Krishna Brings the Child Parikshit Back to Life

Verse 1 (14.69.1)

सैवं विलप्य करुणं सोन्मादेव तपस्विनी । उत्तरा न्यपतद्भूमौ कृपणा पुत्रगृद्धिनी ॥

saivaṃ vilapya karuṇaṃ sonmādeva tapasvinī | uttarā nyapatadbhūmau kṛpaṇā putragṛddhinī

Having lamented so piteously, like one gone mad, the wretched Uttara, longing for her son, fell to the ground.

Verse 2 (14.69.2)

तां तु दृष्ट्वा निपतितां हतपुत्रपरिच्छदाम् । चुक्रोश कुन्ती दुःखार्ता सर्वाश्च भरतस्त्रियः ॥

tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā nipatitāṃ hataputraparicchadām | cukrośa kuntī duḥkhārtā sarvāśca bharatastriyaḥ

Seeing her fallen, with her son, her whole adornment, slain, Kunti cried out in grief, and so did all the Bharata women.

Note on the text: Corrected भरतास्त्रियः → भरतस्त्रियः (misprint in Wikisource; long आ in a compound भरत + स्त्रियः; critical edition bharatastriyaḥ).

Verse 3 (14.69.3)

मुहूर्तमिव राजेन्द्र पाण्डवानां निवेशनम् । अप्रेक्षणीयमभवदार्तस्वनविनादितम् ॥

muhūrtamiva rājendra pāṇḍavānāṃ niveśanam | aprekṣaṇīyamabhavadārtasvanavināditam

For a moment, O king of kings, the house of the Pandavas became a sight not to be looked upon, echoing with cries of anguish.

Verse 4 (14.69.4)

सा मुहूर्तं च राजेन्द्र पुत्रशोकाभिपीडिता । कश्मलाभिहता वीर वैराटी त्वभवत्तदा ॥

sā muhūrtaṃ ca rājendra putraśokābhipīḍitā | kaśmalābhihatā vīra vairāṭī tvabhavattadā

And for a moment, O king of kings, Virata's daughter, tormented by grief for her son and struck down by a swoon, lost her senses, O hero.

Verse 5 (14.69.5)

प्रतिलभ्य तु सा संज्ञामुत्तरा भरतर्षभ । अङ्कमारोप्य तं पुत्रमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

pratilabhya tu sā saṃjñāmuttarā bharatarṣabha | aṅkamāropya taṃ putramidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Then Uttara, O best of Bharatas, regained consciousness, took that son in her lap and spoke these words.

Verse 6 (14.69.6)

धर्मज्ञस्य सुतः संस्त्वं न धर्ममवबुध्यसे । यस्त्वं वृष्णिप्रवीरस्य कुरुषे नाभिवादनम् ॥

dharmajñasya sutaḥ saṃstvaṃ na dharmamavabudhyase | yastvaṃ vṛṣṇipravīrasya kuruṣe nābhivādanam

"Though you are the son of one who knows dharma, you do not understand dharma, for you do not salute the foremost hero of the Vrishnis.

Verse 7 (14.69.7)

पुत्र गत्वा मम वचो ब्रूयास्त्वं पितरं त्विदम् । दुर्मरं प्राणिनां वीर काले प्राप्ते कथञ्चन ॥

putra gatvā mama vaco brūyāstvaṃ pitaraṃ tvidam | durmaraṃ prāṇināṃ vīra kāle prāpte kathañcana

"Son, go and carry my message to your father: it is hard for living beings to die, hero, even when the time has come.

Verse 8 (14.69.8)

याऽहं त्वया विनाऽद्येह पत्या पुत्रेण चैव ह । मरणं नाभिगच्छामि हतस्वस्तिरकिञ्चना ॥

yā'haṃ tvayā vinā'dyeha patyā putreṇa caiva ha | maraṇaṃ nābhigacchāmi hatasvastirakiñcanā

"I, who today am here without you, without husband and son, do not meet death, my welfare destroyed, with nothing left.

Verse 9 (14.69.9)

अथवा धर्मराज्ञाऽहमनुज्ञाता महाभुज । भक्षयिष्ये विषं घोरं प्रवेक्ष्ये वा हुताशनम् ॥

athavā dharmarājñā'hamanujñātā mahābhuja | bhakṣayiṣye viṣaṃ ghoraṃ pravekṣye vā hutāśanam

"Or else, with the permission of the king of dharma, mighty-armed one, I shall eat dreadful poison or enter the fire.

