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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 12]
womb of the mother of child Parīkṣit. He is mentioned herein as the protector of the righteous. Anyone who is a surrendered soul unto the Supreme is righteous, and he is specifically protected by the Lord in all circumstances. He is the indirect protector of the unrighteous also, for He rectifies their sins through His external potency. The Lord is mentioned herein as one who is dressed in the ten directions. This means dressed with garments on ten sides, up and down. He is present everywhere and can appear and disappear at His will from everywhere and anywhere. His disappearance from the sight of the child Parīkṣit does not mean that He appeared on the spot from any other place. He was present there, and even after His disappearance He was there, although invisible to the eyes of the child. This material covering of the effulgent firmament is also something like a womb of the mother nature, and we are all put into the womb by the Lord, the father of all living beings. He is present everywhere, even in this material womb of mother Durgā, and amongst those who deserve to see the Lord.
TEXT 12
ततः सर्वगुणोदके सानुकूलग्रहोदये । जज्ञे वंशधरः पाण्डोर्भूयः पाण्डुरिवौजसा ॥१२॥
tataḥ sarva-guṇodarke sānukūla-grahodaye jajñe vaṁśa-dharaḥ pāṇḍor bhūyaḥ pāṇḍur ivaujasā
tataḥ—thereupon; sarva—all; guṇa—good signs; udarke—having gradually evolved; sānukūla—all favorable; grahodaye—constellation of stellar influence; jajñe—took birth; vaṁśa-dharaḥ—heir apparent; pāṇḍoḥ—of Pāṇḍu; bhūyaḥ—being; pāṇḍuḥ iva—exactly like Pāṇḍu; ojasā—by prowess.
TRANSLATION
Thereupon, when all the good signs of the zodiac gradually evolved, the heir apparent of Pāṇḍu, who would be exactly like him in prowess, took birth.