Text 51] Dhrtarastra Quits Home 721

pure devotees of the Lord, including the demigods in higher planets, pray
to the Lord for relief, and the Lord either descends personally from His
abode or deputes some of his devotees to remodel the fallen condition of
human society, or even animal society. Such disruptions take place not
only in the human society but also amongst animals, birds or other living
beings, including the demigods in the higher planets. Lord Sri Krsna
descended personally to vanquish asuras like Kamsa, Jarasandha, Siéupala,
etc., and during the reign of Maharaja Yudhisthira almost all these asuras
were killed by the Lord. Now he was awaiting the annihilation of His own
dynasty, called the Yaduvamgsa, who appeared by His will in this world.
He wanted to take them away before His own departure to His eternal
abode. Narada, like Vidura, did not disclose the imminent annihilation of
the Yadu dynasty, but indirectly gave a hint to the King and his brothers
to wait till the incident happens and the Lord departs.

TEXT 51

THUR: AE AAT TFTA STAT |
afta fara APT Ta: 142

dhrtarastrah saha bhratra
gandharya ca sva-bharyaya
daksinena himavata
Jsinam asramam gatah

dhrtarastrah—Dhrtarastra; saha—along with; bhratra—his brother Vidura;
gandharya—Gandhari also; ca—and; sva-bharyaya—his own wife; daksinena
—by the southern side; himavatah—of the Himalayan mountains; rsinam—
of the rsis; asramam—in shelter; gatah—he has gone.

TRANSLATION

O King, your uncle, Dhrtarastra, his brother Vidura and his wife
Gandhari have gone to the southern side of the Himalayan mountains
where there are shelters of the great sages.

PURPORT

To pacify the mourning Maharaja Yudhisthira, Narada first of all spoke
from the philosophical point of view, and then he began to describe the
future movements of his uncle, which he could see by his foreseeing
powers, and thus began to describe as follows.
