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Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1 - Prosperity, In the Rule of Dharma Raja

Srimad Bhagavatam cleanses kalimala or the pollutant of Kali, destroys sins, shows the indweller, the Lord, in oneself by bringing Vairagya towards the materialistic world, and gives pure devotion, crystal clear, and clean knowledge. || Hari Om || Om Krishnaya Namahकृष्णाय वासुदेवाय देवकीनन्दनाय च ।नन्दगोपकुमाराय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥Sri Krishna! Being a hope to the imprisoned Devaki & Vasudeva caused happiness by mesmerizing Nandagopa, Gopikas and even the Goddess of abundant beauty. Vasudeva! creation, sustenance, destruction and so on is a sports charm of you. Govinda! you are the cause & protector of Vedas.Krishna, Vasudeva, Devaki Nandana, Nanda Gopa Kumara, Govinda, 
My repeated salutations to you.
नमः पङ्कजनाभाय नमः पङ्कजमालिने ।नमः पङ्कजनेत्राय नमस्ते पङ्कजाङ्घ्रये ॥My salutations to the Lotus of the navel. My salutations to the Lotus garlanded.My salutations to Lotus petal eye. My salutations to the Lotus feet.
व्यासाय भव नाशाय श्रीशाय गुण राशऐ ।हृद्याय शुद्ध विद्याय मध्वायछ नमो नमः ॥Charming & the beloved Vyasa, the destroyer of emotional & behavioral disorders, the Lord of Goddess of abundance having heaps of attributes, bestower of clean knowledge, my repeated salutations to you and Acharya Madhwa.यः स्वानुभावमखिलश्रुतिसारमेकमध्यात्मदीपमतितितीर्षतां तमोऽन्धम् ।संसारिणां करुणयाह पुराणगुह्यं तं व्याससूनुमुपयामि गुरुं मुनीनाम् ॥This Srimad Bhagavatam gives the experience of the Lord and has the essence of all Vedas and Vedanta. It sheds spiritual light on the transcendental philosophy required to surpass the intense cycle of death and birth which is wrapped in ignorance. However, it is very secretive in nature. Hence, I pray to you Sri Shukacharya for your continued blessings.यद्भनौ यत्क्र्शानौ यदमृतकिरणे यद् ग्रहेषू दितेषुज्योतिर्यत्तारकासु प्रथितमणिषु यद्यच्च सौदामिनिषु ।सम्भूयौतत् समस्तं त्वदमितह्रदयाकाशनिर्यत्प्रकाशेधीर श्रीराघवेन्द्रव्रतिवरभजते हन्त खद्योतरीतिम् ॥The brightness of the Sun, Fire, Moon, Planets, Stars, Gems, Precious stones and Lightening put together is just like a firefly near the astonishing brilliance emanating from your lotus of Heart wherein the five forms of Lord Sri Rama, Sri Narasimha, Sri Veda Vyasa, Sri Krishna and Sriman Narayana are present in a significant way bestowing you the Brahmavarchas or the Sacred Knowledge.Gentle & Holy Sage, Sri Raghvendra, भजते, I worship you by surrendering myself.
The Pandavas always walked on the righteous path and took the refuge of Lord Sri Krishna. Hence, they regained their kingdom and Yudhishthira ascended the throne of Hastinapura. The belief in Lord Sri Krishna and the righteous path they adhered made their rule great and brought grandeur. Similarly, let's take refuge of Lord Sri Krishna and be resolute to walk on the righteous path. While being on the path, like Pandavas we too would face difficulties from adversaries like Duryodhana and his fellow associates. As Kunti-stotra describes, Sri Krishna will stand with us at every step and bring greatness and grandeur in our body, house, and surroundings.Hearing the success story of Pandavas, Sri Shaunaka and his fellow rishis ask Sri Sutacharya,शौनक उवाचहत्वा स्वरिक्थस्पृध आततायिनो युधिष्ठिरो धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठः ।सहानुजैः प्रत्यवरुद्धभोजनः कथं प्रवृत्तः किमकारषीत्ततः ॥ १॥Suta Puranika! The Pandavas defeated enemies and all those who wanted to kill them and steal their kingdom. Also, they heeded to all those who advised dharma including Lord in the form of Sri Krishna, Veda Vyasa, and Sri Bheeshmacharya. 
Subsequently, how the jewel of dharma, King Yudhishthira and the legitimate successor to the kingdom of Hastinapura did rule along with his brothers? While King Yudhishthira had no desire to enjoy the wealth of the kingdom.
In fact, repenting for his mistakes of gambling, Yudhishthira had renounced all the luxuries of a King. King Yudhishthira ate very little food, slept on the floor and disassociated himself from worldly life. He had even taken up the most difficult vow of govratha. King Yudhishthira took bath with cow urine,  had only milk, curds & ghee as food, he would be standing when cows stood, and sit when they sit. Also, the food that he had was only after the cows returned from grazing and the water he drank only after the cows drank water. This way he did service of cow and protected them.
Calling Duryodhana as Suyodhana, there are always groups of people supporting him. However, Sri Shaunaka rishi is referring to Duryodhana as Aatataayee here. Duryodhana was jealous of Pandavas. When Pandavas established their kingdom in Indraprastha, accumulated a lot of wealth and set-up the best governance, the people became happy. However, Duryodhana cribbed and resented. They had established their empire through Rajasuya yagna which was just and the righteous way. However, Duryodhana wouldn’t take-up a difficult path. He resorted to gambling. This itself had made him fallen from the standards of dharma. When subjects wanted to leave the kingdom to go along with Pandavas, he threatened them.
He was Aatataayee carrying out misdeeds including poisoning the food of Pandavas, but Bheema ate and digested the poison. Duryodhana arranged to tie Bheema with dead weight and dropped him into the water, burnt the house of Pandavas and so on. Duryodhana never refrained from immoral acts. He even went to the extent of stripping the clothes of Draupadi in the middle of the assembly. Though, Draupadi was his elder cousin brother’s wife and equivalent to the mother. That too in presence of his own mother. 
His uncle, Vidura, father’s younger brother had a very high commitment to the nation, he would only suggest the righteous path of governance after a thorough evaluation. Hence, Duryodhana got him removed from his house. Though Duryodhana knew Karna earlier, he did not support him. But only when he found Karna as a great archer and his usefulness to counter Arjuna, only then he shared state power as a bribe.  Even the subjects of his kingdom resented. They were unhappy with the policies of Duryodhana. Instead of wooing people to carry out state activities including administration, defense, or pay taxes or punish them for any failure, Duryodhana resorted to bribing them with position and money.     
Duryodhana was the form of Kali. He is the treasure-house of all inauspiciousness. And, his fight with the righteous path is eternal.सूत उवाच, Sri Sutacharya says,वंशं कुरोर्वंशदवाग्निनिर्हृतं संरोहयित्वा भवभावनो हरिः ।निवेशयित्वा निजराज्य ईश्वरो युधिष्ठिरं प्रीतमना बभूव ह ॥ २॥To make the earth a better place to live, Lord Sri Krishna appeared on the earth. The dry bamboo groves in the forest lights-up itself with rubbing of each other and turns the entire forest into ashes. Similarly, the fire of jealousy and hatred that Duryodhana had lit with his cousins had killed the progenies of both the families of the Kuru dynasty.Lord Krishna has created the entire universe for Jivas and governs it by regulation, protection, binds the Jivas with Prakriti causing ignorance, deaths & births, bestows knowledge and releases them from the bind by blessing moksha. Such Lord Krishna protected Parakshid. He protected in Uttara Devi’s womb and subsequently when Parakshid took birth. Also, he made Yudhishthira the successor of the Kuru dynasty as King of Hastinapura. With this, the ever satisfied Lord was pleased.निशम्य भीष्मोक्तमथाच्युतोक्तं प्रवृत्तविज्ञानविधूतविभ्रमः ।शशास गामिन्द्र इवाजिताश्रयः परिध्युपान्तामनुजानुवर्तितः ॥ ३॥King Yudhishthira was enlightened with wisdom after he had taken advice from Sri Bheeshmacharya and Lord Sri Krishna. He had shed all his delusion and his mind had become lucid. With the support of Lord Sri Krishna, Yudhishthira ruled the entire earth like God Indra rules heaven. His brothers including Bheemasena supported him following his order.   कामं ववर्ष पर्जन्यः सर्वकामदुघा मही ।सिषिचुः स्म व्रजान् गावः पयसोधस्वतीर्मुदा ॥ ४॥His kingdom had abundant food supplies. There was peace and prosperity everywhere. The rain gods were very supportive of the needs of farmers and made enough water available to plants, animals and human requirements. The mother earth made sufficient minerals available for the material required for life. Also, people were frugal and satisfied without causing environmental imbalance. The cows had their udders full of milk and would drop it on earth without being able to hold. नद्यः समुद्रा गिरयः सवनस्पतिवीरुधः ।फलन्त्योषधयः सर्वाः काममन्वृतु तस्य वै ॥ ५॥The rivers, sea, mountains, plants & creepers bearing spices, all yielded their riches sufficiently in all seasons in the righteous kingdom of Yudhishthira.In all, the kingdom & its people had gained the favor of Sridevi, the Goddess of abundance, नाधयो व्याधयः क्लेशा दैवभूतात्महेतवः ।अजातशत्रावभवन् जन्तूनां राज्ञि कर्हिचित् ॥ ६॥King Yudhishthira was known for being अजातशत्रु i.e. having no enemies of Arishadvargas. Neither Kama or Desire, Krodha or Anger, Lobha or Greed, Moha or Attachment, Mada or Pride and Matsarya or Jealousy could prevail over King Yudhishthira. Also, he was अजातशत्रु of having enemies without birth. The birth of Duryodhana and his ninety-nine brothers happened in a unique way without fatal birth. Gandhari delivers an embryo. Lord Veda Vyasa collects in a pot and divides it into hundred pieces to have a hundred children. Hence, having अजात or without a fetal birth in the mother’s womb as an enemy.  None were weak-minded nor got victimized to Adhi or dejection. Everyone was healthy and did not get Vyadhi or ill health. No one suffered from Tapatraya like 1)  Aadhibhoutika – There were no earthquakes or Tsunamis causing widespread deaths; nor 2) Aadhidaivaka – People did not suffer due to quarrels nor untimely deaths nor being childless. There were no windows. Marriages happened in time, children became virtuous and everyone walked on the righteous path; and 3) Aadhyatmika - People did not suffer from internal diseases like madness nor leprosy nor sugar nor Blood Pressure (BP), in those thirty-six years of “Prosperity, In the Rule of Dharma Raja”.This is the glory of Krishna Aashraya or taking refuge in Lord Sri Krishna and being blessed with abundance. Like a very good teacher putting his hand on the shoulders of his beloved student teaching him how to take refuge of Lord Krishna, Vyasatirtharu has extended his friendship. The great saint by composing the below Kannada song has taught us how to take refuge of Lord Sri Krishna. He has also communicated that his friendship as Prahlada or Sri Raghvendra Swamy is available during all times of happiness or sorrow or hardship.Sri Vyasarajaru (1460 – 1539), also called as Vyasatirtharu or Chandricka Acharya had Aparoksha Jnana and an earlier birth of Sri Raghvendra Swamy. By elaborating the most famous acts of Lord as creation, sustenance & destruction to include regulation, bestowing of both ignorance & knowledge to confine to birth & death and liberation to provide moksha, he has put several questions on Bhagavata philosophy of Bhakti Yoga to rest. Also, by initiating Purandara Dasaru and Kanaka Dasaru as Hari Dasaru gave momentum to both the kinds of Vyasa and Dasa Literature.Let’s take a look at the below Kannada song with English translation:
Nere Nambidhe madh hrudhaya mantapadholu, parishobisuthiru Panduranga ||sharana janara samsara mahabhaya, harana karuna siri Panduranga ||
The only absolute protector! Shine brilliantly on the pedestal in my heart, Lord Panduranga!  The compassionate! Destroyer of the fierce cycle of death & birth to those who take refuge in you, Siri Panduranga.
neredhiha bahu janarolidharu manasthiravidu ninnali Pandurangaparara apeksheya bidisi niranthara paragathi patha thoro Panduranga || 1 ||
Though you are the indweller in all, bless me, with a firm mind only in you, Lord Panduranga.Bless me, to give-up expectations from others and accomplish progress towards your Lotus feet, Panduranga.
paradevane ninna Lilla smruthiyanu nirutha enage Kodu Pandurangaparipari kelasavu ninna mahapuje nirutha enage kodu Panduranga || 2 ||
The supreme Lord! Bless me, to always sing your sports charm, Panduranga.Bless me, with successive work as your worship, Panduranga.
sukhavagali bahu dukhavagali saka ninagiru Panduranganikhilanthargatha Vyasa Vitala thava mukha pankaja thoro Panduranga || 3 ||
In my happiness and my sorrow, bless me your friendship, Panduranga.  The indweller in all, Vyasa Vitala! Bless me a view of your charming Lotus face, Panduranga.

