Vaishampayana said After the great Vasudeva of great prowess had finished his narration of the great battle of the Bharatas before his father, it was plain that that hero had passed over the destruction of Abhimanyu. The motive of the great one was that his father might not hear what was highly unpleasant to him.
वैशम्पायन उवाच कथयन्नेव तु सदा वासुदेवः प्रतापवान्। महाभारतयुद्धं तत्कथान्ते पितुरग्रतः॥ अभिमन्योर्वधं वीरः सोऽत्यक्रामन्महामतिः। अप्रियं वसुदेवस्य मा भूदिति महामतिः॥