CHAPTER TWELVE
Birth of Emperor Parīkṣit
TEXT 1
शौनक उवाच
अभ्त्याम्नोपसृष्टेन ब्रह्मशीर्षोरुतेजसा । उत्तराया हतो गर्भ ईशेनाजीवितः पुनः ॥ १ ॥
śaunaka uvāca aśvatthāmnopasṛṣṭena brahma-śīrṣṇoru-tejasā uttarāyā hato garbha īśenājīvitaḥ punaḥ
śrī śaunakaḥ uvāca—the ṣage Śaunaka said; aśvatthāmna—of Aśvatthāmā (the son of Droṇa); upasṛṣṭena—by release of; brahma-śīrṣṇā—the invincible weapon; brahmāstra; uru-tejasā—by high temperature; uttarāyā—of Uttarā (mother of Parīkṣit); hataḥ—being spoiled; garbha—womb; īśena—by the Supreme Lord; ajīvitaḥ—brought to life; punaḥ—again.
TRANSLATION
The ṣage Śaunaka said: The womb of Uttarā, mother of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, was spoiled by the dreadful and invincible brahmāstra weapon released by Aśvatthāmā. But Mahārāja Parīkṣit was saved by the Supreme Lord.
PURPORT
The ṣages assembled in the forest of Naimiṣāraṇya inquired from Sūta Gosvāmī about the birth of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, but in course of the narration other topics like the release of brahmāstra by the son of Droṇa,
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