This song is sung by many famous singers. This link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GonrLYYAcY is sung by Raichur Sheshagiridas.
  || Hari Om ||
|| Sri Krishnarpanamastu ||

Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1 - Sri Bheeshmacharya’s Pranotkramana

Srimad Bhagavatam cleanses kalimala or the pollutant of Kali, destroys sins, shows the indweller, the Lord, in oneself by bringing Vairagya towards the materialistic world, and gives pure devotion, crystal clear, and clean knowledge. || Hari Om || Om Krishnaya Namah
कृष्णाय वासुदेवाय देवकीनन्दनाय च ।नन्दगोपकुमाराय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥Sri Krishna! Being a hope to the imprisoned Devaki & Vasudeva caused happiness by mesmerizing Nandagopa, Gopikas and even the Goddess of abundant beauty. Vasudeva! creation, sustenance, destruction and so on is a sports charm of you. Govinda! you are the cause & protector of Vedas.Krishna, Vasudeva, Devaki Nandana, Nanda Gopa Kumara, Govinda, 
My repeated salutations to you.नमः पङ्कजनाभाय नमः पङ्कजमालिने ।नमः पङ्कजनेत्राय नमस्ते पङ्कजाङ्घ्रये ॥My salutations to the Lotus of the navel. My salutations to the Lotus garlanded.My salutations to Lotus petal eye. My salutations to the Lotus feet.

