SB 1.8.11
TEXT 11
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TEXT
सूत उवाच
उपधार्य वचस्तस्या भगवान्भक्तवत्सलः । अपाण्डवमिदं कर्तुं द्रौणेरस्त्रमबुध्यत ॥ ११ ॥ suta uvaca
upadharya vacas tasya
bhagavan bhakta-vatsalah
apandavam idam kartum
drauner astram abudhyata
sutah uvaca-Suta Gosvami said; upadharya-by hearing her patiently; vacah-words; tasyah-her; bhagavan-the Personality of Godhead; bhakta-vatsalah-He who is very much affectionate towards His devotees; apandavam-without the existence of the Pandavas' descendants; idam-this; kartum-in order to do it; drauneh-of the son of Dronacarya; astram-weapon; abudhyata-understood it.
TRANSLATION
Suta Gosvami said: Lord Sri Krsna, who is always very much affectionate to His devotees, having patiently heard her words, could at once understand that Asvatthama, the son of Dronacarya, had thrown the brahmastra to finish the last life in the Pandava family.
PURPORT
The Lord is impartial in every respect, but still He is inclined towards His devotees because there is a great necessity of this for everyone's well-being. The Pandava family is a family of devotees, and therefore the Lord wanted them to rule the world. That was the reason that He vanquished the rule of the company of Duryodhana and established the rule of Maharaja Yudhisthira. Therefore, He wanted to protect Maharaja Pariksit also, who was lying in embryo. He did not like the idea that the world should be without the Pandavas, the ideal family of devotees.
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