Shloka 1
अभिमन्युविलापः (Abhimanyu-vilāpa) — Uttarā’s lament, observed and framed by Gandhārī
गान्धारी बोलीं--दशा्ईनन्दन केशव! जिसे बल और शौर्यमें अपने पितासे तथा तुमसे भी डेढ़ गुना बताया जाता था, जो प्रचण्ड सिंहके समान अभिमानमें भरा रहता था, जिसने अकेले ही मेरे पुत्रके दुर्भद्य व्यूहको तोड़ डाला था, वही अभिमन्यु दूसरोंकी मृत्यु बनकर स्वयं भी मृत्युके अधीन हो गया
gāndhārī uvāca—daśārha-nandana keśava! yaḥ bala-śaurye pituḥ tvatto 'pi ca sārdha-guṇam iti kathyate sma, yaḥ pracaṇḍa-siṃha iva garveṇa pūritaḥ, yenaikenaiva mama putrasya durbhedya-vyūhaḥ prabhinnaḥ, sa evābhimanyuḥ pareṣāṃ mṛtyur bhūtvā svayam api mṛtyu-vaśaṃ gataḥ.
甘达丽说道：“噢，凯沙瓦，达沙尔哈族的欢喜者！那位被传颂为在力量与英勇上胜过其父——甚至胜过你——又多出半分的人；那位如猛狮般傲气充盈的人；那位独自一人击碎我诸子那难以攻破的战阵的人——正是这位阿毗曼纽，曾为他人之死神，如今却也落入死神的权柄之下。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the greatest valor and extraordinary prowess cannot overrule mortality; the passage underscores the ethical gravity of war—how triumph and destruction culminate in grief, and how death ultimately levels all, including those who seemed invincible.
In the aftermath of the war, Gāndhārī addresses Kṛṣṇa, recalling Abhimanyu’s exceptional strength and his breaking of the Kauravas’ formidable formation; she laments that the very warrior who became ‘death’ to others has himself been claimed by death.