388 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 8

TRANSLATION

The Lord of supreme mysticism Sri Krsna resides within everyone’s
heart as the Paramatma. As such, just to protect the progeny of the Kuru
dynasty, He covered the embryo of Uttara by His personal energy.

PURPORT

The Lord of supreme mysticism can simultaneously reside within
everyone’s heart, or even within the atoms, by His Paramatma feature,
His plenary portion. Therefore, from within the body of Uttara He
covered the embryo to save Maharaja Pariksit and protect the progeny of
Maharaja Kuru in which King Pandu was also a descendant. Both the sons
of Dhrtarastra and those of Pandu all belonged to the same dynasty of
Maharaja Kuru; therefore both of them were generally known as Kurus.
But particularly, when there were differences between the two brothers’
families, the sons of Dhrtarastra were known as Kurus while the sons of
Pandu were known as Pandavas. Since the sons and grandsons of Dhrtarastra
were all killed in the Battle of Kuruksetra, the last son of the dynasty is
thus designated as the son of the Kurus.

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yadyapy astrar brahma-siras
tv amogham capratikriyam

vaisnavam teja adsadya
samasamyad bhrgiidvaha

yadyapi—although; astram—weapons; brahma—Brahma; sirah—supreme;
tu—but; amogham—without check; ca—and; apratikriyam—not to be
counteracted; vaisnavam—in relation with Visnu; tejah—strength; asad ya—
being confronted with; samasamyat—was neutralized; bhrgiidvaha—O glory
of the family of Bhrgu.

TRANSLATION

O Saunaka, although the supreme brahmastra weapon released by
Aésvatthama was irresistible and without check or counteraction, when
confronted by the strength of Visnu [Lord Krsna], it was neutralized and
foiled.
