No one else but the Supreme Lord!

Asvattāma redirected his Brahmasira weapon towards the wombs of Pandavas women. Sri Krsna said: O Asvattāma, while I was at Upaplavya with the Pāndavās, a brāhmana had assured Uttarā that her child would continue the Pāndava line at a time when it would become almost extinct. Despite your Brahmsira, the brāhmana words will remain true & child Parikshit will be born

 

Asvattāma angrily replied: O Krsna! What You have declared, due to Your partiality towards the Pāndavās, will never take place. My weapon will definitely destroy Uttarā’s embryo

 

Sri Krsna said: I agree that your weapon cannot prove futile. After the foetus within Uttarā’s womb dies, I-the all-pervading Supreme Soul, the controller of material nature, will instantly supply child Parikshit with a new body, so that he will be able to live long & illustrious life. You are a sinful coward & a killer of children. Consequently, you’ll have to wander over earth for 3000 years without a companion to talk to. This is the punishment for your sinful deeds. In fact, during the lonely period, no one will ever come near you because of the stench of pus & blood emanating from your body. Parikshit on the other hand will become the Kuru king & after ruling the earth for sixty years, he will give up his body in a most glorious manner

 

Vyāsdev said: Asvattāama, it is a fact that whatever Sri Krsna has said will take place

 

Asvattāma disappointedly took out the jewel from his head & gave to Pāndavās. He then departed for the forest

 

Sri Krsna & the Pāndavās took sage Nārada and Vyāsdev with them and returned to where Draupadi was fasting until death. As they came before the anguished princess of Pāncāla, Bhima handed over the jewel from Asvattāma’s head to her

 

After describing what had happened, Bhima said: Dear Draupadi, Asvattāma has been released, destitute of his prowess & good reputation, in consideration of his being a brāhmanā & the son of our beloved guru. At Upaplavya, you had harshly rebuked us, as well as Sri Krsna, for trying to make peace with Kauravas. Now you should give up your grief, for Duryodhana and his cohorts has been slain

 

Being pacified, Draupadi said: I had wanted revenge for the death of my sons, but now I’m happy to hear that the son of our guru has been released. She then gave Yudhisthira Asvattāma’s magical jewel for achieving good fortune

 

Draupadi thus gave up her vow to fast until death

 

Uttara says in Bhagvatam:


pāhi pāhi mahā-yogin deva-deva jagat-pate
nānyaṁ tvad abhayaṁ paśye yatra mṛtyuḥ parasparam


O Lord of lords, Lord of the universe! You are the greatest of mystics. Please protect me, protect me, for there is no one else who can save me from the clutches of death in this world of duality

 

In the world of duality everyone is envious of others, and death is inevitable due to the dual existence of matter & spirit. The Lord is the only shelter of fearlessness for the surrendered soul. One cannot save himself from the cruel hands of death in the material world without having surrendered himself at the lotus feet of the Lord

 

Our only refuge is the Supreme Lord!

 

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