व्यासाय भव नाशाय श्रीशाय गुण राशऐ ।हृद्याय शुद्ध विद्याय मध्वायछ नमो नमः ॥Charming & the beloved Vyasa, the destroyer of emotional & behavioral disorders, the Lord of Goddess of abundance having heaps of attributes, bestower of clean knowledge, my repeated salutations to you and Acharya Madhwa.
यः स्वानुभावमखिलश्रुतिसारमेकमध्यात्मदीपमतितितीर्षतां तमोऽन्धम् ।संसारिणां करुणयाह पुराणगुह्यं तं व्याससूनुमुपयामि गुरुं मुनीनाम् ॥This Srimad Bhagavatam gives the experience of the Lord and has the essence of all Vedas and Vedanta. It sheds spiritual light on the transcendental philosophy required to surpass the intense cycle of death and birth which is wrapped in ignorance. However, it is very secretive in nature. Hence, I pray to you Sri Shukacharya for your continued blessings.
यद्भनौ यत्क्र्शानौ यदमृतकिरणे यद् ग्रहेषू दितेषुज्योतिर्यत्तारकासु प्रथितमणिषु यद्यच्च सौदामिनिषु ।सम्भूयौतत् समस्तं त्वदमितह्रदयाकाशनिर्यत्प्रकाशेधीर श्रीराघवेन्द्रव्रतिवरभजते हन्त खद्योतरीतिम् ॥The brightness of the Sun, Fire, Moon, Planets, Stars, Gems, Precious stones and Lightening put together is just like a firefly near the astonishing brilliance emanating from your lotus of Heart wherein the five forms of Lord Sri Rama, Sri Narasimha, Sri Veda Vyasa, Sri Krishna and Sriman Narayana are present in a significant way bestowing you the Brahmavarchas or the Sacred Knowledge.Gentle & Holy Sage, Sri Raghvendra, भजते, I worship you by surrendering myself.We had heard that a long time back and much before the start of Kali Yuga a spiritual gathering was organized by Sri Shaunaka and his fellow rishis where Sri Sutacharya narrated Srimad Bhagavata. Reference to the blog post of 4thJuly 2019, Shaunaka Rishi's Virtue of Humility, Lord Veda Vyasa, the composer of Srimad Bhagavatam has recorded this saying,इति ब्रुवाणं संस्तूय मुनीनां दीर्घसत्रिणाम् ।वृद्धः कुलपतिः सूतं बह्वृचः शौनकोऽब्रवीत् ॥ १॥In the long stories of penance conducted in the spiritual gathering at Naimaishya, the elder in both knowledge and age, the head of Rigveda, Sri Shaunaka Rishi praising Sri Suthacharya requested him to narrate Srimad Bhagavata.Sri Sutacharya had heard Srimad Bhagavata directly from Sri Shukacharya who in turn was initiated by Lord Veda Vyasa himself. In that very blog post, Sri Shaunaka & his fellow Rishis had asked Sri Sutacharya that: अभिमन्युसुतं सूत प्राहुर् - भागवतोत्तमम् ।तस्य जन्म महाश्चर्यं कर्माणि च गृणीहि नः ॥ ९॥Sri Sutha Puranika! We have heard that the son of Abhimanyu, Parakshid Raja was the best of Bhagavata following Bhagavata dharma to letter and spirit. His birth itself was a wonder. Please tell us the extraordinary story of his birth and all his outstanding activities.Answering this, Sri Sutacharya narrated the story of Ashwathama executing Brahmashirsha Astra and his refusal to callback its aggression on the offspring of Pandavas. Hence, Uttara Devi the wife of Abimanyu had prayed to Lord Sri Krishna seeking protection in the blog post, Protection of Uttara Devi’s Womb on 12th September 2019. She had sought protection from Brahmashirshastra. पाहि महायोगिन् देवदेव जगत्पते ।नान्यं त्वदभयं पश्ये यत्र मृत्युः परस्परम् ॥ ९॥अभिद्रवति मामीश शरस्तप्तायसो विभो ।कामं दहतु मां नाथ मा मे गर्भो निपात्यताम् ॥ १०॥The God of Gods! The Lord of the Universe! The greatest Yogi! Save me! Save me!  None else could offer protection to me. Here, everyone is becoming a cause for one another’s death. My Lord! You are Omnipotent. All-Powerful. An iron arrow burnt red hot is chasing me. If needed, let it kill me. However, please bless the safety of the baby growing in my womb, prayed Uttara Devi. Lord Sri Krishna for whom the devotees are most dear, protected both the Bhagavatas from Brahmashirsha Astra through his वैष्णवं तेज or his brilliance. We saw this in the blog post, Bhakti Yoga of Uttara Devi and Kunti Devi of 19th September 2019. Subsequently, we also heard, Lord Sri Krishna blessed Abhaya or safety to the selfless, ready to sacrifice her own life, Uttara Devi and the baby in her womb. Hearing this Sri Shaunaka & his fellow Rishis were astonished to which Sri Sutacharya said,मा मंस्था ह्येतदाश्चर्यं सर्वाश्चर्यमयेऽच्युते ।य इदं मायया देव्या सृजत्यवति हन्त्यजः ॥ १६॥One need not be astonished by this. Our Lord is awesome. He is the most amazing one. He is Achyutha, having no decline. The unchanging Lord without birth nor death having immeasurable power using Prakriti creates, sustains, destroys, and regulates the whole universe. He is Paramatma or Supreme Atma to confine other Atmas to death & birth. Subsequently, releasing them with Moksha.Overwhelmed by the compassion of Lord Sri Krishna protecting at every step of their life, the virtuous Sadvi, Kunti Devi’s heart filled with bhakti. Offering her gratitudes to Lord Sri Krishna, the whole of Kunti Stotra was unveiled, with starting verse as,कुन्त्युवाच, Kunti says,नमस्ये पुरुषं त्वाद्यमीश्वरं प्रकृतेः परम् ।अलक्ष्यं सर्वभूतानामन्तर्बहिरवस्थितम् ॥ १८॥You are the Purusha without beginning nor end. Using Prakruti, you have created the vast Universe and gave birth to Jivas starting from God Brahma to a blade of grass. However, neither Prakruti nor Jiva can influence you as you are Satchidananda, the best of all and the Supreme Lord. You are inside as well as outside the universe, all material substances, and living beings. You are omnipresent. Yet we are unable to know you nor the best of being does God Brahma or even Goddess Lakshmi knows you completely. My Salutations to you.Subsequently, we noted that King Yudhishthira suffered from a delusion. Though he got coronated as the King of Hastinapur by Lord himself and became the successor of the famous Kuru dynasty, he was taken over with a thought that the war of Kurukshetra happened due to him. He had to become king only with the death of gurus, acharyas, near & dear relatives & friends, common men, and animals. He was immersed in the guilt of causing death. Hence, Lord Sri Krishna took Yudhishthira to his grandfather, Sri Bheeshmacharya to seek his advice.    Sri Bheeshmacahrya lying on the bed of arrows, awaiting Pranotkramana or breath-departure says, “Yudhishthira! As a Kshatriya had you not fought the war of Kurukshetra to uphold dharma, the righteous path, history would have called you a coward.”Sri Sutacharya narrating this incidence says:सूत उवाच, Sri Sutacharya says,युधिष्ठिरस्तदाकर्ण्य शयानं शरपञ्जरे ।अपृच्छद्विविधान् धर्मान् ऋषीणां चानुशृण्वताम् ॥ २५॥Sri Shaunaka! Hearing the words from Grandfather Bheeshma who was sleeping on the bed of arrows, Yudhishthira asked several clarifications on various subjects of statecraft in the presence of great Rishis & Munis.After hearing all the dharma or indoctrinations that would cleanse sins from grandfather Bheeshma, Yudhitira asked him,किमेकं दैवतं लोके किं वाप्येकं परायणम् ।स्तुवन्तः कं कमर्चन्तः प्राप्नुयुर्मानवाः शुभम् ॥को धर्मः सर्वधर्माणां भवतः परमो मतः ।किं जपन्मुच्यते जन्तुर्जन्मसंसारबन्धनात् ॥ Who is that utmost God to whom all Shastras or indoctrination is praising? Who is that last resort, in whom one can take refuge? Who is that in whom, propitiating by praising and singing his glory would cause auspiciousness leading to peace & prosperity?In your opinion, which is that dharma that is most superior? And doing which Japa, a person can be relieved from the confinement of birth and death? Understanding the core of the question, its reasons and generally what every spiritual practitioner wants to have answers, Sri Bheeshmacharya blessed us with most potent verses,  Vishnu Sahasranama. He says, Lord Vishnuजगत्प्रभुं देवदेवमनन्तं पुरुषोत्तमम् ।