400 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 8
vanavasa—exiled to the forest; krcchratah—sufferings; mrdhe mrdhe—again
and again in battle: aneka—many; maha-ratha—great generals; astratah—
weapons; drauni—the son of Dronacarya; astratah—from the weapons of;
ca—and; asmah—indicating past tense; hare—by the Personality of Godhead;
abhiraksitah— protected completely.
TRANSLATION

My dear Krsna, Your Lordship has protected us from a poisoned cake,
from a great fire, from cannibals, from the vicious assembly, from suf-
ferings during our exile in the forest and from the battle where great
generals fought. And now You have saved us from the weapon of
Asvatthama.

PURPORT

The list of dangerous encounters is submitted herein. Devaki was once
put into difficulty by her envious brother, otherwise she was well. But
Kuntidevi and her sons were put into one difficulty after another for
years and years together. They were put into trouble by Duryodhana and
party due to the kingdom, and each and every time the sons of Kunti were
saved by the Lord. Once Bhima was administered poison in a cake form,
once they were put into the house made of shellac and set afire, and once
Draupadi was dragged out, and attempts were made to insult her by
stripping her naked in the vicious assembly of the Kurus. The Lord saved
Draupadi by supplying an immeasurable length of cloth, and Duryodhana’s
party failed to see her naked. Similarly, when they were exiled in the
forest, Bhima had to fight with the man-eater demon Hidimba raksasa, but
the Lord saved him. So it was not finished there. After all these tribula-
tions, there was the great Battle of Kuruksetra, and Arjuna had to meet
such great generals as Drona, Bhisma, Karna, etc., all powerful fighters.
And at last, even when everything was done away with, there was the
brahmastra released by the son of Dronacarya within the womb of Uttara,
and so the Lord saved the only surviving descendant of the Kurus,
Maharaja Pariksit.

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