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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.1.39
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 39
- yamāv utasvit tanayau pṛthāyāḥ
- pārthair vṛtau pakṣmabhir akṣiṇīva
- remāta uddāya mṛdhe sva-rikthaṁ
- parāt suparṇāv iva vajri-vaktrāt
yamautwins (Nakula and Sahadeva) — twins (Nakula and Sahadeva); utasvitwhether — whether; tanayausons — sons; pṛthāyāḥof Pṛthā — of Pṛthā; pārthaiḥby the sons of Pṛthā — by the sons of Pṛthā; vṛtauprotected — protected; pakṣmabhiḥby the eyelids — by the eyelids; akṣiṇīof the eyes — of the eyes; ivalike — like; remāteplaying carelessly — playing carelessly; uddāyasnatching — snatching; mṛdhein the fight — in the fight; svaown property-rikthamown property — own property; parātfrom the enemy Duryodhana — from the enemy Duryodhana; suparṇauGaruḍa, the carrier of Lord Viṣṇu — Garuḍa, the carrier of Lord Viṣṇu; ivalike — like; vajrifrom the mouth of Indra-vaktrātfrom the mouth of Indra — from the mouth of Indra.
Are the twin brothers who are protected by their brothers doing well? Just as the eye is always protected by the eyelid, they are protected by the sons of Pṛthā, who snatched back their rightful kingdom from the hands of their enemy Duryodhana, just as Garuḍa snatched nectar from the mouth of Indra, the thunderbolt carrier.
Indra, the King of heaven, carries a thunderbolt in his hand and is very strong, yet Garuḍa, the carrier of Lord Viṣṇu, was able to snatch nectar from his mouth. Similarly, Duryodhana was as strong as the King of heaven, and still the sons of Pṛthā, the Pāṇḍavas, were able to snatch away their kingdom from Duryodhana. Both Garuḍa and the Pārthas are pet devotees of the Lord, and thus it was possible for them to face such strong enemies.
Vidura's inquiry was about the youngest brothers of the Pāṇḍavas, namely Nakula and Sahadeva. These twin brothers were sons of Mādrī, the stepmother of the other Pāṇḍavas. But although they were stepbrothers, because Kuntī took charge of them after the departure of Mādrī with her husband Mahārāja Pāṇḍu, Nakula and Sahadeva were as good as the other three Pāṇḍavas, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma and Arjuna. The five brothers are known in the world as regular brothers. The three elder Pāṇḍavas took care of the younger brothers, just as the eyelid takes care of the eye. Vidura was anxious to know whether, after winning back their own kingdom from the hands of Duryodhana, the younger brothers were still living happily under the care of the elder brothers.