788 Srimad-Bhagavatam (Canto 1, Ch. 15
PURPORT

The Absolute Personality of Godhead Lord Sri Krsna by His plenary
Paramatma portion expands Himself in everyone’s heart, and thus He
directs everyone in the matter of recollection, forgetfulness, knowledge,
the absence of intelligence and all psychological activities (Bg. 15.15). As
the Supreme Lord, He can increase or decrease the duration of life of a
living being. Thus the Lord conducted the Battle of Kuruksetra according
to His own plan. He wanted that battle to establish Yudhisthira as the
Emperor of this planet, and to facilitate this transcendental business He
killed all who were on the opposite party by His omnipotent will. The
other party was equipped with all military strength supported by big
generals like Bhisma, Drona, Salya, etc., and it would have been physically
impossible for Arjuna to win the battle had the Lord not helped him by
every kind of tactic. Such tactics are generally followed by every statesman,
even in modern warfare, but they are all done materially by powerful
espionages, military tactics and diplomatic maneuvers. But because Arjuna
was the Lord’s affectionate devotee, the Lord did all this Himself without
personal anxiety by Arjuna. That is the way of devotional service of the
Lord.

TEXT 16

TAY A fed ETA
THPTIATTATTAT Sea: |
Tarrant freftata
ura

yad-dohsu ma pranihitam guru-bhisma-karia-
naptr-trigarta-salya-saindhava-bahlikad yaih

astrany amogha-mahimani nirupitani
nopasprsur nrhari-dasam ivasurapi

yat—under whose; dohsu—protection of arms; ma pranihitam—my-
self being situated; guru—Dronacarya; bhisma—Bhisma; karpa— Karna;
naptr—Bhirigrava; trigarta—King Sugarma; salya—Salya; saindhava—King
Jayadratha; bahlika—brother of Maharaja Santanu (Bhisma’s father);
adyaih—etc.; astrapi-weapons; amogha—invincible; mahimani—very
powerful; niritpitani—applied; na—not; upaprsuh—touch; nrhari-dasam—