Note on the text: Corrected महाभुजः → महाभुज (misprint in Wikisource; visarga on a vocative; critical edition mahābhuja).

Verse 10 (14.69.10)

अथवा दुर्भरं तात यदिदं मे सहस्रधा । पतिपुत्रविहीनाया हृदयं न विदीर्यते ॥

athavā durbharaṃ tāta yadidaṃ me sahasradhā | patiputravihīnāyā hṛdayaṃ na vidīryate

"Or perhaps it is a hard burden, dear child, that my heart, bereft of husband and son, does not break into a thousand pieces.

Verse 11 (14.69.11)

उत्तिष्ठ पुत्र पश्येमां दुःखितां प्रपितामहीम् । आर्तामुपप्लुतां दीनां निमग्नां शोकसागरे ॥

uttiṣṭha putra paśyemāṃ duḥkhitāṃ prapitāmahīm | ārtāmupaplutāṃ dīnāṃ nimagnāṃ śokasāgare

"Rise, my son, and look at your sorrowing great-grandmother, afflicted, overwhelmed, wretched, sunk in an ocean of grief.

Note on the text: Corrected पस्येमां → पश्येमां (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; critical edition paśyemāṃ).

Verse 12 (14.69.12)

आर्यां च पश्य पाञ्चालीं सात्वतीं च तपस्विनीम् । मां च पश्य सुदुःखार्तां व्याधविद्धां मृगीमिव ॥

āryāṃ ca paśya pāñcālīṃ sātvatīṃ ca tapasvinīm | māṃ ca paśya suduḥkhārtāṃ vyādhaviddhāṃ mṛgīmiva

"See also noble Panchali and the Satvata lady, those long-suffering women; and see me, deep in anguish, like a doe pierced by a hunter.

Verse 13 (14.69.13)

उत्तिष्ठ पश्य वदनं लोकनाथस्य धीमतः । पुण्डरीकपलाशाक्षं पुरेव चपलेक्षणम् ॥

uttiṣṭha paśya vadanaṃ lokanāthasya dhīmataḥ | puṇḍarīkapalāśākṣaṃ pureva capalekṣaṇam

"Rise, look at the face of the wise lord of the world, lotus-petal-eyed, with the restless glance as of old.

Note on the text: Corrected चपलेक्षणः → चपलेक्षणम् (misprint in Wikisource; nominative does not agree with वदनं; critical edition capalekṣaṇam).

Verse 14 (14.69.14)

एवं विप्रलपन्तीं तु दृष्ट्वा निपतितां पुनः । उत्तरां तां स्त्रियः सर्वाः पुनरुत्थापयन्त्युत ॥

evaṃ vipralapantīṃ tu dṛṣṭvā nipatitāṃ punaḥ | uttarāṃ tāṃ striyaḥ sarvāḥ punarutthāpayantyuta

Seeing her thus lamenting and fallen again, all those women raised Uttara up once more.

Verse 15 (14.69.15)

उत्थाय च पुनर्धैर्यात्तदा मत्स्यपतेः सुता । प्राञ्जलिः पुण्डरीकाक्षं भूमावेवाभ्यवादयत् ॥

utthāya ca punardhairyāttadā matsyapateḥ sutā | prāñjaliḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ bhūmāvevābhyavādayat

And rising again, with fortitude, the daughter of the lord of the Matsyas folded her hands and saluted the lotus-eyed one there on the ground.

Verse 16 (14.69.16)

श्रुत्वा स तस्या विपुलं विलापं पुरुषर्षभः । उपस्पृश्य ततः कृष्णो ब्रह्मास्त्रं प्रत्यसंहरत् ॥

śrutvā sa tasyā vipulaṃ vilāpaṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ | upaspṛśya tataḥ kṛṣṇo brahmāstraṃ pratyasaṃharat

Hearing her great lament, Krishna, best of men, touched water and withdrew that Brahma weapon.

Verse 17 (14.69.17)

प्रतिजज्ञे च दाशार्हस्तस्य जीवितमच्युतः । अब्रवीच्च विशुद्धात्मा सर्वं विश्रावयज्जगत् ॥

pratijajñe ca dāśārhastasya jīvitamacyutaḥ | abravīcca viśuddhātmā sarvaṃ viśrāvayajjagat

And the unfailing descendant of Dasharha promised the child's life, and the pure-souled one spoke, making the whole world hear:

Verse 18 (14.69.18)

न ब्रवीम्युत्तरे मिथ्या सत्यमेतद्भविष्यति । एष संजीवयाम्येनं पश्यतां सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥

na bravīmyuttare mithyā satyametadbhaviṣyati | eṣa saṃjīvayāmyenaṃ paśyatāṃ sarvadehinām

"I do not speak falsely, Uttara; this will prove true. Behold, I bring him back to life in the sight of all embodied beings.

