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Pancharatra and Core: Krishna goes to sister Subhadra and consoles her grief over Abhimanyu's death.
Sanjaya said:
That night, Vasudeva and Dhananjaya, overwhelmed by sorrow and grief, lay awake, breathing heavily like two thieves, unable to find sleep.
Upon realizing that Nara and Narayana were angry, the gods, along with Indra, became distressed and began to ponder, "What indeed will happen now?"
Fierce and harsh winds blew, threatening and terrible. A halo with a trunk appeared around the sun.
Dry lightning, accompanied by thunder and lightning, emerged. The earth, along with its mountains, forests, and groves, trembled as well.
O great king, the oceans, home to crocodiles, were stirred and began moving against the current, and thus the sea creatures proceeded.
The chariots, horses, men, and elephants were engaged in a mutual conflict, serving the joy of the flesh-eaters and contributing to the expansion of Yama's kingdom.
The vehicles emitted excrement and urine, and indeed cried out. Witnessing all those dreadful and hair-raising omens.
All your soldiers, O best of the Bharatas, were troubled upon hearing the fierce vow of the mighty Arjuna.
Then Indra, the mighty-armed, spoke to Krishna, asking him to console his sister Subhadra along with his daughter-in-law.
O Mādhava, console the sinless parents-in-law with the daughter-in-law, making them free from sorrow with peaceful, truthful, and united words, O Lord.
Vasudeva, deeply troubled, went to Arjuna's house and comforted his sister, who was grieving over her son's death.
"Do not grieve, O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, for the boy with the daughter-in-law. This is the inevitable end created by time for all living beings, O timid one."
Do not grieve for your son, who was born in a noble family, as a hero and a kshatriya; his death was befitting.
Fortunately, the great warrior, who is as valiant as his father, has achieved the state that heroes desire through the warrior's method.
After repeatedly defeating his enemies and sending them to their deaths, he attained the eternal worlds of the virtuous, where all desires are fulfilled.
Your son has attained the state desired by the wise through austerity, celibacy, learning, and wisdom.
O noble lady, you are the mother of heroes, the wife of a hero, and have heroic relatives. Do not grieve for your son, for he has attained the supreme state.
This mean Sindhu, the child-killer, will face the consequences of his arrogance along with his friends and relatives.
O beautiful lady, when the night has dawned, the evil-doer will not be released from Arjuna, even if he has entered Amaravati.
Tomorrow, you will hear that the head of the Sindhu prince has been taken away in battle. Outside Samantapanchaka, be free from sorrow and do not weep.
The hero, upholding the duty of a warrior, has embarked on the noble path that we and other warriors who live by the sword aspire to reach.
O beautiful lady, your son, who was broad-chested, mighty-armed, and praised by the best, has gone to heaven. Abandon your grief.
After his birth, he was powerful from both his father's and mother's lineage. He killed thousands of enemies but was ultimately slain, a hero and a great chariot-warrior.
Console your daughter-in-law, O queen, and do not grieve too much for the Kshatriya. Tomorrow, after hearing the very good news, you will be free from sorrow, O Nandini.
What Partha has promised will be fulfilled as stated and not otherwise. Indeed, what your master intends will never be in vain.
If humans, serpents, demons, night creatures, birds, gods, and demons approach the king of elephants in battle, he will not be with them by dawn.
