Subhadra's Lament for Abhimanyu

Verse 1 (7.78.1)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य केशवस्य महात्मनः । सुभद्रा पुत्रशोकार्ता विललाप सुदुःखिता ॥

etacchrutvā vacastasya keśavasya mahātmanaḥ | subhadrā putraśokārtā vilalāpa suduḥkhitā

Hearing these words of the great-souled Keshava, Subhadra, stricken with grief for her son and in deep distress, began to lament.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: Wikisource's adhyaya 78 corresponds to CE 7.55.1–40. Subhadra's lament (verses 2–38) carries no speaker heading on the page; every verse of it is her direct speech and is given to her. Verses 43–45 are likewise Krishna's own speech, introduced by verse 42, and are given to him. CE star passages 7.55.14d*0398_01–02 and 7.55.33b*0402_01 are not in Wikisource.

Verse 2 (7.78.2)

हा पुत्र मम मन्दायाः कथमेत्यासि संयुगम् । निधनं प्राप्तवांस्तात पितुस्तुल्यपराक्रमः ॥

hā putra mama mandāyāḥ kathametyāsi saṃyugam | nidhanaṃ prāptavāṃstāta pitustulyaparākramaḥ

Alas, my son! Unlucky mother that I am, how did you go into the fray and meet your death, my child, you who were equal to your father in valour?

Note on the text: Corrected पुत्रा → पुत्र (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vocative ending, the critical edition reads putra). Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.55.2 (similarity 0.81); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 3 (7.78.3)

कथमिन्दीवरश्यामं सुदंष्ट्रं चारुलोचनम् । मुखं ते दृश्यते वत्स गुण्ठितं रणरेणुना ॥

kathamindīvaraśyāmaṃ sudaṃṣṭraṃ cārulocanam | mukhaṃ te dṛśyate vatsa guṇṭhitaṃ raṇareṇunā

How is it, dear child, that this face of yours, dark as a blue lotus, with fine teeth and lovely eyes, is seen smeared with the dust of battle?

Verse 4 (7.78.4)

नूनं शूरं निपतितं त्वां पश्यन्त्यनिवर्तिनम् । सुशिरोग्रीवबाह्वंसं व्यूढोरस्कं नतोदरम् ॥

nūnaṃ śūraṃ nipatitaṃ tvāṃ paśyantyanivartinam | suśirogrīvabāhvaṃsaṃ vyūḍhoraskaṃ natodaram

Surely they gaze at you now, a hero fallen, who never turned back, with fine head, neck, arms and shoulders, a broad chest and a slender waist,

Verse 5 (7.78.5)

चारूपचितसर्वाङ्गं स्वक्षं शस्त्रक्षताचितम् । भूतानि त्वां निरीक्षन्ते भूमौ चन्द्रमिवोदितम् ॥

cārūpacitasarvāṅgaṃ svakṣaṃ śastrakṣatācitam | bhūtāni tvāṃ nirīkṣante bhūmau candramivoditam

shapely in every limb, fair-eyed, covered with weapon-wounds: all beings gaze at you lying on the ground like the risen moon.

Verse 6 (7.78.6)

शयनीयं पुराऽध्युष्य स्पर्ध्यास्तरणसंवृतम् । भूमावद्य कथं शेषे विप्रविद्धः सुखोचितः ॥

śayanīyaṃ purā'dhyuṣya spardhyāstaraṇasaṃvṛtam | bhūmāvadya kathaṃ śeṣe vipraviddhaḥ sukhocitaḥ

You who once lay on a bed covered with rich coverlets, how can you now lie on the ground, flung down, you who are used to comfort?

Verse 7 (7.78.7)

योऽन्वास्यत पुरा वीरो वरस्त्रीभिर्महाभुजः । कथमन्वास्यते सोऽद्य शिवाभिः पतितो मृधे ॥

yo'nvāsyata purā vīro varastrībhirmahābhujaḥ | kathamanvāsyate so'dya śivābhiḥ patito mṛdhe

He, the mighty-armed hero, who was once attended by lovely women, how is he now attended, fallen in the fray, by she-jackals?

