620 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 12

womb of the mother of child Parksit. He is mentioned herein as the
protector of the righteous. Anyone who is a surrendered soul unto the
Supreme is righteous, and he is specifically protected by the Lord in all
circumstances. He is the indirect protector of the unrighteous also, for He
rectifies their sins through His external potency. The Lord is mentioned
herein as one who is dressed in the ten directions. This means dressed with
garments on ten sides, up and down. He is present everywhere and can
appear and disappear at His will from everywhere and anywhere. His
disappearance from the sight of the child Pariksit does not mean that He
appeared on the spot from any other place. He was present there, and even
after His disappearance He was there, although invisible to the eyes of the
child. This material covering of the effulgent firmament is also something
like a womb of the mother nature, and we are all put into the womb by
the Lord, the father of all living beings. He is present everywhere, even in
this material womb of mother Durga, and amongst those who deserve to
see the Lord.

TEXT 12

TH aayeek §=— ata RomEIe! |
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tatah sarva-gunodarke
sdnukila-grahodaye

jajrie vamsa-dharah pandor
bhityah pandur ivaujasa

tatah—thereupon; sarva—all; guna—good signs; udarke—having gradually
evolved; sdnukitla—all favorable; grahodaye—constellation of stellar influ-
ence; jajie—took birth; varnsa-dharah—heir apparent; pandoh—of Pandu;
bhiiyah—being; panduh iva—exactly like Pandu; ojasa—by prowess.

TRANSLATION

Thereupon, when all the good signs of the zediac gradually evolved,
the heir apparent of Pandu, who would be exactly like him in prowess,
took birth.