स्तुवन् नामसहस्रेण पुरुषः सततोत्थितः ॥ तमेव चार्चयन्नित्यं  भक्त्या पुरुषमव्ययम् ।ध्यायन् स्तुवन् नमस्यंश्च यजमानस्तमेव च ॥अनादिनिधनं विष्णुं सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् ।लोकाध्यक्षं स्तुवन्नित्यं सर्वदुःखातिगो भवेत् ॥ब्रह्मण्यं सर्वधर्मज्ञं लोकानां कीर्तिवर्धनम् ।लोकनाथं महद्भूतं सर्वभूतभवोद्भवम् ॥“The महेश्वर having the entire universe as his wealth is the Supreme Lord, Vishnu. He is the निधनं, the prime cause of all this existence since अनादि or immeasurable time in the past, and till अनन्तं or immeasurable time in future. He is देवदेवम्, God of Gods. सर्वलोक जगत्प्रभुं, He, only has the Lordship of the entire Universe. He is eternal without destruction and present everywhere. Only he is पुरुषोत्तमम्, the best and the utmost without being surpassed by anyone. A practicing devotee, being cautious without an iota of doubt should propitiate this very Lord by repeatedly singing his thousand names that describe his attributes, worship him with these names wondering his glories, and have thoughts only of him. He is the last and the only refuge that one can take.Doing so is the supreme dharma of all dharma. All the sins causing sorrow will disappear leading to auspiciousness bringing peace & prosperity. The Lord is supremely excellent!एष मे सर्वधर्माणां धर्मोऽधिकतमो मतः ।यद्भक्त्या पुण्डरीकाक्षं स्तवैरर्चेन्नरः सदा ॥ १४॥Singing a thousand names of Lord Pundrikaksha having lotus petalled eye, with the white of eye appearing lotus pink, with the realization of his attributes, with complete faith and devotion, is the best dharma of all dharmas. The best verses to praise Lord is Vishnu Sahasranama.परमं यो महत्तेजः परमं यो महत्तपः ।परमं यो महद्ब्रह्म परमं यः परायणम् ॥ १५॥The Lord is the most brilliant and he is the cause for all the dazzling light.He is the supreme ascetic and he is the cause of asceticism in the best of yogis He is the supreme Brahman and best of all, including Goddess Lakshmi and God Brahma, the best of beingHe is the leader of leaders. He is the cause for leadership and the top leader in whom one can take refuge.पवित्राणां पवित्रं यो मङ्गलानां च मङ्गलम् ।दैवतं दैवतानां च भूतानां योऽव्ययः पिता ॥ १६॥The Lord is the purifier of the pure, destroyer of sins by removing stain & blemishes and he is the cause for crystal clear and clean knowledge and bliss; He is the most auspicious and causes for auspiciousness; He is the God of Gods; and He is the eternal father for all living beings having no destruction or death. यतः सर्वाणि भूतानि भवन्त्यादियुगागमे ।यस्मिंश्च प्रलयं यान्ति पुनरेव युगक्षये ॥ It is the Lord Vishnu who has created this entire universe with non-living substance and living plants and animals. And it is He who is the cause of the destruction of this universe including all non-living and living. During the destruction, he converts everything into a subtle form. All this happens in a systematic and organized way. This existence is not accidental.तस्य लोकप्रधानस्य जगन्नाथस्य भूपते ।विष्णोर्नामसहस्रं मे श‍ृणु पापभयापहम् ॥ The Lord of the universe, Jaganatha is the most superior. Ones’ sins will flee with the repetition of his Vishnu Sahasranama or by doing Japa or even just hearing it. It breaks the confinement of death and birth.    यानि नामानि गौणानि विख्यातानि महात्मनः ।ऋषिभिः परिगीतानि तानि वक्ष्यामि भूतये ॥ Hence, I shall reveal to you such Vishnu Sahasranama.having thousand names of the Lord describing his attributes that have been in vogue and been practiced since a long time back by great rishis & munis of this Land, says Sri Bheeshmacharya to Yudhisthira.  This way, by initiating Vishnu Sahasranama to King Yudhisthira, Sri Bheeshmacharya has become its cause.  Though this appears in Mahabharata, it is a worthy recall here in Srimad Bhagavata. Since we are going through the legend’s Pranotkramana or breath-departure.सूत उवाच, Sri Sutacharya says,कृष्ण एवं भगवति मनोवाग्दृष्टिवृत्तिभिः ।आत्मन्यात्मानमावेश्य सोऽन्तःश्वास उपारमत् ॥ ४३॥These ways, initiating Dharma, Shastra, Stotra to Yudhisthira and reciting Bheeshma Stuti, Sri Bheeshmacharya’s thoughts, intellect, speech, and the view was completely occupied in the form of Supreme Atma, Sri Krishna. When he had closed his eyes he could see Sri Krishna in his Lotus of Heart and when He opened too he saw the same form along with forms of Lord Veda Vyasa and Lord Parshurama. Meanwhile, his breath got merged with God Prana Vayu and they departed from the body. Sri Bheeshmacharya died.    सगोनसंगोगो सम्पद्यमानमाज्ञाय भीष्मं ब्रह्मणि निष्कले ।सर्वे बभूवुस्ते तूष्णीं वयांसीव दिनात्यये ॥ ४४॥In presence of all great rishis and munis, the five Pandavas, Sri Bheeshmacharya seeing the form of Lord, thinking about him, singing his praises left the body along with God Prana to join the stainless Lord. The assembled there became silent like the birds after return to their nest at the dusk. तत्र दुन्दुभयो नेदुर्देवमानववादिताः ।शशंसुः साधवो राज्ञां खात्पेतुः पुष्पवृष्टयः ॥ ४५॥While the assembled become perplexed. The Gods and Gandharva from heaven filled the surrounding playing musical instruments including drums with joy. Sri Bheeshmacharya is one of eight Vasu name Dyu. Gods’ and Gandharva filled with joy had come to receive him. They shower ed the flowers of heaven on Sri Bheeshmacharya.   तस्य निर्हरणादीनि सम्परेतस्य भार्गव ।युधिष्ठिरः कारयित्वा मुहूर्तं दुःखितोऽभवत् ॥ ४६॥Sri Shaunaka! For मुहूर्तं, about 48 minutes, King Yudhishthira grieved for the departed soul. Subsequently, he conducted the death ceremony of Sri Bheeshmacharya with all, state honor.तुष्टुवुर्मुनयो हृष्टाः कृष्णं तद्गुह्यनामभिः ।ततस्ते कृष्णहृदयाः स्वाश्रमान् प्रययुः पुनः ॥ ४७॥The assembled rishis and munis praised the Lord Sri Krishna with his very exclusive and secretive names that described his secretive attributes. With their heart dipped in divine nectar named Krishna returned to their hermitage.ततो युधिष्ठिरो गत्वा सहकृष्णो गजाह्वयम् ।पितरं सान्त्वयामास गान्धारीं च तपस्विनीम् ॥ ४८॥King Yudhishthira shedding his delusion got full clarity. Along with Lord Sri Krishna, his brothers, family priests, and their attendants returned to Hastinapura. They consoled Dhritarashtra and Gandhari.पित्रा चानुमतो राजा वासुदेवानुमोदितः ।चकार राज्यं धर्मेण पितृपैतामहं विभुः ॥ ४९॥Following the dictates of Dhritarashtra and the permission of Lord Sri Krishna, King Yudhishthira governed the Kingdom in a righteous way that had come down to him from the family lineage following the divine order.इति श्रीमद्भागवते महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां संहितायां प्रथमस्कन्धेयुधिष्ठिरराज्यप्रलम्भो नाम नवमोऽध्यायः ॥ ९॥With this, we complete "King Yudhishthira’s ascendence to the throne of Hastinapura” the ninth Adhyaya, of Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1.We could do so only with the grace of Gurus including Sri Raghavendra and his philosophical associates including Sri Saunaka & his fellow Rishis, Sri Sutacahrya, Sri Sukachary, God Vayu, and Sri Hari as their Jnana Prasada. Let's pray for their continued blessings.
  || Hari Om |||| Sri Krishnarpanamastu ||

Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1 - Bheeshma Stuti, Remaining Part

Srimad Bhagavatam cleanses kalimala or the pollutant of Kali, destroys sins, shows the indweller, the Lord, in oneself by bringing Vairagya towards the materialistic world, and gives pure devotion, crystal clear, and clean knowledge. || Hari Om || Om Krishnaya Namah
कृष्णाय वासुदेवाय देवकीनन्दनाय च ।नन्दगोपकुमाराय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥Sri Krishna! Being a hope to the imprisoned Devaki & Vasudeva caused happiness by mesmerizing Nandagopa, Gopikas and even the Goddess of abundant beauty. Vasudeva! creation, sustenance, destruction and so on is a sports charm of you. Govinda! you are the cause & protector of Vedas.Krishna, Vasudeva, Devaki Nandana, Nanda Gopa Kumara, Govinda, 
My repeated salutations to you.नमः पङ्कजनाभाय नमः पङ्कजमालिने ।नमः पङ्कजनेत्राय नमस्ते पङ्कजाङ्घ्रये ॥My salutations to the Lotus of the navel. My salutations to the Lotus garlanded.My salutations to Lotus petal eye. My salutations to the Lotus feet.

व्यासाय भव नाशाय श्रीशाय गुण राशऐ ।हृद्याय शुद्ध विद्याय मध्वायछ नमो नमः ॥Charming & the beloved Vyasa, the destroyer of emotional & behavioral disorders, the Lord of Goddess of abundance having heaps of attributes, bestower of clean knowledge, my repeated salutations to you and Acharya Madhwa.
यः स्वानुभावमखिलश्रुतिसारमेकमध्यात्मदीपमतितितीर्षतां तमोऽन्धम् ।संसारिणां करुणयाह पुराणगुह्यं तं व्याससूनुमुपयामि गुरुं मुनीनाम् ॥This Srimad Bhagavatam gives the experience of the Lord and has the essence of all Vedas and Vedanta. It sheds spiritual light on the transcendental philosophy required to surpass the intense cycle of death and birth which is wrapped in ignorance. However, it is very secretive in nature. Hence, I pray to you Sri Shukacharya for your continued blessings.
यद्भनौ यत्क्र्शानौ यदमृतकिरणे यद् ग्रहेषू दितेषुज्योतिर्यत्तारकासु प्रथितमणिषु यद्यच्च सौदामिनिषु ।सम्भूयौतत् समस्तं त्वदमितह्रदयाकाशनिर्यत्प्रकाशेधीर श्रीराघवेन्द्रव्रतिवरभजते हन्त खद्योतरीतिम् ॥The brightness of the Sun, Fire, Moon, Planets, Stars, Gems, Precious stones and Lightening put together is just like a firefly near the astonishing brilliance emanating from your lotus of Heart wherein the five forms of Lord Sri Rama, Sri Narasimha, Sri Veda Vyasa, Sri Krishna and Sriman Narayana are present in a significant way bestowing you the Brahmavarchas or the Sacred Knowledge.Gentle & Holy Sage, Sri Raghvendra, भजते, I worship you by surrendering myself.Continuing to sing the glory of Lord, Sri Bheeshmacharya says,युधि तुरगरजोविधूम्रविष्वक्कचलुलितश्रमवार्यलङ्कृतास्ये।मम निशितशरैर्विभिद्यमानत्वचि विलसत्कवचेऽस्तु कृष्ण आत्मा ॥ ३४॥My Lord! Please bless me with Dharana yoga of another form of you. The form where you were the charioteer of Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. You exhibited your excellent skills of negotiating with the enemy attack, their rain of arrows and other arms. Your movements on the battlefield were smart. Always you positioned the chariot in the most advantageous position to Arjuna for an attack.
Lord! The galloping of Horses, Camels & Elephants, the drive of chariots and the movement of foot soldiers had kicked up dust on the battlefield. The beads of sweat on your nose and forehead mixed with dust made you appear tired. The curly hairs dangling on your forehead appeared as if you were exerting yourself for success. This form of yours exhibiting outstanding gallantry is very attractive to the valorous Kshatriyas. 
Lord! Bless me, so that this form of your’s imprints on my memory strongly. And forever.
When my grandson Arjuna was attacking me, you brought the chariot right in front of me. I thought that if there is a charioteer, then the chariot would come attacking towards us. Hence, I attacked you with all my might. I distinctly remember, when one of my arrows broke your armor, pierced through,  injuring your body. The arrow had cut your body bleeding. 
Lord! Bless me this form of you being injured be imprinted on my memory strongly. And forever.Here, it is important for us to note that the Lord does not have confluence with any other substance or beings. Like the dust of Prakriti and does not stick to him influencing his skin. Also, no blemishes can touch him nor anguish or pain. No one can injure him nor control him. He will not get dried up as we see in other plants & animals nor his strength will reduce. Hence, he is called as Niranjana, not being touched and Achyutha having no decline. 
Yet, he appeared in the heat and dust of the battleground; as if suffering from pain & agony of injury; bleeding; subject to control through arms. This he does with a reason to give progress for three types of people in their own following three different ways:To the evil Asuras and infernals, the Lord creates confusion through Moha or illusions. They feel deluded and believe that Sri Krishna is subject to injury, pain like any ordinary. Hence, he can be fought and won over;To the divine Gods, Lord exhibits Lela, the charm of the sport. He mesmerizes the Gods. While for a moment they get deluded. But quickly realize that the Lord does so to exhibit his sports charm. Hence, the Gods propitiate the Lord in that special form through which he has created delusion and accomplish perfection. Like Sri Bheeshmacharya though thought for a moment that he could injure the Lord, he quickly realized that it is otherwise. Hence, he did special sadhana, practiced repeatedly thinking the attributes of Niranjana, Achyuta, Satchidanand having the body of pure knowledge & bliss that would not get sheared nor injured, andTo the mortal human beings, the Lord creates both belief and disbelief. Hence, making one think that Lord appearing on earth, he exhibits like other ordinary and gets dirty due to dust, feels stressed due to heat or even gets hurt & injured. But, they also believe that since he is Lord nothing would happen to him when he returns to his abode. This way, the Lord bestows mediocrity in ordinary beings.सपदि सखिवचो निशम्य मध्ये निजपरयोर्बलयो रथं निवेश्य ।स्थितवति परसैनिकायुरक्ष्णा हृतवति पार्थसखे रतिर्ममास्तु ॥ ३५॥Lord! When we all assembled at the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Duryodhana declared me as the commander in chief. I took the lead position for the entire eleven Akshauhini. On the enemy line, I saw the chariot having the saffron flag carrying the image of Hanuman in which you were driving Arjuna. Seeing the enemy line, Arjuna asked you if he had to kill his grandfather, acharyas, and relatives. He became deluded. In fact, he asked you to move the chariot to the center of both the armies to decide whom to kill and whom not. 
Sri Krishna! I was closely observing all this. You brought the chariot at the center. While Arjuna was seeing both sides of enemies, you too saw each one with your charming face. In that very specific glimpse, you had taken away the Life spans of all those who later died in the war of Kurukshetra. 
Oh! Lord of Time! Bless me with bhakti in that form of you. Let that form of you be imprinted on my memory. I too have a lot of enemies within me. Let this form of you destroy all of them.In the metaphysical meaning of Mahabharata, the soldiers are the Merits and Sins. All that yields happiness & comfort in our day to day life are Merits and are the soldiers of Pandavas. And those that bring sorrow & grief are Sins. They are the soldiers of Kauravas. The war of Kurukshetra is happening continuously in each one of us. Let Arjuna, the great archer in us having arrows of Sravana, Adhyayana & Sankeertana asks Sri Krishna to stand between the enemies. Let Sri Krishna, the dear friend of Arjun, with his glimpse, take away the lifespan of all those soldiers of Kauravas called Sins.व्यवहितपृतनामुखं निरीक्ष्य स्वजनवधाद्विमुखस्य दोषबुद्ध्या ।कुमतिमहरदात्मविद्यया यश्चरणरतिः परमस्य तस्य मेऽस्तु ॥ ३६॥Arjuna seeing all of us in the enemy line thought that killing one's own Acharyas and relatives is a sin. Though, each one had consciously taken sides with full responsibility and went to war. While the eleven Akshoini representing several kingdoms took the side of Duryodhana. They had no issues with his misdeeds nor his evil acts. 
Also, the seven Akshoini took the side of Dharmaraja. They wanted good governance by following a righteous path. In fact, the soldiers on both sides had decided to fight to the death to establish their way of life. 
The Lord who has the form of Knowledge, unfurled Bhagavad Gita having the divine knowledge of Atma. He initiated Arjuna into Tattva Jnana and destroyed Arjuna’s कुमति or delusion. 
Lord Sri Krishna! Bless me with bhakti in that form of yours initiating Tattva Jnana. Let that form of you initiating Tattva Jnana to Arjuna be imprinted on my memory. And forever. स्वनियममपहाय मत्प्रतिज्ञां ऋतमधिकर्तुमवप्लुतो रथस्थः ।धृतरथचरणोऽभ्ययाच्चलद्गुर्हरिरिव हन्तुमिभं गतोत्तरीयः ॥ ३७॥The compassionate Lord, Sri Krishna! You had स्वनियम, put up your own rule to yourself that you would not take up any weapon to fight in the whole war of Kurukshetra. While I took a contrary vow that I will make sure that you would hold a weapon in your hand. Bhaktavatsala! to you, your devotee is dearest and hence you broke your own rules. You appeared with your weapon Sudarshana Chakra, only to uphold your devotee's words. When you jumped from the chariot, even the earth quacked. You appeared like a roaring Lion heading towards an intoxicated elephant destroying the forest to govern and maintain the order in the forest. As you approached me, your steel armor had broken by my arrows injuring your body to bleed. The उत्तरीयः, the upper garment on your shoulder was slipping as if the Goddess Lakshmi in the form of garment influencing Prakriti was not approving your act of giving up your vows. Her Lord’s vow. 
Such Lord! Please solidify my bhakti in you.     Sri Krishnaशितविशिखहतो विशीर्णदंशः क्षतजपरिप्लुत आततायिनो मे ।प्रसभमभिससार मद्वधार्थं स भवतु मे भगवान् गतिर्मुकुन्दः ॥ ३८॥Lord! I too am a आतताय or Ataataayi for having stood with evil Duryodhana who was an Ataataayi. Also, I have broken your armor and injured you with sharp steel arrows. Yet did not heed to Arjuna who tried to stop you to fight me & kill me. My compassionate Lord! Carrying Sudarshana, you came towards me roaring that you would kill me. But, this was only to bless me. 
Such compassionate Lord Sri Krishna, bless me with progress, happiness and be always supportive to me. विजयरथकुटुम्ब आत्ततोत्रे धृतहयरश्मिनि तच्छ्रियेक्षणीये ।भगवति रतिरस्तु मे मुमूर्षोर्यमिह निरीक्ष्य हता गताः सरूपम् ॥ ३९॥Lord! विजयरथकुटुम्ब, Arjuna’s chariot itself had become your household during the war. You protected it as if your own house. Holding the आत्ततोत्रे, the reins of the हय, horses you appeared attractive with the power of charm. Let there be रति, affection and love in your Lotus feet as मुमूर्ष, I desire to die seeing your form of Parthasarathy. With this form bestow me with सरूपम्, view of my original form of Atma, lead me to Moksha.     ललितगतिविलासवल्गुहासप्रणयनिरीक्षणकल्पितोरुमानाः ।कृतमनुकृतवत्य उन्मदान्धाः प्रकृतिमगन् किल यस्य गोपवध्वः ॥ ४०॥Your वल्गुहास, attractive face wearing a pleasant smile charmed the Gopikas. Always कृतम् expressing their gratitude to you for your ललित, fragile acts with the subtle approach. The Gopis were lost अनुकृत repeating their gratitude by remembering their experiences of – 
How you Sri Krishna sat; the pose with which you stood; the gait while you walked; the way you saw them from the edge of the eye; the way you held & embraced them; the way your eyes met their eye holding them captivated; their view of your lips that aroused them a taste surpassing the taste of their most liked fruit; The manifold increase in the pleasure of being in your arms.
The Gopikas lived in उन्मद, intoxication, they had taken only your refuge and accomplished to see their original form of Atma leading to Moksha.     मुनिगणनृपवर्यसङ्कुलेऽन्तःसदसियुधिष्ठिरराजसूय एषाम् ।अर्हणमुपपेद ईक्षणीयो मम दृशिगोचर एष आविरात्मा ॥ ४१॥King Yudhishthira had conducted the Rajasuya Yagna  in the presence of great saints and munis. अग्रपूजा,   the highest honor, and reverence were received by Sri Krishna as suggested by me. Let such supreme Sri Krishna be present right in front of me during this moment of death. Also, let there be my deep devotion to him.    तमिममहमजं शरीरभाजां हृदि हृदि धिष्ठितमात्मकल्पितानाम् ।प्रतिदृशमिव नैकधार्कमेकंसमधिगतोऽस्मि विधूतभेदमोहः ॥ ४२॥Like the way Sun is present in the eyes and powering each of the immeasurable living beings with a view. The same very Sun, lights the three worlds in the universe appearing as one. Similarly, you are the Paramatma, the Indweller of all living beings starting from a blade of grass to God Brahma. Though being as the indweller in immeasurable living beings, you are the only one, Lord. 
Lord, you are विधूतभेदमोहः. There is no difference between your attributes, forms, actions and yourself. Nor there is a difference between you and your body. Knowing this I am prostrating at your Lotus feet.क्षितिभरमवरोपितं कुरूणां श्वसन इवासृजक्षवंशवह्निम्।तमिममहमजमनुव्रतार्तिहाङ्घ्रिं हृदि परिरभ्य जहामि मर्त्यनीडम् ॥ ५० ॥To reduce the weight of sin on mother earth you lit a fire called gambling between the cousins of Kuru family. By taking away the lifespan of evil including those through your glimpse in the middle battleground, you relieved the pain of mother earth. The one who destroys the pain of all who fall at his Lotus feet taking refuge, Sriman Narayana! holding & embracing your Lotus feet firmly in my heart, I am dying.Saying so, holding Lord Sri Krishna’s Lotus feet through his interior organs of Atma, Sri Bheeshmacharya closes his eyes. The same Lord Krishna appears in his Lotus of Heart.
  || Hari Om |||| Sri Krishnarpanamastu ||

Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1 - Bheeshma Stuti, Middle Part

Srimad Bhagavatam cleanses kalimala or the pollutant of Kali, destroys sins, shows the indweller, the Lord, in oneself by bringing Vairagya towards the materialistic world, and gives pure devotion, crystal clear, and clean knowledge. || Hari Om ||
Om Krishnaya Namahकृष्णाय वासुदेवाय देवकीनन्दनाय च ।नन्दगोपकुमाराय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥Sri Krishna! Being a hope to the imprisoned Devaki & Vasudeva caused happiness by mesmerizing Nandagopa, Gopikas and even the Goddess of abundant beauty. Vasudeva! creation, sustenance, destruction and so on is a sports charm of you. Govinda! you are the cause & protector of Vedas.Krishna, Vasudeva, Devaki Nandana, Nanda Gopa Kumara, Govinda, 
My repeated salutations to you.नमः पङ्कजनाभाय नमः पङ्कजमालिने ।नमः पङ्कजनेत्राय नमस्ते पङ्कजाङ्घ्रये ॥My salutations to the Lotus of the navel. My salutations to the Lotus garlanded.My salutations to Lotus petal eye. My salutations to the Lotus feet.

