626 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 12
TRANSLATION

The learned brahmanas, who were very satisfied with the charities of
the King, addressed him as the chief amongst the Purus and informed him
that his son was certainly in the line of descent from the Purus.

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Tet Tt SAMATTT era TATA 112 4A

daivenapratighatena
Sukle samstham upeyusi
rato vo’nugraharthaya
visnund prabha-visnuna

daivena—by supernatural power; apratighatena—by what is irresistible;
sukle—unto the pure; samstham—destruction; upeyusi—having been en-
forced; ratah—restored; vah—for you; anugraha-arthaya—for the sake of
obliging; vispunad—by the all-pervasive Lord; prabha-vispund—by the all-
powerful.

TRANSLATION

The brahmanas said: This spotless son is restored by the all-powerful
and all-pervasive Lord Visnu, the Personality of Godhead, in order to oblige
you. He was saved when he was doomed to be destroyed by an irresistible
supernatural weapon.

PURPORT

The child Pariksit was saved by the all-powerful and all-pervasive Visnu
(Lord Krsna) for two reasons. The first reason is that the child in the
womb of his mother was spotless due to his becoming a pure devotee of the
Lord. The second reason is that the child was the only surviving male
descendant of Puru, the pious forefather of the virtuous King Maharaja
Yudhisthira. The Lord wants to continue the line of pious kings to rule
over the earth as His representatives for actual progress of a peaceful and
