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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.11

సూత ఉవాచ ఉపధార్య వచస్తస్యా భగవాన్ భక్తవత్సల: । అపాణ్డవమిదం కర్తుం ద్రౌణేరస్త్రమబుధ్యత ॥ ౧౧ ॥
sūta uvāca
[soota uvaacha]
upadhārya vacas tasyā
[upadhaarya vachas tasyaa]
bhagavān bhakta-vatsalaḥ
[bhagavaan bhakta-vatsalah]
apāṇḍavam idaṁ kartuṁ
[apaandavam idam kartum]
drauṇer astram abudhyata
[drauner astram abudhyata]
Word-for-word
sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī said upadhārya — by hearing her patiently vacaḥ — words tasyāḥ — her bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead bhakta-vatsalaḥ — He who is very much affectionate towards His devotees apāṇḍavam — without the existence of the Pāṇḍavas’ descendants idam — this kartum — to do it drauṇeḥ — of the son of Droṇācārya astram — weapon abudhyata — understood.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sūta uvāca
sūtaḥ uvāca
Sūta Gosvāmī said
upadhārya vacas tasyā
upadhārya
by hearing her patiently
vacaḥ
words
tasyāḥ
her
bhagavān bhakta-vatsalaḥ
bhagavān
the Personality of Godhead
bhakta-vatsalaḥ
He who is very much affectionate towards His devotees
apāṇḍavam idaṁ kartuṁ
apāṇḍavam
without the existence of the Pāṇḍavas’ descendants
idam
this
kartum
to do it
drauṇer astram abudhyata
drauṇeḥ
of the son of Droṇācārya
astram
weapon
abudhyata
understood.
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.
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 Pāṇḍava family was a family of devotees, and therefore the Lord wanted them to rule the world. That was the reason He vanquished the rule of the company of Duryodhana and established the rule of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira. Therefore, He also wanted to protect Mahārāja Parīkṣit, who was lying in embryo. He did not like the idea that the world should be without the Pāṇḍavas, the ideal family of devotees.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Sūta said: Hearing Uttarā’s words, Kṛṣṇa, affectionate to his devotees, understood that Aśvatthāmā had released a brahmāstra to rid the world of the Pāṇḍavas.
Commentary

Aśvatthāmā wanted to make the world (idam) without the Pāṇḍavas (apāṇḍavam).

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