Verse 8 (7.78.8)

योऽस्तूयत पुरा हृष्टैः सूतमागधबन्दिभिः । सोऽद्य क्रव्याद्गणैर्घोरैर्विनदद्भिरुपास्येत ॥

yo'stūyata purā hṛṣṭaiḥ sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ | so'dya kravyādgaṇairghorairvinadadbhirupāsyeta

He who was once praised by delighted bards, heralds and minstrels is now attended by dreadful packs of flesh-eaters howling around him.

Verse 9 (7.78.9)

पाण्डवेषु च नाथेषु वृष्णिवीरेषु वा विभो । पाञ्चालेषु च वीरेषु हतः केनास्यनाथवत् ॥

pāṇḍaveṣu ca nātheṣu vṛṣṇivīreṣu vā vibho | pāñcāleṣu ca vīreṣu hataḥ kenāsyanāthavat

With the Pandavas as your protectors, with the Vrishni heroes and the Panchala heroes at hand, O lord, by whom were you slain as though you had no protector?

Verse 10 (7.78.10)

यत्र त्वं केशवे नाथे सत्यनाथो यथा हतः । अतृप्तदर्शना पुत्र दर्शनस्य तवानघ । मन्दभाग्या गमिष्यामि व्यक्तमद्य यमक्षयम् ॥

yatra tvaṃ keśave nāthe satyanātho yathā hataḥ | atṛptadarśanā putra darśanasya tavānagha | mandabhāgyā gamiṣyāmi vyaktamadya yamakṣayam

That you, though Keshava was your protector, were slain like one whose only protector is truth! And I, my sinless son, unsated with the sight of you, unlucky as I am, shall surely go to Yama's abode today.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 7.55.9d*0396_01, not in the constituted text (the page marks it off with a backtick and a closing quote mark, its sign for an interpolated line); lines 2–3 are CE 7.55.10a and 10c. The automatic alignment found only the CE 7.55.10 half, listing it as unmatched.

Verse 11 (7.78.11)

विशालाक्षं सुकेशान्तं चारुवाक्यं सुगन्धि च । तव पुत्र कदा भूयो मुखं द्रक्ष्यामि निर्व्रणम् ॥

viśālākṣaṃ sukeśāntaṃ cāruvākyaṃ sugandhi ca | tava putra kadā bhūyo mukhaṃ drakṣyāmi nirvraṇam

Your face, my son, with its large eyes, fine hair-line, sweet words and fragrance, without a scar: when shall I see it again?

Verse 12 (7.78.12)

धिग्बलं भीमसेनस्य धिक्पार्थस्य धनुष्मताम् । धिग्वीर्यं वृष्णिवीराणां पाञ्चालानां च धिग्बलं ॥

dhigbalaṃ bhīmasenasya dhikpārthasya dhanuṣmatām | dhigvīryaṃ vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṃ pāñcālānāṃ ca dhigbalaṃ

Shame on the strength of Bhimasena, shame on the bow-bearing Partha, shame on the valour of the Vrishni heroes and on the might of the Panchalas!

Note on the text: Corrected चाञ्चालानां → पाञ्चालानां (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads pāñcālānāṃ).

Verse 13 (7.78.13)

धिक्केकयांस्तथा चेदीन्मत्स्यांश्चैवाथ सृञ्जयान् । ये त्वां रणगतं वीरं न शेकुरभिरक्षितुम् ॥

dhikkekayāṃstathā cedīnmatsyāṃścaivātha sṛñjayān | ye tvāṃ raṇagataṃ vīraṃ na śekurabhirakṣitum

Shame on the Kekayas, the Chedis, the Matsyas and the Srinjayas, who could not protect you, a hero gone into battle.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.55.13 (similarity 0.824); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 14 (7.78.14)

अद्य पश्यामि पृथिवीं शून्यामिव हतत्विषम् । अभिमन्युमपश्यन्ती शोकव्याकुललोचना ॥

adya paśyāmi pṛthivīṃ śūnyāmiva hatatviṣam | abhimanyumapaśyantī śokavyākulalocanā

Today I see the earth as if empty and robbed of its radiance, for I cannot see Abhimanyu, and my eyes are troubled with grief.

