्पायन उवाच कथयतन्नेव तु तदा वासुदेव: प्रतापवान् । महाभारतसयुद्ध॑ तत्कथान्ते पितुरग्रत:
vaiśampāyana uvāca | kathayat tan naiva tu tadā vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān | mahābhārata-yuddhaṃ tat-kathānte pitur agrataḥ ||
毗湿摩衍那说：当时，威德赫赫的婆苏提婆（克里希纳）在父亲面前讲述《摩诃婆罗多》大战诸事之际，却在叙述中有意略过了阿毗曼纽被杀的一段。那位大智的英雄心想：父亲若听闻外孙（孙子）之死这等凶讯，恐将为悲痛所击而心神受创；因此他以慈悯与言辞之礼，暂不道出此事。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharma in speech: even when telling the truth, one should consider timing, audience, and the potential harm of painful information. Kṛṣṇa’s restraint models compassionate discretion—truth guided by empathy and responsibility.
Vaiśampāyana tells Janamejaya that Kṛṣṇa, while narrating the Mahābhārata war to his father Vasudeva, intentionally omits the account of Abhimanyu’s killing, fearing it would cause his father intense grief upon hearing of his grandson’s death.