Shloka 15
Uttarā-vilāpaḥ and Kṛṣṇasya satya-vacanenābhi-mañyu-jasyābhijīvanam
Uttarā’s Lament and the Revival of Abhimanyu’s Son by Krishna’s Truth-Act
अजानतीमिषीकेयं जनित्रीं हन्त्विति प्रभो | अहमेव विनष्टा स्यां नैतदेवंगते भवेत्
ajānatīm iṣīkeyaṁ janitrīṁ hantv iti prabho | aham eva vinaṣṭā syāṁ naitad evaṁgate bhavet ||
毗湿摩波耶那说道：“主上啊！莲华眼的普恩达利迦克沙啊！若法王、或高贵的怖军、或你亲口曾言：‘让这根伊施迦不击孩童，而去击杀那毫不知情的母亲’，那么唯有我会灭亡；在那等情形下，这场灾祸便不会发生。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a seemingly small directive—especially from revered authorities—can carry grave moral weight. The verse highlights ethical restraint: do not redirect violence onto an innocent, and recognize that a single wrongful command can trigger wider calamity beyond the immediate victim.
A speaker addresses Kṛṣṇa (Puṇḍarīkākṣa), reflecting on a hypothetical command: if Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, or Kṛṣṇa had ordered the iṣīkā to kill the boy’s unaware mother instead of the child, then only the speaker would have suffered, and the larger misfortune would have been avoided. The passage frames a moral counterfactual about blame, authority, and the spread of harm.