Text 12] Prayers by Queen Kunti 385
this; kartum—in order to do it; drauneh—of the son of Dronacarya; astram
—weapon; abudh yata—understood it.
TRANSLATION
Sita Gosvami said: Lord Sri Krsna, who is always very much affec-
tionate to His devotees, having patiently heard her words, could at once
understand that Asvatthama, the son of Dronacarya, had thrown the
brahmistra to finish the last life in the Pandava family.
PURPORT
The Lord is impartial in every respect, but still He is inclined towards
His devotees because there is a great necessity of this for everyone’s well-
being. The Pandava family is a family of devotees, and therefore the Lord
wanted them to rule the world. That was the reason that He vanquished
the rule of the company of Duryodhana and established the rule of
Maharaja Yudhisthira. Therefore, He wanted to protect Maharaja Pariksit
also, who was lying in embryo. He did not like the idea that the world
should be without the Pandavas, the ideal family of devotees.
TEXT 12
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Ta AAG Wea: Tz ATTA |
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AAAS HAS STATIS 2
tarhy evatha muni-srestha
pandavah pajica sdyakan
atmano’bhimukhan diptan
dlaksyastrany upadaduh
tarhi—for that; eva—also; atha—therefore; muni-srestha—O chief amongst
the munis; pdndavah—all the sons of Pandu; pafica—five; s@yakan—
weapons; dtmanah—own selves; abhimukhan—towards; diptan—glaring;
alaksya—seeing it; astrani— weapon; upadaduh—took up.
TRANSLATION
O foremost amongst the great thinkers [munis] [Saunaka], seeing the
glaring brahmastra proceeding towards them, the Pandavas took up their
five respective weapons.
