SB 1.12.16 (1964)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 16
Daivena apratighatena sukle samstham upeyushi. Rato ba anugraharthaya vishnuna prabhavishnuna.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Daivena—by supernatural power, Apratighatena—by what is irresistible, Sukle—unto the pure, Samstham—destruction, Upeyushi—having been enforced, Rato—restored, Ba—for you, Anugraharthaya—for the sake of obliging, Vishnuna—by the all pervasive Lord, Prabhavishnuna—by the all powerful.
TRANSLATION
This spotless son is restored by the all powerful and all pervasive Lord Vishnu (the Personality of Godhead) for the sake of obliging you, when he was enforced to destruction by the irresistible super natural weapon.
PURPORT
The child Parikshit was saved by the all powerful and all pervasive Vishnu (Lord Krishna) for two reasons. The first reason is that the child in the womb of his mother was as spotless as whitness on account of his becoming a pure devotee of the Lord. The second reason is that the child who was the only surviving male descendant in the chain of descendental line of Puru the pious forefather of the virtuous king Maharaj Yudhisthir. The Lord wants to continue the line of pious kings to rule over the earth as His representatives for actual progress of peaceful and prosperous life. After the battle of Kurukshetra, even upto the next generation of Maharaj Yudhisthir was annihilated and there were none who could generate another son in the great royal family. Maharaj Parikshit the son of Abhimanyu was the only surviving heir apparent in the family and by the irresistible supernatural Brahmastra weapon of Aswatthama, he was enforced to be annihilated. Lord Krishna is described herein as Vishnu and this is also significant. Lord Krishna the origiral Personality of Godhead does the work of protection and annihilation in His capacity as Vishnu. Lord Vishnu is the plenary expansion of Lord Krishna and the all pervasive activities of the Lord is executed by Him by His Vishnu feature. Child Parikshit is described here as the spotless white because he is unalloyed devotee of the Lord. Such unalloyed devotees of the Lord appear on the earth just to execute the mission of the Lord. The Lord desires that the conditioned souls hovering over the material creation, may be reclaimed back to home back to Godhead and thus He helps them by preparing the transcendental literatures like the Vedas, by sending missionaries of saints and sages and by deputing His representatives as the spiritual master. Such transcendental literatures, missionaries and representatives of the Lord are spotless white because the contamination of material qualities cannot even touch them. They are always protected by the Lord when they are attempted to be annihilated. Such foolish endeavour is exhibited by the gross materialists. The Brahmastra which was released by Aswatthama upon the Child Parikshit, was certainly supernaturally powerful and nothing of the material world could resist its force of penetration; but the all powerful Lord Who is present everywhere within and without, could counteract it by His all powerful potency just to save a bonafide servant of the Lord and descendant of another devotee Maharaj Yudhisthir who was always obliged by the Lord by His causeless mercy.