7, Dangerous Encounters

visan mahagneh purusadda-darsanad
asat-sabhaya vana-vasa-krcchratah

mrdhe mrdhe ’neka-maharathastrato
drauny-astratas casma hare ’bhiraksitah

My dear Krsna, Your Lordship has
protected us from a poisoned cake, from
a great fire, from cannibals, from the
vicious assembly, from sufferings dur-
ing our exile in the forest, and from the
battle where great generals fought. And
now You have saved us from the weapon
of ASvatthama.

—Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.8.24

The list of dangerous encounters is submitted herein. Devaki was once
put into difficulty by her envious brother, otherwise she was well. But
Kuntidevi and her sons were put into one difficulty after another for
years and years together. They were put into trouble by Duryodhana and
his party due to the kingdom, and each and every time the sons of Kunti
were saved by the Lord. Once Bhima was administered poison in a cake,

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