Verse 15 (7.78.15)

स्वस्रीयं वासुदेवस्य पुत्रं गाण्डीवधन्वनः । कथं त्वाऽतिरथं वीरं द्रक्ष्याम्यद्य निपातितम् ॥

svasrīyaṃ vāsudevasya putraṃ gāṇḍīvadhanvanaḥ | kathaṃ tvā'tirathaṃ vīraṃ drakṣyāmyadya nipātitam

You are Vasudeva's nephew and the son of the wielder of Gandiva. How shall I see you, a great chariot-warrior and hero, laid low today?

Note on the text: Corrected गाण्डवीधन्वनः → गाण्डीवधन्वनः (misprint in Wikisource; the bow's name is Gāṇḍīva, the critical edition reads gāṇḍīvadhanvanaḥ). Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.55.15 (अतिरथम् / द्रक्ष्याम्यद्य for CE virathaṃ / drakṣyāmy anyair; similarity 0.931); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 16 (7.78.16)

एह्येहि तृषितो वत्स स्तनौ पूर्णौ पिबाशु मे । अङ्कमारुह्य मन्दाया ह्यतृप्तायाश्च दर्शने ॥

ehyehi tṛṣito vatsa stanau pūrṇau pibāśu me | aṅkamāruhya mandāyā hyatṛptāyāśca darśane

Come, come, my child, you are thirsty: drink quickly from my full breasts. Climb into my lap, unlucky mother that I am, unsated with the sight of you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.55.11d*0397_01–02 (after 7.55.11; Wikisource places it here, after verse 15). Both lines are identical.

Verse 17 (7.78.17)

हा वीर दृष्टो नष्टश्च धनं स्वप्न इवासि मे । अहो ह्यनित्यं मानुष्यं जलबुद्बुदचञ्चलम् ॥

hā vīra dṛṣṭo naṣṭaśca dhanaṃ svapna ivāsi me | aho hyanityaṃ mānuṣyaṃ jalabudbudacañcalam

Alas, hero! You were seen and lost, like wealth seen in a dream. Ah, human life is truly impermanent, unsteady as a bubble on water.

Verse 18 (7.78.18)

इमां ते तरुणीं भार्यां तवाधिभिरभिप्लुताम् । उत्तरामुत्तमां जात्या सुशीलां प्रियभाषिणीम् ॥

imāṃ te taruṇīṃ bhāryāṃ tavādhibhirabhiplutām | uttarāmuttamāṃ jātyā suśīlāṃ priyabhāṣiṇīm

This young wife of yours, overwhelmed by the sorrows for your sake: Uttara, excellent by birth, of good character and sweet speech,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Also joined प्रिय भाषिणीम् → प्रियभाषिणीम् (the compound was split in Wikisource; the critical edition reads priyabhāṣiṇīm). Line 1 is CE 7.55.17a (तवाधिभिः for CE tvadādhibhiḥ, a variant); line 2 is the first line of the critical edition's star passage 7.55.17b*0399_01 (उत्तरामुत्तमां for CE uttarām uttarāṃ). Wikisource's verses 18–21 together carry CE 7.55.17a, star passage *0399_01–06 and 17c.

Verse 19 (7.78.19)

शनकैः परिरभ्यैनां स्नुषां मम यशस्विनीम् । सुकुमारीं विशालाक्षीं पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाम् ॥

śanakaiḥ parirabhyaināṃ snuṣāṃ mama yaśasvinīm | sukumārīṃ viśālākṣīṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanām

embrace her gently, my glorious daughter-in-law, delicate, large-eyed, with a face like the full moon,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines are the star passage 7.55.17b*0399_02–03 (identical). Wikisource's opening backtick for this passage opens on verse 18.

