Texts 13-14] The Son of Drona Punished 337

yada—when; mrdhe—in the battlefield; kaurava—the party of Dhrtarastra;
sriijayanam—of the party of the Pandavas; viresu—of the warriors; atho—
thus; vira-gatim—destination deserved by the warriors; gatesu—being
obtained; vrkodara—Bhima (the second Pandava); aviddha—beaten; gada—
by the club; abhimarsa—lamenting; bhagna—broken; urudanda—spinal
cord; dhrtardstra-putre—the son of King Dhrtarastra; bhartuh—of the
master; priyam—pleasing; draunih—the son of Dronacarya; iti-thus; sma—
shall be; pasyan—seeing; krsna— Draupadi; sutanam—of the sons; svapatam—
while sleeping; sirarmsi—heads; upaharat—delivered as a prize; vipriyam—
pleasing; eva—like; tasya—his; jugupsitam—most heinous; karma—act;
vigarhayanti—disapproving.

TRANSLATION

When the respective warriors of both camps, namely the Kauravas and
the Pandavas, were killed on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra and the dead
warriors obtained their deserved destinations, and when the son of
Dhrtarastra fell down lamenting, his spine broken, being beaten by the club
of Bhimasena, the son of Dronacarya [Asvatthama] beheaded the five
sleeping sons of Draupadi and delivered them as a prize to his master,
foolishly thinking that he would be pleased. Duryodhona, however, disap-
proved of the heinous act, and he was not pleased in the least.

PURPORT

Transcendental topics on the activities of Lord Sri Krsna in the Srimad-
Bhagavatam begin from the end of the Battlefield of Kuruksetra where the
Lord Himself spoke about Himself in the Bhagavad-gita. Therefore,
both the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam are transcendental topics
of Lord Krsna. The Gita is Krsna-katha, or topics of Krsna, because it is
spoken by the Lord, and the Bhagavatam is also Krsna-katha because it is
spoken about the Lord. Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted everyone
to be informed of both Krsna-kathds by His order. Lord Krsna Caitanya
is Krsna Himself in the garb of a devotee of Krsna, and therefore the ver-
sions of both Lord Krsna and Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhuare identical.
Lord Caitanya desired that all who are born in India seriously understand
such Krsna-kathas and then after full realization preach the transcendental
message to everyone in all parts of the world. That will bring about the
desired peace and prosperity of the stricken world.
