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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 8]
PURPORT
No one could make Lord Kṛṣṇa stay at Hastināpura when He decided to start for Dvārakā, but the simple request of King Yudhiṣṭhira that the Lord remain there for a few days more was immediately effective. This signifies that the power of the King is loving affection, which the Lord could not deny. The almighty God is thus conquered only by loving service and nothing else. He is fully independent in all His dealings, but He voluntarily accepts obligations by the loving affection of His pure devotees.
TEXT 46
व्यासाद्यैरीश्वरेहाज्ञैः कृष्णेनाद्भुतकर्मणा । प्रयोधितोऽपीतिहासैर्नाबुध्यत शुचार्पितः ॥४६॥
vyāsādyair īśvarehājñaiḥ kṛṣṇenādbhuta-karmaṇā prabodhito 'pītihāsair nābudhyata śucārpitaḥ
vyāsādyaiḥ—by great sages headed by Vyāsa; īśvara—the Almighty God; ihā—by the will of; jñaiḥ—by the learned; kṛṣṇena—by Kṛṣṇa Himself; adbhuta-karmaṇā—by one who performs all superhuman work; prabodhitaḥ—being solaced; api—although; itihāsaiḥ—by evidences from the histories; na—not; abudhyata—satisfied; śucā arpitaḥ—distressed.
TRANSLATION
King Yudhiṣṭhira, who was much aggrieved, could not be convinced, despite instructions by great sages headed by Vyāsa and the Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, the performer of superhuman feats, and despite all historical evidence.
PURPORT
The pious King Yudhiṣṭhira was mortified because of the mass massacre of human beings in the Battle of Kurukṣetra, especially on his account. Duryodhana was there on the throne, and he was doing well in his administration, and in one sense there was no need of fighting. But on the principle of justice Yudhiṣṭhira was to be replaced. The whole clique of politics centered round this point, and all the kings and residents of the