Verse 20 (7.78.20)

बालपल्लवतन्वङ्गीं मत्तमातङ्गगामिनीम् । बिम्बाधरोष्ठीमबलामभिमन्यो प्रहर्षय ॥

bālapallavatanvaṅgīṃ mattamātaṅgagāminīm | bimbādharoṣṭhīmabalāmabhimanyo praharṣaya

slender-limbed as a young shoot, gliding like a rutting elephant, with lips red as bimba fruit, tender girl: gladden her, Abhimanyu!

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines are the star passage 7.55.17b*0399_04–05 (identical).

Verse 21 (7.78.21)

त्वया विना कथं पुत्र जीर्णां पतितमानसाम् । इमां सन्धारयिष्यामि वृषभादिव धेनुकाम् ॥

tvayā vinā kathaṃ putra jīrṇāṃ patitamānasām | imāṃ sandhārayiṣyāmi vṛṣabhādiva dhenukām

Without you, my son, how shall I sustain her, worn down and low in spirit, like a cow bereft of her bull?

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 7.55.17b*0399_06 (identical); line 2 corresponds to CE 7.55.17c (kathaṃ saṃdhārayiṣyāmi vivatsām iva dhenukām), with a variant ending (वृषभादिव धेनुकाम् for vivatsām iva dhenukām), Wikisource's reading kept. The sense of the simile is uncertain; rendered as a cow separated from its bull.

Verse 22 (7.78.22)

अहो ह्यकाले प्रस्थानं कृतवानसि पुत्रक । विहाय फलकाले मां सुगृद्धां तव दर्शने ॥

aho hyakāle prasthānaṃ kṛtavānasi putraka | vihāya phalakāle māṃ sugṛddhāṃ tava darśane

Alas, my child, you set out at the wrong time, leaving me when the fruit was ripe, me who so hungered for the sight of you!

Verse 23 (7.78.23)

नूनं गतिः कृतान्तस्य प्राज्ञैरपि सुदुर्विदा । यत्र त्वं केशवे नाथे सङ्ग्रामेऽनाथवद्धतः ॥

nūnaṃ gatiḥ kṛtāntasya prājñairapi sudurvidā | yatra tvaṃ keśave nāthe saṅgrāme'nāthavaddhataḥ

Surely the course of Fate is hard to fathom even for the wise, since you, with Keshava as your protector, were slain in battle as though you had none.

Verse 24 (7.78.24)

यज्वनां दानशीलानां ब्राह्मणानां कृतात्मनाम् । चरितब्रह्मचर्याणां पुण्यतीर्थावगाहिनाम् ॥

yajvanāṃ dānaśīlānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ kṛtātmanām | caritabrahmacaryāṇāṃ puṇyatīrthāvagāhinām

The goal of those who sacrifice, who give freely, of brahmins of purified soul, of those who have kept chastity and bathed in holy waters,

Verse 25 (7.78.25)

कृतज्ञानां वदान्यानां गुरुशुश्रूषिणामपि । सहस्रदक्षिणानां च या गतिस्तामवाप्नुहि ॥

kṛtajñānāṃ vadānyānāṃ guruśuśrūṣiṇāmapi | sahasradakṣiṇānāṃ ca yā gatistāmavāpnuhi

of the grateful, the generous, those who serve their teachers, and those who give a thousand fees: may you attain that goal.

Verse 26 (7.78.26)

या गतिर्युध्यमानानां शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम् । हत्वारीन्निहतानां च सङ्ग्रामे तां गतिं व्रज ॥

yā gatiryudhyamānānāṃ śūrāṇāmanivartinām | hatvārīnnihatānāṃ ca saṅgrāme tāṃ gatiṃ vraja

The goal of warriors who fight and never turn back, and of those who slay their enemies and are slain in battle: go to that goal.

Note on the text: Corrected गति → गतिं (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara of the accusative was dropped, the critical edition reads gatiṃ). Wikisource's wording differs slightly from CE 7.55.22 (similarity 0.987).

