CHAPTER TWELVE

Birth of Emperor Pariksit

TEXT 1

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AVIAN «= Aa UTEAKaT |
THIN eat me ata: A 121

Saunaka uvaca
asvatthamnopasrstena
brahma-sirsnoru-tejasa
uttarayd hato garbha
iSendjivitah punah

Sri Saunakah uvaca—the sage Saunaka said; asvatthamna—of Asvatthama
(the son of Drona); upasrstena—by release of; brahma-sirsna—the invin-
cible weapon; brahmastra; uru-tejasa—by high temperature; uttaraya—of
Uttara (mother of Pariksit); hatah—being spoiled; garbha—womb; isena—
by the Supreme Lord; ajivitah—brought to life; punah—again.

TRANSLATION

The sage Saunaka said: The womb of Uttara, mother of Maharaja
Pariksit, was spoiled by the dreadful and invincible brahmastra weapon
released by Asvatthama. But Maharaja Pariksit was saved by the Supreme
Lord.

PURPORT

The sages assembled in the forest of Naimisaranya inquired from
Sita Gosvami about the birth of Maharaja Pariksit, but in course of the
narration other topics like the release of brahmastra by the son of Drona,

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