Originally posted by: LeadNitrate
When youthful Abhimanyu, yet in his minority, fell, the Pandava divisions, O king, fled away in the very sight of king Yudhishthira. Beholding his army breaking upon the fall of Subhadra's son, Yudhishthira addressed his brave warriors, slaying, 'The heroic Abhimanyu, who without retreating from battle hath been slain, hath certainly ascended to heaven.
Vyasa, Krishna-Dwaipayana (2013-12-15). Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa (Complete) (Kindle Locations 48550-48553). . Kindle Edition.
Section 47 , Drona Parva if anyone wants to check it from open source.
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This to make sure this is indeed KMG, so that people do not go "Not Authentic " on seeing kindle
[Lastly, I should name my literary chief and friend, Dr. Sambhu C. Mookherjee. The kind interest he took in my labours, the repeated exhortations he addressed to me inculcating patience, the care with which he read every fasciculus as it came out, marking all those passages which threw light upon topics of antiquarian interest, and the words of praise he uttered when any expression particularly happy met his eyes, served to stimulate me more than anything else in going on with a task that sometimes seemed to me endless.
Kisari Mohan Ganguli Calcutta
Vyasa, Krishna-Dwaipayana (2013-12-15). Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa (Complete) (Kindle Locations 2320-2323). . Kindle Edition. ]
give me a concrete proof where minor means 30 yr old. Its a two way process.