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produced by the combination of both weapons covered all the universe,
and all the populations on all the different planets began to feel the heat
excessively and compared it with that of the samvartaka fire. No planet is,
therefore, without living beings, as less intelligent materialistic men think.
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prajopadravam alaksya
loka-vyatikaram ca tam
matam ca vasudevasya
safijahdrarjuno dvayam
praja—the people in general; upadravam—disturbance; dlaksya—having
seen it; loka—the planets; vyatikaram—destruction; ca—also; tam—that;
matam ca—and the opinion; vdsudevasya—of Vasudeva, Sri Krsna;
san jahara—retracted; arjunah— Arjuna; dvayam—both the weapons.
TRANSLATION
Thus seeing the disturbance of the general populace and the imminent
destruction of the planets, Arjuna at once retracted both brahmastra
weapons, as Lord Sri Krsna desired.
PURPORT
The theory that the modern atomic bomb explosions can annihilate the
world is childish imagination. First of all, the atomic energy is not power-
ful enough to destroy the world. And secondly, ultimately it all rests on
the supreme will of the Supreme Lord because without His will or sanction
nothing can be built up or destroyed. It is foolish also to think that natural
laws are ultimately powerful. Material nature’s law works under the direc-
tion of the Lord, as it is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita. The Lord says
there that natural laws work under His supervision. The world can be
destroyed only by the will of the Lord and not by the whims of tiny
politicians. Lord Srv Krsna desired that the weapons released by both
Drauni and Arjuna be withdrawn, and it was carried out by Arjuna at
