Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.18.65
न ममार दितेर्गर्भ: श्रीनिवासानुकम्पया ।
बहुधा कुलिशक्षुण्णो द्रौण्यस्त्रेण यथा भवान् ॥ ६५ ॥
na mamāra diter garbhaḥ
[na mamaara diter garbhah]
śrīnivāsānukampayā
[shreenivaasaanukampayaa]
bahudhā kuliśa-kṣuṇṇo
[bahudhaa kulisha-kshunno]
drauṇy-astreṇa yathā bhavān
[drauny-astrena yathaa bhavaan]
Word-for-word
na
—
not
mamāra
—
died
diteḥ
—
of Diti
garbhaḥ
—
the embryo
śrīnivāsa
—
of Lord Viṣṇu, the resting place of the goddess of fortune
anukampayā
—
by the mercy
bahu-dhā
—
into many pieces
kuliśa
—
by the thunderbolt
kṣuṇṇaḥ
—
cut
drauṇi
—
of Aśvatthāmā
astreṇa
—
by the weapon
yathā
—
just as
bhavān
—
you.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
na mamāra diter garbhaḥ
na
not
mamāra
died
diteḥ
of Diti
garbhaḥ
the embryo
śrīnivāsānukampayā
śrīnivāsa
of Lord Viṣṇu, the resting place of the goddess of fortune
anukampayā
by the mercy
bahudhā kuliśa-kṣuṇṇo
bahu-dhā
into many pieces
kuliśa
by the thunderbolt
kṣuṇṇaḥ
cut
drauṇy-astreṇa yathā bhavān
drauṇi
of Aśvatthāmā
astreṇa
by the weapon
yathā
just as
bhavān
you.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King Parīkṣit, you were burned by the brahmāstra of Aśvatthāmā, but when Lord Kṛṣṇa entered the womb of your mother, you were saved. Similarly, although the one embryo was cut into forty-nine pieces by the thunderbolt of Indra, they were all saved by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Just as you, Parīkṣit, were burned by the brahmāstra of Aśvatthāmā but did not die, that one embryo which was cut into forty-nine pieces did not die by the mercy of the Lord.
Personal Guidance
As Kṛṣṇa entered your mother's womb to save you from the brahmāstra, so by Viṣṇu's worship the forty-nine embryos survived even Indra's thunderbolt. Devotional precedent is offered as the principle of survival.
Reflection Questions
- Whose 'womb-rescue' was performed for me and I have not credited?
- What of my own survival traces back to grace?
My note
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