Shloka 16

Subhadrā’s Petition to Kṛṣṇa for the Revival of Parīkṣit (अभिमन्युज-प्राणरक्षा-प्रार्थना)

Devanagari script

यदुप्रवीर यो<यं ते स्वस्नीयस्यात्मज: प्रभो । अश्वत्थाम्ना हतो जातस्तमुज्जीवय केशव

Transliteration

yadupravīra yo 'yaṃ te svasnīyasya ātmajaḥ prabho | aśvatthāmnā hataḥ jātas tam ujjīvaya keśava ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“噢，夜度族最卓越的英雄，噢，主宰——这孩子，是你姊妹之子的儿子，却已被阿湿跋陀曼之武器所害，生来便已死去。噢，克舍婆，请使他复生。”

Word by Word

• यदु-प्रवीर: O foremost of the Yadus
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु-प्रवीर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• स्वस्नीयस्य: of the sister's son (nephew)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्नीय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आत्मजः: son/offspring
• आत्मजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभो: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अश्वत्थाम्ना: by Ashvatthaman
• अश्वत्थाम्ना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वत्थामन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• हतः: killed, slain
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जातः: born, arisen
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उज्जीवय: revive, restore to life
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + जीव्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• केशव: O Keshava
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kṛṣṇa (Keśava)
• Aśvatthāman
• Yadu lineage (Yadus)
• the child (son of the sister’s son)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.