SB 1.8.24
TEXT 24
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TEXT
विषान्महाग्नेः पुरुषाददर्शनाद् असत्सभाया वनवासकृच्छ्रतः ।
मृधे मृधे ऽनेकमहारथास्त्रतो द्रौण्यस्त्रतश्चास्म हरे ऽभिरक्षिताः ॥ २४ ॥ visan mahagneh purusada-darsanad
asat-sabhaya vanavasa-krcchratah
mrdhe mrdhe 'neka-maha-rathastrato
draunyastratas casma hare 'bhiraksitah
visat-from poison; maha-agneh-from the great fire; purusada-the man-eaters; darsanat-by combating; asat-vicious; sabhayah-assembly; vanavasa-exiled to the forest; krcchratah-sufferings; mrdhe mrdhe-again and again in battle; aneka-many; maha-ratha-great generals; astratah-weapons; drauni-the son of Dronacarya; astratah-from the weapons of; ca-and; asmah-indicating past tense; hare-by the Personality of Godhead; abhiraksitah-protected completely.
TRANSLATION
My dear Krsna, Your Lordship has protected us from a poisoned cake, from a great fire, from cannibals, from the vicious assembly, from sufferings during our exile in the forest and from the battle where great generals fought. And now You have saved us from the weapon of Asvatthama.
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 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 form, once they were put into the house made of shellac and set afire, and once Draupadi was dragged out, and attempts were made to insult her by stripping her naked in the vicious assembly of the Kurus. The Lord saved Draupadi by supplying an immeasurable length of cloth, and Duryodhana's party failed to see her naked. Similarly, when they were exiled in the forest, Bhima had to fight with the man-eater demon Hidimba raksasa, but the Lord saved him. So it was not finished there. After all these tribulations, there was the great Battle of Kuruksetra, and Arjuna had to meet such great generals as Drona, Bhisma, Karna, etc., all powerful fighters. And at last, even when everything was done away with, there was the brahmastra released by the son of Dronacarya within the womb of Uttara, and so the Lord saved the only surviving descendant of the Kurus, Maharaja Pariksit.
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