व्यासाय भव नाशाय श्रीशाय गुण राशऐ ।हृद्याय शुद्ध विद्याय मध्वायछ नमो नमः ॥Charming & the beloved Vyasa, the destroyer of emotional & behavioral disorders, the Lord of Goddess of abundance having heaps of attributes, bestower of clean knowledge, my repeated salutations to you and Acharya Madhwa.
यः स्वानुभावमखिलश्रुतिसारमेकमध्यात्मदीपमतितितीर्षतां तमोऽन्धम् ।संसारिणां करुणयाह पुराणगुह्यं तं व्याससूनुमुपयामि गुरुं मुनीनाम् ॥This Srimad Bhagavatam gives the experience of the Lord and has the essence of all Vedas and Vedanta. It sheds spiritual light on the transcendental philosophy required to surpass the intense cycle of death and birth which is wrapped in ignorance. However, it is very secretive in nature. Hence, I pray to you Sri Shukacharya for your continued blessings.
यद्भनौ यत्क्र्शानौ यदमृतकिरणे यद् ग्रहेषू दितेषुज्योतिर्यत्तारकासु प्रथितमणिषु यद्यच्च सौदामिनिषु ।सम्भूयौतत् समस्तं त्वदमितह्रदयाकाशनिर्यत्प्रकाशेधीर श्रीराघवेन्द्रव्रतिवरभजते हन्त खद्योतरीतिम् ॥The brightness of the Sun, Fire, Moon, Planets, Stars, Gems, Precious stones and Lightening put together is just like a firefly near the astonishing brilliance emanating from your lotus of Heart wherein the five forms of Lord Sri Rama, Sri Narasimha, Sri Veda Vyasa, Sri Krishna and Sriman Narayana are present in a significant way bestowing you the Brahmavarchas or the Sacred Knowledge.Gentle & Holy Sage, Sri Raghvendra, भजते, I worship you by surrendering myself.Like the cow pulls back the cud from the stomach to re-chew, Sri Bheeshmacharya recalls the incidences in the war of Kurukshetra. Before the war of Kurukshetra, both Pandavas and Kauravas approach Lord Sri Krishna requesting him to fight on their side. Incidentally, both approaches at the same time. Arjuna representing Pandavas and Duryodhana himself from Kauravas. Sri Krishna will be lying in his yoga Nidra. While Duryodhana comes first, engulfed in his ego thinks that he is the prince of the Kuru dynasty and stands near the head of Sri Krishna. However, Arjuna waits near the Lotus feet of Sri Krishna. Sri Krishna sees Arjuna waiting for him as he wakes up and later Duryodhana.
Seeing Arjuna first and recognizing that Duryodhana too had come first, Lord Sri Krishna says that he and his children together will fight the war on both sides. He proposes that his million sons whom he had from his 16,000 wives would fight with weapons on one side. He himself would be on the opposite side. And would not take-up any weapons during the war. Sri Krishna gives the first choice to Arjuna to select his million sons or himself to fight on their side.
Meantime, Duruodhana gets jittery worrying if Arjuna would choose Sri Krishna’s million sons to their advantage. Surprising to Duryodhana, Arjuna the dear devotee of Sri Krishna says, 'My Lord! Whether you take up weapons or not, we want you to be on our side'. Subsequently, Arjuna requests Sri Krishna to be his charioteer and Sri Krishna accepts the same. Duryodhana feels relaxed and happy. He thinks with an affirmative question, “What is the point of having Sri Krishna who is not going to take-up weapon and fight?”
This incidence including the vow of Sri Krishna that he would not take-up any weapons during the war was apprised by Duryodhana to Sri Bheeshmacharya. Hearing that, Sri Bheeshmacharya takes-up a contrary vow that he will make sure that Sri Krishna takes-up the weapon.
Later, the battle between Pandavas and Kauravas starts. Sri Bheeshmacharya fights in full vigor raining arrows in all directions of Pandavas. He kills about 10,000 soldiers a day. Seeing the aggression of Sri Bheeshmacharya's attack, the soldiers of Pandavas start fleeing from the battleground. Arjuna and Bheemasena had the ability to stop Sri Bheeshmacharya and kill him. However, Arjuna who was fighting against Sri Bheeshmacharya was only defending with a soft hand. He did not see his grandfather as an enemy standing with evil Duryodhana. He did not want to kill his grandfather, teachers, and acharyas. He went soft on the aggressive and attacking Sri Bheeshmacharya.
Turning the chariot towards Sri Bheeshmacharya, Sri Krishna exhibited superb skills of negotiating to the enemy attack, their rain of arrows and their other weapons. Sri Krishna took the chariot on the battlefield with agility, quickness, and intelligence. The attacking positions of the chariot gave the most advantageous position to Arjuna for archery.
Sri Bheeshmacharya was raining arrows from all directions. He even stopped the sunlight to reach Arjuna’s chariot. He was injuring the Horses, Arjuna and even damaged the chariot. Sri Krishna too appeared as if injured and bleeding.  However, Arjuna was not considerate of any of this. He allowed the Elephants, Camels, Horses and so many foot soldiers to die. And much more vulnerable to injury & death. Sri Krishna appeared utterly dissatisfied and angry on the battlefield. Yet, Arjuna remained sober.
The attacking Sri Bheeshmacharya appeared as bright midday summer Sun, unable to be seen with naked eyes. It became hard to see him, his skillful, speedy & sharp way of delivering arrows, the agility & the speed of his movements were all exemplary. Unseeable. The chariots were coming down crashing with the hit of steel arrows powered by Sri Bheeshmacharya. Many more chariots were damaged. Elephants, Camels, Horses were all getting killed. The soldiers on the Pandava side were fleeing for their life. No amount of encouragement held them back. The battle appeared as if it was a walkover. Kauravas cheered.
Sri Bheeshmacharya stringing the bow expressed his power. Also, he roared like a lion on the battlefield. Arjuna escalated his defense. Making a counter sound by stringing his bow Gandiva, Arjuna shot three quick arrows. The projectiles powered accurately, picked up high speed hitting Sri Bheeshmacharya’s bow breaking it down. But Sri Bheeshmacharya did not get deterred. Swiftly, he picked up another bow in the chariot and started showering arrows. On the other hand, Arjuna continued breaking down the bows. This exchange of attack and counterattack continued. Sri Bheeshmacharya was pleased with his grandson’s archery. He appreciated the cleverness & the swiftness of Arjuna. He complimented Arjuna by saying, ‘Pandu was a great warrior. You are his worthy son’.
Sri Bheeshmacharya had set his eye on Sri Krishna. His objective was to make Sri Krishna take up a weapon. Hence, Sri Bheeshmacharya was raining arrows on the charioteer and the chariot horse. Sri Krishna was skilfully ducking the arrows and saving the horses. Sri Krishna notes the way Arjuna putting-up a meager fight against Sri Bheeshmacharya. The actual fight he has to put-up, even while having respect, though.
Satyaki comes stopping Sri Bheeshmacharya, but in vain. He shouts to the soldiers, not to flee as that would not speak well of their valor and gallantry as Kshatriya soldiers. Yet, Arjuna does not realize his responsibility. Hence, Sri Krishna announced that he himself would attack Sri Bheeshmacharya.
Chakrapani Sri Krishna threw the rein and the whip aside. He raised his right-hand index finger and called the disc, Sudarshana. Everyone on the battlefield was flabbergasted seeing the Chakrapani holding the disc, Sudarshana with the brightness of 10 million Suns.
Holding the disc, Sri Krishna jumped from the chariot on the earth. The earth tremored. Appearing furious, Sri Krishna walked towards Bheeshmacharya. Happy looking Bheeshmacharya welcomed Sri Krishna saying, 'Lord! It would be a privilege to me to die at your hands'.
Seeing this, Arjuna woke up.  He ran towards Sri Krishna stopping him. He promised that he will uphold Sri Krishna's words of not taking up any weapon and fight. Sri Krishna did not heed. Arjuna held Sri Krishna's left hand pulling back. But Sri Krishna shook off his hand throwing back Arjuna. He headed towards Bheeshmacharya like a Lion, the King of the forest heading towards an intoxicated wild elephant to leap and break his forehead. As Sri Krishna roared forward, Arjuna chased and held the Almighty's lotus feet. Sri Krishna dragged Arjuna almost ten steps forward. Arjuna pleaded and swore by his son's life. Also, sworn by each of his brother's life. He committed his utmost to fight Sri Bheeshmacharya. Sri Krishna accepted and returned to the chariot without further engaging Sri Bheeshmacharya in a fight.
Remembering the incidences of Kurukshetra, Sri Bheeshmacharya lying on the bed of arrows sang the Glory of the Lord before the Pranotkramana or breadth-departure,श्रीभीष्म उवाचइति मतिरुपकल्पिता वितृष्णा भगवति सात्वतपुङ्गवे विभूम्नि ।स्वसुखमुपगते क्वचिद्विहर्तुं प्रकृतिमुपेयुषि यद्भवप्रवाहः ॥ ३२॥Oh! My Lord, इति मतिरुपकल्पिता, I am submitting the whole of my mind and intellect to your Lotus feet during the last moments of my life. The crystal clear & clean knowledge that I have gained after intense practice & Anustana is only because of your blessing and is only yours. Now, my mind is full of you and only you.वितृष्णा, Sri Krishna! I have no other desire other than your Lotus feet. सात्वतपुङ्गवे or Appearing in the Vrishni clan who practice all that is said in Panchatantra, you are विभूम्निhaving a special and unique attribute of completeness. Though, Goddess Mahalakshmi is complete, that is only because of your blessings. Also, many of the beings have accomplished Mukti have completeness in their own right and extent to their capacity through only your blessings. But, your’s is special and unique, my Lord! But, being complete is your intrinsic attribute, independent of others, surpassing all others and is most complete.      You are स्वसुखमुपगते oh! My Lord. You are a treasure house of Ananda or bliss. In fact, you are made of bliss and need not seek elsewhere. Yet, क्वचिद्विहर्तुं, you take-up this pleasure trip of creation by प्रकृतिमुपेयुषि or bringing Chetana Prakriti or Goddess Lakshmi closer to you and यद्भवप्रवाहः or the Prakriti that sets forth the flow of Samsara or the cycle of birth & death. This way creation has become your pass-time. In such अद्य or the first supreme Lord Sriman Narayana, my mind has been fixed.त्रिभुवनकमनं तमालवर्णं रविकरगौरवराम्बरं दधाने ।वपुरलककुलावृताननाब्जं विजयसखे रतिरस्तु मेऽनवद्या ॥ ३३॥My Lord! विजयसखे, your friends are always victorious. You are a friend of Pandavas. रतिरस्तु मे, Please give me the endless bliss. Lord! Let that bliss be अनवद्य or having no blemishes associated with exterior sensory organs.  But the Svaroopa Ananda or bliss felt by Jiva or Atma.My Lord! त्रिभुवनकमनं. You have a very beautiful body having a dark color like तमालवर्णं  or the darkness in bay leaves. You are very attractive, the color of अम्बरं or robes is गौरव or Saffron-Yellow like रविकर the golden hue of the young rising Sun, the sporty-looking curly hair dangling down on your face. You appear to only worthy Jivas of all the regions of the universe. You are so attractive. Seeing you, these worthy Jivas wonder.Oh! My Lord, I am wearing such a beautiful form of you on my memory through Dharana Yoga. Please bless me with endless bliss having no blemishes.      

