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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.32

ప్రజోపద్రవమాలక్ష్య లోకవ్యతికరం చ తమ్ । మతం చ వాసుదేవస్య సఞ్జహారార్జునో ద్వయమ్ ॥ ౩౨ ॥
prajopadravam ālakṣya
[prajopadravam aalakshya]
loka-vyatikaraṁ ca tam
[loka-vyatikaram cha tam]
mataṁ ca vāsudevasya
[matam cha vaasudevasya]
saṣjahārārjuno dvayam
[sashjahaaraarjuno dvayam]
prajā — the people in general upadravam — disturbance ālakṣya — having seen it loka — the planets vyatikaram — destruction ca — also tam — that matam ca — and the opinion vāsudevasya — of Vāsudeva, Śrī Kṛṣṇa saṣjahāra — retracted arjunaḥ — Arjuna dvayam — both the weapons.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
prajopadravam ālakṣya
prajā
the people in general
upadravam
disturbance
ālakṣya
having seen it
loka-vyatikaraṁ ca tam
loka
the planets
vyatikaram
destruction
ca
also
tam
that
mataṁ ca vāsudevasya
matam ca
and the opinion
vāsudevasya
of Vāsudeva, Śrī Kṛṣṇa
saṣjahārārjuno dvayam
saṣjahāra
retracted
arjunaḥ
Arjuna
dvayam
both the weapons.
Thus seeing the disturbance of the general populace and the imminent destruction of the planets, Arjuna at once retracted both brahmāstra weapons, as Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa desired.

The theory that the modern atomic bomb explosions can annihilate the world is a childish imagination. First of all, the atomic energy is not powerful enough to destroy the world. And secondly, ultimately it all rests on the supreme will of the Supreme Lord because without His will or sanction nothing can be built up or destroyed. It is foolish also to think that natural laws are ultimately powerful. Material nature’s law works under the direction of the Lord, as confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā. The Lord says there that natural laws work under His supervision. The world can be destroyed only by the will of the Lord and not by the whims of tiny politicians. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa desired that the weapons released by both Drauṇi and Arjuna be withdrawn, and it was carried out by Arjuna at once. Similarly, there are many agents of the all-powerful Lord, and by His will only can one execute what He desires.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Seeing the danger to the inhabitants of the universe and the destruction of the planets, and understanding the will of Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna withdrew the two weapons.
Commentary

Loka means of the earth and other planets. Vyatikaram means destruction.

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