Verse 27 (7.78.27)

गोसहस्रप्रदातॄणां क्रतुदानां च या गतिः । नैवेशिकं चाभिमतं ददतां या गतिः शुभा ॥

gosahasrapradātṝṇāṃ kratudānāṃ ca yā gatiḥ | naiveśikaṃ cābhimataṃ dadatāṃ yā gatiḥ śubhā

The goal of those who give a thousand cows, who give gifts at sacrifices, and of those who give the wished-for furnished home, the auspicious goal:

Verse 28 (7.78.28)

ब्राह्मणेभ्यः शरण्येभ्यो निधिं निदधतां च या । या चापि न्यस्तदण्डानां तां गतिं व्रज पुत्रक ॥

brāhmaṇebhyaḥ śaraṇyebhyo nidhiṃ nidadhatāṃ ca yā | yā cāpi nyastadaṇḍānāṃ tāṃ gatiṃ vraja putraka

the goal of those who lay up a treasure for brahmins who deserve shelter, and of those who have laid down the rod: go to that goal, my son.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.55.23d*0400_01–02 (after 7.55.23; identical).

Verse 29 (7.78.29)

ब्रह्मचर्येण यां यान्ति मुनयः संशितव्रताः । एकपत्न्यश्च यां यान्ति तां गतिं व्रज पुत्रक ॥

brahmacaryeṇa yāṃ yānti munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ | ekapatnyaśca yāṃ yānti tāṃ gatiṃ vraja putraka

The goal that sages of strict vows reach through chastity, and that women devoted to one husband reach: go to that goal, my son.

Verse 30 (7.78.30)

राज्ञा सुचरितैर्या च गतिर्भवति शाश्वती । चरमाश्रमिणां पुण्यैः सेवितानां पुरः स्थितैः ॥

rājñā sucaritairyā ca gatirbhavati śāśvatī | caramāśramiṇāṃ puṇyaiḥ sevitānāṃ puraḥ sthitaiḥ

The everlasting goal that comes to kings through their good conduct, and to those in the last stage of life through their merits, those who are served by people standing before them:

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.55.25 (similarity 0.872); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 31 (7.78.31)

दीनानुकम्पिनां या च सततं संविभागिनाम् । पैशुन्याच्च निवृत्तानां तां गतिं व्रज पुत्रक ॥

dīnānukampināṃ yā ca satataṃ saṃvibhāginām | paiśunyācca nivṛttānāṃ tāṃ gatiṃ vraja putraka

the goal of those who are always compassionate to the wretched, who ever share what they have, and who have turned away from slander: go to that goal, my son.

Verse 32 (7.78.32)

व्रतिनां धर्मशीलानां गुरुशुश्रूषिणामपि । अमोघातिथिनां या च तां गतिं व्रज पुत्रक ॥

vratināṃ dharmaśīlānāṃ guruśuśrūṣiṇāmapi | amoghātithināṃ yā ca tāṃ gatiṃ vraja putraka

The goal of the vowed, of those righteous by nature, of those who serve their teachers, and of those whose hospitality is never in vain: go to that goal, my son.

Verse 33 (7.78.33)

कृच्छ्रेषु या धारयतामात्मानं व्यसनेषु च । गतिः शोकाग्निदग्धानां तां गतिं व्रज पुत्रक ॥

kṛcchreṣu yā dhārayatāmātmānaṃ vyasaneṣu ca | gatiḥ śokāgnidagdhānāṃ tāṃ gatiṃ vraja putraka

The goal of those who hold themselves steady in hardships and calamities, the goal of those burned by the fire of sorrow: go to that goal, my son.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.55.27d*0401_01–02 (after 7.55.27; identical).

Verse 34 (7.78.34)

मातापित्रोश्च शुश्रूषां कल्पयन्तीह ये सदा । स्वदारनिरतानां च या गतिस्तामवाप्नुहि ॥

mātāpitrośca śuśrūṣāṃ kalpayantīha ye sadā | svadāraniratānāṃ ca yā gatistāmavāpnuhi

The goal of those who always serve their mother and father here, and of those who are faithful to their own wives: may you attain that goal.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.55.27d*0401_03–04 (after 7.55.27). Line 1 differs in order (CE: pitur mātuś ca śuśrūṣāṃ; Wikisource: mātāpitroś ca śuśrūṣāṃ), line 2 is identical; Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 35 (7.78.35)

ऋतुकाले स्वकां भार्यां गच्छतां या मनीषिणाम् । परस्त्रीभ्यो निवृत्तानां तां गतिं व्रज पुत्रक ॥

ṛtukāle svakāṃ bhāryāṃ gacchatāṃ yā manīṣiṇām | parastrībhyo nivṛttānāṃ tāṃ gatiṃ vraja putraka

The goal of the wise who go to their own wives in the proper season and keep away from other men's wives: go to that goal, my son.

