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which was impossible for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He felt that Arjuna was promising something beyond his power. The  brāhmaṇa  said, “I consider your promise to be like that of an inexperienced child. I cannot put my faith in your promise.”
Arjuna then understood that the  brāhmaṇa  had lost all faith in the  kṣatriya  kings. Therefore, to encourage him, Arjuna spoke as if criticizing even his friend, Lord Krṣṇa. While Lord Krṣṇa and others were listening, he specifically attacked Krṣṇa by saying, “My dear  brāhmaṇa , I am neither Saṅkarṣaṇa nor Krṣṇa nor one of Krṣṇa’s sons like Pradyumna or Aniruddha. My name is Arjuna, and I carry the bow known as Gāṇḍīva. You cannot insult me because I have satisfied even Lord Śiva by my prowess when we were both hunting in the forest. I had a fight with Lord Śiva, who appeared before me as a hunter, and when I satisfied him by my prowess, he gave me the weapon known as  paśupatāstra . Do not doubt my chivalry. I shall bring back your sons even if I have to fight with death personified.” When the  brāhmaṇa  was assured by Arjuna in such exalted words, he somehow or other was convinced, and thus he returned home.
When the  brāhmaṇa ’s wife was to give birth to another child, the  brāhmaṇa  began to chant, “My dear Arjuna, please come now and save my child.” After hearing him, Arjuna immediately prepared himself by touching sanctified water and uttering holy  mantras  to protect his bows and arrows from danger. He specifically took the arrow which was presented to him by Lord Śiva, and while going out, he began to remember Lord Śiva and his great favor. In this way, he appeared in front of the maternity home, equipped with his bow, known as Gāṇḍīva, and with various other weapons.
It appears that Arjuna did not leave Dvārakā because he had to fulfill his promise to the  brāhmaṇa . He was called at night when the  brāhmaṇa ’s wife was to give birth to the child. While going to the maternity home to attend to the delivery case of the  brāhmaṇa ’s wife, Arjuna remembered Lord Śiva, and not his friend Krṣṇa; he thought that since Krṣṇa could not give protection to the  brāhmaṇa , it was better to take shelter of Lord Śiva. This is another instance of how a person takes shelter of the demigods. This is explained in the  Bhagavad-gītā: kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ : a person who loses his intelligence because of greediness and lust forgets the Supreme Personality of Godhead and takes shelter of the demigods. Of course, Arjuna was not an ordinary living entity, but because of his friendly dealings with Krṣṇa, he thought that Krṣṇa was unable to give protection to the  brāhmaṇa  and that he would do better to remember Lord Śiva. Later on it was proved that Arjuna’s taking shelter of Lord Śiva