Display
Devanagari is shown only when this page stored it. Harvard-Kyoto and ASCII are generated from the IAST verse.
Vanisource / Original texts
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.11
Save this passage to keep a private note on this device. Notes are not sent to Vedawiki.
Cite
Source navigation
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 11
- sūta uvāca
- upadhārya vacas tasyā
- bhagavān bhakta-vatsalaḥ
- apāṇḍavam idaṁ kartuṁ
- drauṇer astram abudhyata
sūtaḥSūta Gosvāmī said uvācaSūta Gosvāmī said — Sūta Gosvāmī said; upadhāryaby hearing her patiently — by hearing her patiently; vacaḥwords — words; tasyāḥher — her; bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead — the Personality of Godhead; bhaktaHe who is very much affectionate towards His devotees-vatsalaḥHe who is very much affectionate towards His devotees — He who is very much affectionate towards His devotees; apāṇḍavamwithout the existence of the Pāṇḍavas' descendants — without the existence of the Pāṇḍavas' descendants; idamthis — this; kartumto do it — to do it; drauṇeḥof the son of Droṇācārya — of the son of Droṇācārya; astramweapon — weapon; abudhyataunderstood — understood.
Sūta Gosvāmī said: Having patiently heard her words, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is always very affectionate to His devotees, could at once understand that Aśvatthāmā, the son of Droṇācārya, had thrown the brahmāstra to finish the last life in the Pāṇḍava family.
The Lord is impartial in every respect, but still He is inclined towards His devotees because there is a great necessity of this for everyone's wellbeing. The Pāṇḍava family was a family of devotees, and therefore the Lord wanted them to rule the world. That was the reason He vanquished the rule of the company of Duryodhana and established the rule of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira. Therefore, He also wanted to protect Mahārāja Parīkṣit, who was lying in embryo. He did not like the idea that the world should be without the Pāṇḍavas, the ideal family of devotees.