srimad bhagavatam krsna – bhakta vatsala canto 1 chapter 8 text 11-15
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Text 11sūta uvāca
upadhārya vacas tasyābhagavān bhakta-
vatsalaḥapāṇḍavam idaṁ kartuṁ
drauṇer astram abudhyata
Sūta Gosvāmī said: Having patiently heard
her words, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is always very affectionate to
His devotees, could at once understand that
Aśvatthāmā, the son of Droṇācārya, had
thrown the brahmāstra to finish the last life in
the Pāṇḍava family.
Lord is submissive to his devotees
The Lord is impartial in every respect, but still He is inclined towards His devotees.Lord wanted Pāṇḍava to rule the world,
who were a family of devotees. He vanquished the rule of the company of
Duryodhana.He wanted to protect Mahārāja Parīkṣit.
Text 12tarhy evātha muni-
śreṣṭhapāṇḍavāḥ pañca sāyakān
ātmano ’bhimukhān dīptān
ālakṣyāstrāṇy upādaduḥ
O foremost among the great thinkers [munis] [Śaunaka], seeing the
glaring brahmāstra proceeding towards them, the Pāṇḍavas
took up their five respective weapons.
Modern weapons no match
Aśvatthāmā discharged the brahmāstra simply to kill all the
Pāṇḍavas.The brahmāstras are finer than the nuclear
weapons.Atomic bombs do not discriminate between
the target and others unlike brahmāstra.
Text 13vyasanaṁ vīkṣya tat teṣām
ananya-viṣayātmanāmsudarśanena svāstreṇa
svānāṁ rakṣāṁ vyadhād vibhuḥ
The almighty Personality of
Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, having observed that a
great danger was befalling His unalloyed
devotees, who were fully surrendered
souls, at once took up His Sudarśana disc to
protect them.
Bhakta-Vatsala
This brahmāstra is the product of a finer sound, a mantra recorded in the Vedas.
Brahmāstra could penetrate even the most protected place and would never miss the
target. In the Bhagavad-gītā the Lord has clearly
promised that His devotees are never to be vanquished.
Pāṇḍavas were cent-percent dependent on the protection of the Lord.
Krsna is bhakta-vatsala
Text 14antaḥsthaḥ sarva-bhūtānām
ātmā yogeśvaro hariḥsva-māyayāvṛṇod garbhaṁ
vairāṭyāḥ kuru-tantave
The Lord of supreme mysticism, Śrī Kṛṣṇa,
resides within everyone’s heart as the Paramātmā. As
such, just to protect the progeny of the
Kuru dynasty, He covered the embryo of Uttarā by His personal
energy.
Krsna is omnipresent
The Lord resides within everyone’s heart, or even within the atoms, by His
Paramātmā feature.Within the body of Uttarā He covered the
embryo to save Mahārāja Parīkṣit.
Text 15yadyapy astraṁ brahma-
śirastv amoghaṁ cāpratikriyam
vaiṣṇavaṁ teja āsādyasamaśāmyad bhṛgūdvaha
O Śaunaka, glory of Bhṛgu’s family,
although the supreme brahmāstra weapon
released by Aśvatthāmā was
irresistible and without check or
counteraction, it was neutralized and foiled
when confronted by the strength of Viṣṇu
[Lord Kṛṣṇa].