Mahabharata 14.66: ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

14.66.1

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
utthitāyāṃ pṛthāyāṃ tu subhadrā bhrātaraṃ tadā |
dṛṣṭvā cukrośa duḥkhārtā vacanaṃ cedamabravīt || 1 ||

"Vaisampayana said, 'After Kunti had sat up, Subhadra, beholding her brother, began to weep aloud, and afflicted with excessive grief, said,--'O thou of eyes like lotus petals, behold the grandson of Arjuna of great intelligence. Alas, the Kuru race having been thinned, a child has been born that is feeble and dead. The blade of grass (inspired into a weapon of great efficacy), uplifted by Drona's son for compassing the destruction of Bhimasena, fell upon Uttara and Vijaya and myself. Alas, that blade, O Kesava, is still existing unextracted in me, after having pierced my heart, since I do not, O irresistible hero, behold this child with (his sire who was) my son. What will the righteous-souled king Yudhishthira the just say? What will Bhimasena and Arjuna and the two sons of Madravati also say? Hearing that Abhimanyu's son was born and dead, the Pandavas, O thou of Vrishni's race, will regard themselves as cheated by Aswatthaman. Abhimanyu, O Krishna, was the favourite of all the Pandava brothers, without doubt. Hearing this intelligence, what will those heroes, vanquished by the weapon of Drona's son say? What grief, O Janarddana, can be greater than this viz., that Abhimanyu's son should be born dead! Bowing unto thee with my head, O Krishna, I seek to gratify thee today. Behold, O foremost of men, these two standing here, viz., Pritha and Draupadi. When, O Madhava, the son of Drona sought to destroy the embryos even in the wombs of the ladies of the Pandavas, at that time, O grinder of foes, thou saidst in wrath unto Drona's son (ever these words), 'O wretch of a Brahmana, O vilest of men, I shall disappoint thy wish. I shall revive the son of Kiritin's son.' Hearing these words of thine and well knowing thy puissance, I seek to gratify thee, O irresistible hero. Let the son of Abhimanyu be revived. It having pledged thyself previously thou dost not accomplish thy auspicious vow, do thou then know for certain, O chief of the Vrishni race, that I shall cast off my life. If, O hero, this son of Abhimanyu doth not revive when thou, O irresistible one, art alive and near, of what other use wilt thou be to me? Do thou, therefore, O irresistible one, revive this son of Abhimanyu,--this child possessed of eyes similar to his,--'even as a rain-charged cloud revives the lifeless crops (on a field). Thou, O Kesava, art righteous-souled, truthful, and of prowess incapable of being baffled. It behoveth thee, O chastiser of foes, to make thy words truthful. If only thou wishest it, thou canst revive the three worlds (of being) if dead. What need I say, therefore, of this darling child, born but dead, of thy sister's son? I know thy puissance, O Krishna. Therefore, do I solicit thee. Do thou show this great favour to the sons of Pandu. It behoveth thee, O mighty-armed one, to show compassion to this Uttara or to me, thinking that I am thy sister or even a mother that hath lost her son, and one that hath thrown herself upon thy protection.'"

14.66.2

puṇḍarīkākṣa paśyasva pautraṃ pārthasya dhīmataḥ |
parikṣīṇeṣu kuruṣu parikṣīṇaṃ gatāyuṣam || 2 ||

14.66.3

iṣīkā droṇaputreṇa bhīmasenārthamudyatā |
sottarāyāṃ nipatitā vijaye mayi caiva ha || 3 ||

14.66.4

seyaṃ jvalantī hṛdaye mayi tiṣṭhati keśava |
yanna paśyāmi durdharṣa mama putrasutaṃ vibho || 4 ||

14.66.5

kiṃ nu vakṣyati dharmātmā dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
bhīmasenārjunau cāpi mādravatyāḥ sutau ca tau || 5 ||

14.66.6

śrutvābhimanyostanayaṃ jātaṃ ca mṛtameva ca |
muṣitā iva vārṣṇeya droṇaputreṇa pāṇḍavāḥ || 6 ||

14.66.7

abhimanyuḥ priyaḥ kṛṣṇa pitṝṇāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ |
te śrutvā kiṃ nu vakṣyanti droṇaputrāstranirjitāḥ || 7 ||

14.66.8

bhavitātaḥ paraṃ duḥkhaṃ kiṃ nu manye janārdana |
abhimanyoḥ sutātkṛṣṇa mṛtājjātādariṃdama || 8 ||

14.66.9

sāhaṃ prasādaye kṛṣṇa tvāmadya śirasā natā |
pṛtheyaṃ draupadī caiva tāḥ paśya puruṣottama || 9 ||

14.66.10

yadā droṇasuto garbhānpāṇḍūnāṃ hanti mādhava |
tadā kila tvayā drauṇiḥ kruddhenokto'rimardana || 10 ||

14.66.11

akāmaṃ tvā kariṣyāmi brahmabandho narādhama |
ahaṃ saṃjīvayiṣyāmi kirīṭitanayātmajam || 11 ||

14.66.12

ityetadvacanaṃ śrutvā jānamānā balaṃ tava |
prasādaye tvā durdharṣa jīvatāmabhimanyujaḥ || 12 ||

14.66.13

yadyevaṃ tvaṃ pratiśrutya na karoṣi vacaḥ śubham |
saphalaṃ vṛṣṇiśārdūla mṛtāṃ māmupadhāraya || 13 ||

14.66.14

abhimanyoḥ suto vīra na saṃjīvati yadyayam |
jīvati tvayi durdharṣa kiṃ kariṣyāmyahaṃ tvayā || 14 ||

14.66.15

saṃjīvayainaṃ durdharṣa mṛtaṃ tvamabhimanyujam |
sadṛśākṣasutaṃ vīra sasyaṃ varṣannivāmbudaḥ || 15 ||

14.66.16

tvaṃ hi keśava dharmātmā satyavānsatyavikramaḥ |
sa tāṃ vācamṛtāṃ kartumarhasi tvamariṃdama || 16 ||

14.66.17

icchannapi hi lokāṃstrīñjīvayethā mṛtānimān |
kiṃ punardayitaṃ jātaṃ svasrīyasyātmajaṃ mṛtam || 17 ||

14.66.18

prabhāvajñāsmi te kṛṣṇa tasmādetadbravīmi te |
kuruṣva pāṇḍuputrāṇāmimaṃ paramanugraham || 18 ||

14.66.19

svaseti vā mahābāho hataputreti vā punaḥ |
prapannā māmiyaṃ veti dayāṃ kartumihārhasi || 19 ||