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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 15]
PURPORT
The Absolute Personality of Godhead Lord Śrī Krṣṇa by His plenary Paramātmā portion expands Himself in everyone's heart, and thus He directs everyone in the matter of recollection, forgetfulness, knowledge, the absence of intelligence and all psychological activities (Bg. 15.15). As the Supreme Lord, He can increase or decrease the duration of life of a living being. Thus the Lord conducted the Battle of Kurukṣetra according to His own plan. He wanted that battle to establish Yudhiṣṭhira as the Emperor of this planet, and to facilitate this transcendental business He killed all who were on the opposite party by His omnipotent will. The other party was equipped with all military strength supported by big generals like Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Śalya, etc., and it would have been physically impossible for Arjuna to win the battle had the Lord not helped him by every kind of tactic. Such tactics are generally followed by every statesman, even in modern warfare, but they are all done materially by powerful espionages, military tactics and diplomatic maneuvers. But because Arjuna was the Lord's affectionate devotee, the Lord did all this Himself without personal anxiety by Arjuna. That is the way of devotional service of the Lord.
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यदोःषु मा प्रणिहितं गुरुमीष्मकर्ण- नप्तृत्रिगर्तशल्यसैन्धववाहिकाद्यैः । अत्राप्यमोघमहिमानि निरूपितानि नोपस्पृशुर्नृदिदासमित्रासुराणि ॥१६॥
yad-doḥṣu mā praṇihitam guru-bhīṣma-karṇa- naptṛ-trigarta-śalya-saindhava-bāhlikādyaiḥ astrāṇy amogha-mahimāni nirūpitāni nopaspṛśur nṛhari-dāsam ivāsurāṇi
yat—under whose; doḥṣu—protection of arms; mā praṇihitam—my- self being situated; guru—Droṇācārya; bhīṣma—Bhīṣma; karṇa—Karṇa; naptṛ—Bhūriśravā; trigarta—King Suśarmā; śalya—Śalya; saindhava—King Jayadratha; bāhlika—brother of Mahārāja Sāntanu (Bhīṣma's father); ādyaiḥ—etc.; astrāṇi—weapons; amogha—invincible; mahimāni—very powerful; nirūpitāni—applied; na—not; upaprśuḥ—touch; nṛhari-dāsam—