Note on the text: The input's alignment found no match; the verse corresponds to CE 7.55.28 (the unmatched CE verse: ṛtukāle svakāṃ patnīṃ gacchatāṃ yā manasvinām / na cānyadārasevīnāṃ tāṃ gatiṃ vraja putraka), a recension variant (भार्याम् / मनीषिणाम् / परस्त्रीभ्यो निवृत्तानाम् for CE patnīm / manasvinām / na cānyadārasevīnām), Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 36 (7.78.36)

साम्ना ये सर्वभूतानि पश्यन्ति गतमत्सराः । नारुन्तुदानां क्षमिणां या गतिस्तामवाप्नुहि ॥

sāmnā ye sarvabhūtāni paśyanti gatamatsarāḥ | nāruntudānāṃ kṣamiṇāṃ yā gatistāmavāpnuhi

The goal of those who, free of envy, look on all beings with kindness, who do not wound others to the quick and who are forbearing: may you attain that goal.

Verse 37 (7.78.37)

मधुमांसान्निवृत्तानां मदाद्दम्भात्तथाऽनृतात् । परोपतापादन्यायात्तां गतिं व्रज पुत्रक ॥

madhumāṃsānnivṛttānāṃ madāddambhāttathā'nṛtāt | paropatāpādanyāyāttāṃ gatiṃ vraja putraka

The goal of those who abstain from honey and meat, from pride, deceit and falsehood, from tormenting others and from injustice: go to that goal, my son.

Note on the text: Corrected दृम्भात् → दम्भात् (misprint in Wikisource; stray ृ, the critical edition reads dambhāt). Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.55.30 (similarity 0.877; last line: परोपतापादन्यायात् for CE paropatāpatyaktānām); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 38 (7.78.38)

ह्रीमन्तः सर्वशास्त्रज्ञा ज्ञानतृप्ता जितेन्द्रियाः । यां गतिं साधवो यान्ति तां गतिं व्रज पुत्रक ॥

hrīmantaḥ sarvaśāstrajñā jñānatṛptā jitendriyāḥ | yāṃ gatiṃ sādhavo yānti tāṃ gatiṃ vraja putraka

The modest, those learned in all the scriptures, content in knowledge and masters of their senses: the goal that good men reach, go to that goal, my son.

Note on the text: Corrected हीमन्तः → ह्रीमन्तः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र, 'modest'; the critical edition reads hrīmantaḥ).

Verse 39 (7.78.39)

एवं विलपतीं दीनां सुभद्रां शोककर्शिताम् । अन्वपद्यत पाञ्चाली वैराटिसहितां तदा ॥

evaṃ vilapatīṃ dīnāṃ subhadrāṃ śokakarśitām | anvapadyata pāñcālī vairāṭisahitāṃ tadā

As Subhadra, wretched and wasted with grief, lamented thus, Panchali came to her, together with Virata's daughter.

Verse 40 (7.78.40)

सा प्रकामं रुदित्वा च विलप्य च सुदुःखिता । उन्मत्तवत्तदा राजन्विसंज्ञा पतिता क्षितौ ॥

sā prakāmaṃ ruditvā ca vilapya ca suduḥkhitā | unmattavattadā rājanvisaṃjñā patitā kṣitau

Having wept long and lamented, in deep distress, she fell senseless to the ground, O king, like one mad.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.55.33 (similarity 0.91); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 41 (7.78.41)

सोपचारस्तु कृष्णस्तां दुःखितां भृशदुःखितः । सिक्त्वाम्भसा समाश्वास्य तत्तदुक्त्वा हितं वचः ॥

sopacārastu kṛṣṇastāṃ duḥkhitāṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ | siktvāmbhasā samāśvāsya tattaduktvā hitaṃ vacaḥ

Krishna, himself greatly afflicted, applied remedies to the grieving woman, sprinkled her with water, comforted her, and spoke to her words of good counsel.

