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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.24

విషాన్మహాగ్నే: పురుషాదదర్శనా- దసత్సభాయా వనవాసకృచ్ఛ్రత: । మృధే మృధేఽనేకమహారథాస్త్రతో ద్రౌణ్యస్త్రతశ్చాస్మ హరేఽభిరక్షితా: ॥ ౨౪ ॥
viṣān mahāgneḥ puruṣāda-darśanād
[vishaan mahaagneh purushaada-darshanaad]
asat-sabhāyā vana-vāsa-kṛcchrataḥ
[asat-sabhaayaa vana-vaasa-krichchratah]
mṛdhe mṛdhe ’neka-mahārathāstrato
[mridhe mridhe ’neka-mahaarathaastrato]
drauṇy-astrataś cāsma hare ’bhirakṣitāḥ
[drauny-astratash chaasma hare ’bhirakshitaah]
viṣāt — from poison mahā-agneḥ — from the great fire puruṣa-ada — the man-eaters darśanāt — by combating asat — vicious sabhāyāḥ — assembly vana-vāsa — exiled to the forest kṛcchrataḥ — sufferings mṛdhe mṛdhe — again and again in battle aneka — many mahā-ratha — great generals astrataḥ — weapons drauṇi — the son of Droṇācārya astrataḥ — from the weapon of ca — and āsma — indicating past tense hare — O my Lord abhirakṣitāḥ — protected completely.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
viṣān mahāgneḥ puruṣāda-darśanād
viṣāt
from poison
mahā-agneḥ
from the great fire
puruṣa-ada
the man-eaters
darśanāt
by combating
asat-sabhāyā vana-vāsa-kṛcchrataḥ
asat
vicious
sabhāyāḥ
assembly
vana-vāsa
exiled to the forest
kṛcchrataḥ
sufferings
mṛdhe mṛdhe ’neka-mahārathāstrato
mṛdhe mṛdhe
again and again in battle
aneka
many
mahā-ratha
great generals
astrataḥ
weapons
drauṇy-astrataś cāsma hare ’bhirakṣitāḥ
drauṇi
the son of Droṇācārya
astrataḥ
from the weapon of
ca
and
āsma
indicating past tense
hare
O my Lord
abhirakṣitāḥ
protected completely.
My dear Kṛṣṇa, 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 Aśvatthāmā.

The list of dangerous encounters is submitted herein. Devakī was once put into difficulty by her envious brother, otherwise she was well. But Kuntīdevī and her sons were put into one difficulty after another for years and years together. They were put into trouble by Duryodhana and his party due to the kingdom, and each and every time the sons of Kuntī were saved by the Lord. Once Bhīma was administered poison in a cake, once they were put into the house made of shellac and set afire, and once Draupadī was dragged out, and attempts were made to insult her by stripping her naked in the vicious assembly of the Kurus. The Lord saved Draupadī by supplying an immeasurable length of cloth, and Duryodhana’s party failed to see her naked. Similarly, when they were exiled in the forest, Bhīma had to fight with the man-eater demon Hiḍimba Rākṣasa, but the Lord saved him. So it was not finished there. After all these tribulations, there was the great Battle of Kurukṣetra, and Arjuna had to meet such great generals as Droṇa, Bhīṣma and Karṇa, all powerful fighters. And at last, even when everything was done away with, there was the brahmāstra released by the son of Droṇācārya to kill the child within the womb of Uttarā, and so the Lord saved the only surviving descendant of the Kurus, Mahārāja Parīkṣit.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
You saved us from Bhīma getting poisoned, from the burning house of lac, from the sight of rākṣasas like Hiḍimbā, from the gambling den, from the hardships of living in the forest, from unlimited weapons thrown by great warriors in countless battlefields, and from the brahmāstra of Aśvatthāmā.
Commentary

In this verse she shows the variety of dangers. Viṣād refers to the giving of poison to Bhīma. Mahāgneḥ means from the burning of the house of lac. Puruṣāda means the rākṣasas like Hiḍimbā. Asat-sabhāyāḥ refers to the gambling match.

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