Verse 19 (14.69.19)

नोक्तपूर्वं मया मिथ्या स्वैरेष्वपि कदाचन । न च युद्धात्परावृत्तस्तथा संजीवतामयम् ॥

noktapūrvaṃ mayā mithyā svaireṣvapi kadācana | na ca yuddhātparāvṛttastathā saṃjīvatāmayam

"I have never before spoken a falsehood, even in jest, nor turned away from battle; by that, may this child live.

Verse 20 (14.69.20)

यथा मे दयितो धर्मो ब्राह्मणश्च विशेषतः । अभिमन्योः सुतो जातो मृतो जीवत्वयं तथा ॥

yathā me dayito dharmo brāhmaṇaśca viśeṣataḥ | abhimanyoḥ suto jāto mṛto jīvatvayaṃ tathā

"As dharma is dear to me, and the Brahmins especially, so may this dead son of Abhimanyu, newly born, live.

Verse 21 (14.69.21)

यथाऽहं नाभिजानामि विजये तु कदाचन । विरोधं तेन सत्येन मृतो जीवत्वयं शिशुः ॥

yathā'haṃ nābhijānāmi vijaye tu kadācana | virodhaṃ tena satyena mṛto jīvatvayaṃ śiśuḥ

"As I do not recall ever having had any quarrel with Vijaya (Arjuna), by that truth may this dead child live.

Verse 22 (14.69.22)

यथा सत्यं च धर्मश्च मयि नित्यं प्रतिष्ठितौ । तथा मृतः शिशुरयं जीवतादभिमन्युजः ॥

yathā satyaṃ ca dharmaśca mayi nityaṃ pratiṣṭhitau | tathā mṛtaḥ śiśurayaṃ jīvatādabhimanyujaḥ

"As truth and dharma are ever established in me, so may this dead child, Abhimanyu's son, live.

Verse 23 (14.69.23)

यथा कंसश्च केशी च धर्मेण निहतौ मया । तेन सत्येन बालोऽयं पुनः संजीवतामिह ॥

yathā kaṃsaśca keśī ca dharmeṇa nihatau mayā | tena satyena bālo'yaṃ punaḥ saṃjīvatāmiha

"As Kamsa and Keshi were slain by me in accordance with dharma, by that truth may this child live again here."

Verse 24 (14.69.24)

इत्युक्त्वा वासुदेवोऽथ तं बालं भरतर्षभ । पादेन कमलाभेन ब्रह्मरुद्रार्चितेन च । पस्पर्श पुण्डरीकाक्ष आपादतलमस्तकम् ॥

ityuktvā vāsudevo'tha taṃ bālaṃ bharatarṣabha | pādena kamalābhena brahmarudrārcitena ca | pasparśa puṇḍarīkākṣa āpādatalamastakam

Having said this, Vasudeva, O best of Bharatas, touched that child from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head, the lotus-eyed one, with his lotus-like foot, which Brahma and Rudra worship.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (a backtick) from the start of the second line. Lines 2–3 are critical-edition star passage 14.68.24b*0139_01–02 (inserted after 24a); line 1 is a variant of 24a ("ity ukto vāsudevena sa bālo bharatarṣabha").

Verse 25 (14.69.25)

स्पृष्टमात्रस्तु कृष्णेन स बालो भरतर्षभ । शनैःशनैर्महाराज प्रापद्यत स चेतनाम् ॥

spṛṣṭamātrastu kṛṣṇena sa bālo bharatarṣabha | śanaiḥśanairmahārāja prāpadyata sa cetanām

No sooner was the child touched by Krishna, O best of Bharatas, than slowly, slowly, O great king, he regained consciousness.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (a closing quote after the verse-end sign). Line 1 is critical-edition star passage 14.68.24b*0139_03 (a variant: "sa bālo bharatarṣabha" for "sa hi bālo 'bhimanyujaḥ"); line 2 is a variant of 24c ("prāpadyata sacetanām" for "prāspandata sacetanaḥ").

Verse 26 (14.69.26)

शनैःशनैर्महाराज प्रास्पन्दत सचेतनः ॥

śanaiḥśanairmahārāja prāspandata sacetanaḥ

Slowly, slowly, O great king, he stirred, conscious.

Note on the text: The critical edition's line 14.68.24c, here following the variant form of the same line in the previous verse.