Verse 42 (7.78.42)

विसंज्ञकल्पां रुदतीमपविद्धां प्रवेपतीम् । भगिनीं पुण्डरीकाक्ष इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

visaṃjñakalpāṃ rudatīmapaviddhāṃ pravepatīm | bhaginīṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa idaṃ vacanamabravīt

Then Pundarikaksha spoke these words to his sister, who was weeping, nearly senseless, flung down and trembling.

Verse 43 (7.78.43)

सुभद्रे मा शुचः पुत्रं पाञ्चाल्याश्वासयोत्तराम् । गतोऽभिमन्युः प्रथितां गतिं क्षत्रियपुङ्गवः ॥

subhadre mā śucaḥ putraṃ pāñcālyāśvāsayottarām | gato'bhimanyuḥ prathitāṃ gatiṃ kṣatriyapuṅgavaḥ

Subhadra, do not grieve for your son; Panchali, comfort Uttara. Abhimanyu, the best of kshatriyas, has gone to a renowned goal.

Note on the text: Krishna's direct speech introduced by verse 42; the page prints no speaker heading, so the verse is given to him.

Verse 44 (7.78.44)

ये चान्येऽपि कुले सन्ति पुरुषा नो वरानने । सर्वे न ते गतिं यान्ति याऽभिमन्योर्यशस्विनः ॥

ye cānye'pi kule santi puruṣā no varānane | sarve na te gatiṃ yānti yā'bhimanyoryaśasvinaḥ

Whatever other men there are in our family, fair-faced lady, not all of them reach the goal that the glorious Abhimanyu has reached.

Note on the text: Krishna's speech (see verse 43). Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.55.37 (सर्वे न ते गतिं यान्ति याऽभिमन्योः for CE sarve te vai gatiṃ yāntu abhimanyor; similarity 0.89); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept, taken as "not all of them reach the goal that Abhimanyu reached".

Verse 45 (7.78.45)

कुर्याम तद्वयं कर्म कुर्युर्यत्सुहृदश्च नः । कृतवान्यादृगद्यैकस्तव पुत्रो महारथः ॥

kuryāma tadvayaṃ karma kuryuryatsuhṛdaśca naḥ | kṛtavānyādṛgadyaikastava putro mahārathaḥ

May we do such a deed, and may our friends do the like, as your son, the great warrior, has done alone today.

Note on the text: Krishna's speech (see verse 43). Corrected कुर्युर्युत्सुहृदश्च → कुर्युर्यत्सुहृदश्च (misprint in Wikisource; यु for य). Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.55.38 (kriyāsuḥ suhṛdaś ca naḥ; similarity 0.923); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 46 (7.78.46)

एवमाश्वास्य भगिनीं द्रौपदीमपि चोत्तराम् । पार्थस्यैव महाबाहुः पार्श्वमागादरिन्दमः ॥

evamāśvāsya bhaginīṃ draupadīmapi cottarām | pārthasyaiva mahābāhuḥ pārśvamāgādarindamaḥ

Having thus consoled his sister, and Draupadi and Uttara too, the mighty-armed subduer of foes returned to Partha's side.

Verse 47 (7.78.47)

ततोऽभ्यनुज्ञाय नृपान्कृष्णो बन्धूंस्तथाऽर्जुनम् । विवेशान्तः पुरे राजंस्ते च जग्मुः स्वमालयम् ॥

tato'bhyanujñāya nṛpānkṛṣṇo bandhūṃstathā'rjunam | viveśāntaḥ pure rājaṃste ca jagmuḥ svamālayam

Then Krishna, taking leave of the kings, of his kinsmen and of Arjuna, went into the inner apartments, O king, and the others went to their own dwellings.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.55.40 (similarity 0.824); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.