A452 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 9
world, He does so by His internal potency. The external potency or the
material energy has nothing to do with His eternal form. All these truths
were known to Sri Bhismadeva, and he worshiped Him accordingly.
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pandu-putran upasinan
prasraya-prema-sangatan
abhydcastanuragasrair
andhibhiitena caksusa
pandu—the late father of Maharaja Yudhisthira and his brothers; putran
—the sons of: upasinan—sitting silently nearby; prasraya—being overtaken;
prema—in feelings of love; sangatan—having gathered; abhyacasta—con-
gratulated; anuraga—feelingly; asSraih—tears of ecstasy; andhibhiitena—
being overwhelmed by; caksusa—with his eyes.
TRANSLATION
The sons of Maharaja Pandu were sitting silently nearby, overtaken
with affection for their dying grandfather. Seeing this, Bhismadeva
congratulated them with feeling. There were tears of ecstasy in his eyes,
for he was overwhelmed by love and affection.
PURPORT
When Maharaja Pandu died, his sons were all small children, and natu-
rally they were brought up under the affection of elderly members of the
royal family, specifically by Bhismadeva. Later on when the Pandavas
were grown up they were cheated by cunning Duryodhana and company,
and Bhismadeva, although he knew that the Pandavas were innocent and
were unnecessarily put into trouble, could not take the side of the
Pandavas for political reasons. At the last stage of his life, when Bhismadeva
saw his most exalted grandsons headed by Maharaja Yudhisthira sitting
very gently at his side, the great warrior grandfather could not check his
loving tears, which were automatically flowing from his eyes. He remem-
bered the great tribulations suffered by his most pious grandsons. Certainly
