CHAPTER SEVEN

The Son of Drona Punished

TEXT I

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Saunaka uvaca
nirgate narade siita
bhagavan badarayanah
Srutavams tad-abhipretam
tatah kim akarod vibhuh

§aunakah—Sri Saunaka; uvdca—said; nirgate—having gone; ndrade—
Narada Muni; sita—O Sita; bhagavan—the transcendentally powerful;
badarayanah— Vedavyasa; §rutavan—who heard; tat—his; abhipretam—de-
sire of the mind; fatah—thereafter; kim—what; akarot—did he do; vibhuh—
the great.

TRANSLATION

Rsi Saunaka asked: O Sata, the great and transcendentally powerful
Vyasadeva heard everything from Sri Narada Muni. So after his departure,
what did he do?

PURPORT
In this chapter the clue for describing Srimad-Bhagavatam is picked up

as Maharaja Pariksit is miraculously saved in the womb of his mother. This
was caused by Drauni (Agvatthama), son of Acarya Drona, who killed the

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