Shloka 93
Abhimanyu’s Śrāddha; Vyāsa’s Assurance of the Unborn Heir (अभिमन्योः श्राद्धं तथा गर्भरक्षणोपदेशः)
यत्र मे हृदयं दुःखाच्छतथा न विदीर्यते । “वृष्णिनन्दन! अभिमन्युकी आँखें ठीक तुम्हारे ही समान सुन्दर थीं। हाय! वह रणभूमिमें शत्रुओंद्वारा कैसे मारा गया? जान पड़ता है
yatra me hṛdayaṃ duḥkhāc chatathā na vidīryate |
毗湿摩波耶那说道：“为何我的心虽被悲痛击中，却不碎裂成百片？噢，弗利什尼族的后裔，阿毗曼纽的双眼与你的一样秀美。唉！他怎会在战场上被仇敌所杀？似乎当一个人被命定的时辰尚未圆满时，死亡极难降临；因此，即便听到这惨烈的噩耗，我的心也未因哀伤而崩裂。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage reflects on kāla (the appointed time): when one’s destined hour has not arrived, even overwhelming sorrow may not ‘break’ a person, suggesting a mysterious restraint imposed by fate/time and the endurance of the human heart amid calamity.
The speaker, addressing Kṛṣṇa as Vṛṣṇinandana, laments Abhimanyu’s death in battle—marveling at how such a noble youth was killed by enemies—and expresses stunned grief, wondering why his heart has not shattered despite hearing such dreadful news.