Let's pray to Hari, Vayu, and Gurus for their continued Jnana Prasada to take a look at the balance part of Bheeshma Stuti.  || Hari Om |||| Sri Krishnarpanamastu ||

Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1 - Bheeshma Stuti, The Forepart

Srimad Bhagavatam cleanses kalimala or the pollutant of Kali, destroys sins, shows the indweller, the Lord, in oneself by bringing Vairagya towards the materialistic world, and gives pure devotion, crystal clear, and clean knowledge. || Hari Om ||
Om Krishnaya Namahकृष्णाय वासुदेवाय देवकीनन्दनाय च ।नन्दगोपकुमाराय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥Sri Krishna! Being a hope to the imprisoned Devaki & Vasudeva caused happiness by mesmerizing Nandagopa, Gopikas and even the Goddess of abundant beauty. Vasudeva! creation, sustenance, destruction and so on is a sports charm of you. Govinda! you are the cause & protector of Vedas.Krishna, Vasudeva, Devaki Nandana, Nanda Gopa Kumara, Govinda, 
My repeated salutations to you.नमः पङ्कजनाभाय नमः पङ्कजमालिने ।नमः पङ्कजनेत्राय नमस्ते पङ्कजाङ्घ्रये ॥My salutations to the Lotus of the navel. My salutations to the Lotus garlanded.My salutations to Lotus petal eye. My salutations to the Lotus feet.

व्यासाय भव नाशाय श्रीशाय गुण राशऐ ।हृद्याय शुद्ध विद्याय मध्वायछ नमो नमः ॥Charming & the beloved Vyasa, the destroyer of emotional & behavioral disorders, the Lord of Goddess of abundance having heaps of attributes, bestower of clean knowledge, my repeated salutations to you and Acharya Madhwa.
यः स्वानुभावमखिलश्रुतिसारमेकमध्यात्मदीपमतितितीर्षतां तमोऽन्धम् ।संसारिणां करुणयाह पुराणगुह्यं तं व्याससूनुमुपयामि गुरुं मुनीनाम् ॥This Srimad Bhagavatam gives the experience of the Lord and has the essence of all Vedas and Vedanta. It sheds spiritual light on the transcendental philosophy required to surpass the intense cycle of death and birth which is wrapped in ignorance. However, it is very secretive in nature. Hence, I pray to you Sri Shukacharya for your continued blessings.
यद्भनौ यत्क्र्शानौ यदमृतकिरणे यद् ग्रहेषू दितेषुज्योतिर्यत्तारकासु प्रथितमणिषु यद्यच्च सौदामिनिषु ।सम्भूयौतत् समस्तं त्वदमितह्रदयाकाशनिर्यत्प्रकाशेधीर श्रीराघवेन्द्रव्रतिवरभजते हन्त खद्योतरीतिम् ॥The brightness of the Sun, Fire, Moon, Planets, Stars, Gems, Precious stones and Lightening put together is just like a firefly near the astonishing brilliance emanating from your lotus of Heart wherein the five forms of Lord Sri Rama, Sri Narasimha, Sri Veda Vyasa, Sri Krishna and Sriman Narayana are present in a significant way bestowing you the Brahmavarchas or the Sacred Knowledge.Gentle & Holy Sage, Sri Raghvendra, भजते, I worship you by surrendering myself.In the great war of Kurukshetra, Sri Bheeshmacharya had taken several arrows. These arrows had pierced through him forming a bed on which he laid waiting to accept death and relinquish his body. Sri Bheeshmacharya had accomplished the siddhi of Iccha Marana or perfection to have death at his time of choosing. Hence, he waited for the winter solstice, when the doors of Heaven would be opened. That is the first day of Uttarayana. During his wait, Sri Bheeshmacharya experienced the pain of eight garbhavasa i.e. the pain during the stay in the mother’s womb. Sri BheeshmacharyaDuring death, when jiva departs the mortal body, it experiences enormous pain while being in the cycle of death and birth, so too during birth. To God Garuda’s question in Garuda Purana, Lord Keshava who is always being worshipped by God Brahma & God Shiva says that the jiva experiences enormous pain & misery in the womb. It would be awash by feces and urine having a bad smell. The bitter, hot, salty and acidic taste. As the body develops, it experiences pain in all directions due to the heat of the digestive system of the mother and due to the narrow space of confinement for a very long period of time. Sri Bheeshmacharya experiences the pain of eight Garbavasas or equivalent to the pain in each of the eight deaths and births.All the Rishis including Brahma Rishis, Deva Rishis, Raja Rishis heard the news of Sri Bheeshmacharya. They visited him while he awaited death. Dharmaraja at the directions of Lord Sri Krishna and Lord Veda Vyasa having a dilemma on dharma visited along with his brothers, family Priests and the support brahmins. The Lord Bhaktvatsala for whom devotees are most dear was present in the form of Parashurama, Veda Vyasa, and Sri Krishna to bless Sri Bheeshmacharya. Seeing them, Sri Bheeshmacharya sings the Glory of the Lord who is full of mercy and compassion.This song on Glory of Lord  sung by Sri Bheeshmacharya is the most powerful versus having the ability to bestow the remembrance and thoughts of Lord at the last moments of one’s life when practiced daily by repeated chanting with a conscious mind, heart filled with Bhakti and doing anusandhana. Anusandhana is understanding the principles of philosophy in each verse, draw essence and implement it by practicing in all our day to day activities of life.Sri Bheeshmacharya says,एष वै भगवान् साक्षादाद्यो नारायणः पुमान् ।मोहयन् मायया लोकं गूढश्चरति वृष्णिषु ॥ १८॥Evidently, this Sri Krishna is the Lord of everything. He has created the Universe including his forms, all living beings and non-living things. He is the sustainer, destroyer, controller, bestowing ignorance and knowledge to confine all living beings to death-birth and liberates them with moksha. He is the cause of this existence. Even before this creation, when nothing was there, He was there. Hence, he is popular as अद्य or the first supreme Lord, Sriman Narayana. The same Sriman Narayana is appearing in the form of Sri Krishna here. Though he mesmerizes everyone with his charm, He is appearing as if another person has taken birth in the Vrishni clan. This way he is unfolding his sports charm. अस्यानुभावं भगवान् वेद गुह्यतमं शिवः ।देवर्षिर्नारदः साक्षाद्भगवान् कपिलो नृप ॥ १९॥His glory, His acts, and the way He influences are extremely secretive. And impenetrable. Yudhishthira! Only His form of Kapila, God Shiva and Deva Rishi, Narada is aware. Hence, they could predict the exact future without being deluded.यं मन्यसे मातुलेयं प्रियं मित्रं सुहृत्तमम् ।अकरोः सचिवं दूतं सौहृदादथ सारथिम् ॥ २०॥The one whom you think is your maternal uncle Vasudeva’s son, the dear friend, most trusted & special. And to whom with great love, you ask him to be your minister, messenger and even charioteer without any hesitation,  that very compassionate Sri Krishna is the very complete Brahman. He is the Almighty, Supreme Lord.    सर्वात्मनः समदृशो ह्यद्वयस्यानहङ्कृतेः ।तत्कृतं मतिवैषम्यं निरवद्यस्य न क्वचित् ॥ २१॥He is सर्वात्मनः, the Indweller of all living beings without an iota of वैषम्य or discrimination including in their मति, intellect. He is समदृश, fair and impartial. He is Supreme as he is अद्वय or second to none.तथाप्येकान्तभक्तेषु पश्य भूपानुकम्पितम् ।यन्मेऽसूंस्त्यजतः साक्षात्कृष्णो दर्शनमागतः ॥ २२॥Yudhishthira! The balanced Lord is impartial and has no prejudice, whatsoever. With his immeasurable love towards his vast devotees, you are seeing how the compassionate Lord is favoring all with divine grace! As I have taken-up death to forego this body, Lord Sri Krishna has come himself with his presence for my दर्शन or view.भक्त्यावेश्य मनो यस्मिन् वाचा यन्नाम कीर्तयन् ।त्यजन् कलेवरं योगी मुच्यते कामकर्मभिः ॥ २३॥To those great yogis who have filled their hearts with Bhakti in Lord, sing his namasankeertana with a mind focused towards him while foregoing the body to accept death, the most compassionate Lord will shear the bind of desire and actions breaking the cycle of death and birth.  स देवदेवो भगवान् प्रतीक्षतां कलेवरं यावदिदं हिनोम्यहम् ।प्रसन्नहासारुणलोचनोल्लसन्मुखाम्बुजोध्यानपथश्चतुर्भुजः॥ २४॥Such God of Gods has a bright lotus-like face, wearing charming smile with the lotus petal-shaped eye, the white of his eye appearing lotus pink and having four arms, Bhagavan blessing with his view only to great Yogis in their meditation, Lord Sri Krishna be present right in front of me, seeing me till I forego my body, says Sri Bheeshmacharya.      सूत उवाच, Sri Sutacharya says,युधिष्ठिरस्तदाकर्ण्य शयानं शरपञ्जरे ।अपृच्छद्विविधान् धर्मान् ऋषीणां चानुशृण्वताम् ॥ २५॥Sri Shaunaka! Hearing the words from Grandfather Bheeshma who was sleeping on the bed of arrows, Yudhishthira asked several clarifications on various subjects of statecraft in the presence of great Rishis & Munis.पुरुषस्वभावविहितान् यथावर्णं यथाश्रमम् ।वैराग्यरागोपाधिभ्यामाम्नातोभयलक्षणान् ॥ २६॥दानधर्मान् राजधर्मान् मोक्षधर्मान् विभागशः ।स्त्रीधर्मान् भगवद्धर्मान् समासव्यासयोगतः ॥ २७॥धर्मार्थकाममोक्षांश्च सहोपायान् यथा मुने ।नानाख्यानेतिहासेषु वर्णयामास तत्त्ववित् ॥ २८॥Then the Tattva Jnani, Sri Bheeshmacharya having the divine knowledge consistent with Varna or Profession and Ashrama or the Stage of life, explained natural behavior or dharma to be followed by human beings. Vairagya or dispassion towards materialistic life that needs to be developed. Also, due to the instinct of desire and greed, Grandfather Sri Bheeshmacharya explained the way प्रवृत्ति or Pravruti dharma or worldly activities and निवृत्ति or Nivruti dharma or abstaining from sensual pleasures have been set forth in various ways.  Those with Vairagya would follow Nivruti or Nishkama dharma and those with desire & anger would follow Pravruti dharma.  Further, Sri Bheeshmacharya explained the दानधर्मा or quality of benevolence one needs to develop through donations; राजधर्मा or the righteous way of administration; स्त्रीधर्मा or the duty for females including women & children; भगवद्धर्मा or the behaviour of Gods when they appear on earth, the divine order he has set-up to follow and the way for Jivas to please the Lord; मोक्षधर्मा or The way one should propitiate Lord doing spiritual practice by submitting to him. Also, the benefits or the way the accomplished beings live after moksha. All these he explained in a detailed and elaborate way. Also, he summarised the same in brief for a quick memory. Along with these, he explained Dharma, Kama, Artha and Moksha, the four Purusharthas or the objectives of life, the way to accomplish perfection in this. He illustrated this through short stories and reference to history.   The whole of Shanti Parva and the Anushasana Parva that has been detailed in Mahabarata has been briefly touched upon herein Srimad Bhagavatam by Lord Veda Vyasa.र्मं प्रवदतस्तस्य स कालः प्रत्युपस्थितः ।यो योगिनश्छन्दमृत्योर्वाञ्छितस्तूत्तरायणः ॥ २९॥Sri Bheeshmacharya who had Iccha Marana or death at his time of choosing was expounding the axiom of dharma. While he was doing so, the auspicious time for such highly accomplished yogis to leave the body had come. The Uttarayana had set in for the doors of heaven to be opened.      तदोपसंहृत्य गिरः सहस्रणी र्विमुक्तसङ्गं मन आदिपूरुषे ।कृष्णे लसत्पीतपटे चतुर्भुजे पुरः स्थितेऽमीलितदृग्व्यधारयत् ॥ ३०॥The protagonist of the thousands assembled there became silent. The assembled there were filled with joy to hear more, though. Sri Bheeshmacharya was sucked into meditation with open eyes. His attention moved towards the Adipurusha, the four-armed Lord wearing the yellow robes, Bhagavan Sri Krishna. He brought his mind towards Lord Krishna, fixed it there as it was not always his companion. Gazing at the Lord who was standing right in front of him, blink less, Sri Bheeshmacharya’s lotus of heart blossomed.विशुद्धया धारणया हताशुभ स्तदीक्षयैवाशु गतायुधव्यथः ।निवृत्तसर्वेन्द्रियवृत्तिविभ्रमस्तुष्टाव जन्यं विसृजञ्जनार्दनम् ॥ ३१॥This way, Sri Bheeshmacharya having absolutely no expectations whatsoever doing meditation wore the form of Lord through Dharana on to his memory firmly. In that Dharana yoga, all sins causing inauspiciousness fled out of him. The most compassionate Lord Sri Krishna had a glimpse of Sri Bheeshmacharya destroying all the pains. The pain equivalent to a summation of eight garbhavasa or in eight births. Also, the pain inflicted by several weapons including the arrows that had pierced through him in the war disappeared. As the time to forego the body was arriving, Sri Bheeshmacharya stopped all the activities of exterior sensory organs filled with bhakti sang the praises of the Lord. 
Let's pray to Hari, Vayu, and Gurus for their continued Jnana Prasada to take a look at the balance part of Bheeshma Stuti.|| Hari Om |||| Sri Krishnarpanamastu ||

Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1 - Dharmaraja’s Dilemma on Dharma

Srimad Bhagavatam cleanses kalimala or the pollutant of Kali, destroys sins, shows the indweller, the Lord, in oneself by bringing Vairagya towards the materialistic world, and gives pure devotion, crystal clear, and clean knowledge. || Hari Om ||
Om Krishnaya Namahकृष्णाय वासुदेवाय देवकीनन्दनाय च ।नन्दगोपकुमाराय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥Sri Krishna! Being a hope to the imprisoned Devaki & Vasudeva caused happiness by mesmerizing Nandagopa, Gopikas and even the Goddess of abundant beauty. Vasudeva! creation, sustenance, destruction and so on is a sports charm of you. Govinda! you are the cause & protector of Vedas.Krishna, Vasudeva, Devaki Nandana, Nanda Gopa Kumara, Govinda, 
My repeated salutations to you.नमः पङ्कजनाभाय नमः पङ्कजमालिने ।नमः पङ्कजनेत्राय नमस्ते पङ्कजाङ्घ्रये ॥My salutations to the Lotus of the navel. My salutations to the Lotus garlanded.My salutations to Lotus petal eye. My salutations to the Lotus feet.

व्यासाय भव नाशाय श्रीशाय गुण राशऐ ।हृद्याय शुद्ध विद्याय मध्वायछ नमो नमः ॥Charming & the beloved Vyasa, the destroyer of emotional & behavioral disorders, the Lord of Goddess of abundance having heaps of attributes, bestower of clean knowledge, my repeated salutations to you and Acharya Madhwa.
यः स्वानुभावमखिलश्रुतिसारमेकमध्यात्मदीपमतितितीर्षतां तमोऽन्धम् ।संसारिणां करुणयाह पुराणगुह्यं तं व्याससूनुमुपयामि गुरुं मुनीनाम् ॥This Srimad Bhagavatam gives the experience of the Lord and has the essence of all Vedas and Vedanta. It sheds spiritual light on the transcendental philosophy required to surpass the intense cycle of death and birth which is wrapped in ignorance. However, it is very secretive in nature. Hence, I pray to you Sri Shukacharya for your continued blessings.
यद्भनौ यत्क्र्शानौ यदमृतकिरणे यद् ग्रहेषू दितेषुज्योतिर्यत्तारकासु प्रथितमणिषु यद्यच्च सौदामिनिषु ।सम्भूयौतत् समस्तं त्वदमितह्रदयाकाशनिर्यत्प्रकाशेधीर श्रीराघवेन्द्रव्रतिवरभजते हन्त खद्योतरीतिम् ॥The brightness of the Sun, Fire, Moon, Planets, Stars, Gems, Precious stones and Lightening put together is just like a firefly near the astonishing brilliance emanating from your lotus of Heart wherein the five forms of Lord Sri Rama, Sri Narasimha, Sri Veda Vyasa, Sri Krishna and Sriman Narayana are present in a significant way bestowing you the Brahmavarchas or the Sacred Knowledge.Gentle & Holy Sage, Sri Raghvendra, भजते, I worship you by surrendering myself.After the great war of Kurukshetra, Yudhishthira was coronated as the King and Bheemasena as Crown Prince of the Kuru Kingdom by Lord in his forms of Veda Vyasa and Sri Krishna. For the fair and just governance of Yudhishthira, he became popular as Dharmaraja.
Sri Sutacharya continuing the narration of Srimad Bhagavatam to Sri Shaunaka & fellow Rishis says,व्यासाद्यैरीश्वरेहाज्ञैः कृष्णेनाद्भुतकर्मणा ।प्रबोधितोऽपीतिहासैर्नाबुध्यत शुचार्पितः ॥ ४६॥Shaunaka! Dharmaraja remembering the death of his relatives and friends sunk into melancholy. Having hidden meanings and objectives, Lord in the form of Veda Vyasa and even the form of Sri Krishna tried consoling Dharmaraja citing examples of history. They told him that he had carried out fair and good acts, consistent with the teachings of Lord Sri Krishna to Arjuna before the start of the war. Hence, they were successful in establishing Dharma of fair and good governance. They had done as per the wish of Lord, with his inspiration or Vishnu Prernaya and for pleasing him or Vishnu Preethyartham to accomplish Purusarthas or the objective of Life. However, King Yudhishthira was not convinced. All the time, his mind was occupied with scenes of the aftermath of the war of Kurukshetra. He continued sulking.
आह राजा धर्मसुतश्चिन्तयन् सुहृदां वधम् ।प्राकृतेनात्मना विप्राः स्नेहमोहवशं गतः ॥ ४७॥अहो मे पश्यताज्ञानं हृदि रूढं दुरात्मनः ।पारक्यस्यैव देहस्य बह्व्यो मेऽक्षौहिणीर्हताः ॥ ४८॥Sri Sutacharya says, Shaunaka! The son of Goddess of Dharma, King Yudhishthira had allowed his exterior mind of Prakriti to be tied up with relation to friendship and infatuation. Hence, being subjugated and controlled by exterior mind regarding the death of his relatives and friends, he thought thus,“So sad! I wonder as to how this ignorance has deeply rooted in my ill-natured heart? I have sacrificed bodies of soldiers forming several Akshauhini. These bodies have become food for dogs and wolves after the departure of their souls.”      In, The Axiom of Yoga continued, (we saw that the Shastras are saying that there are two minds. One which is made of nature or the exterior and the other with Swaroopa or Jivatma. Similarly, eyes for seeing, ears for hearing, nose for smelling, tongue for taste and skin for touch.  All Sensory organs that are seen exterior, the same is in Swaroopa or Jivatma including the one causing thoughts and intellect. The ones that are exterior are prone to disease and decay.  However, those in Jivatma is not destructible. The exterior sensory organs are the cause of samsara or death and birth. As these exterior sensory organs are made of Prakriti having guna of Sattvika, Rajasik and Tamasik and reason for Arishadvarga. These external sensory organs are tied to हृदय or Linga Deha with ग्रन्थि  or Knot. As the cracks appear, क्षीयन्ते चास्य कर्माणि or the Sins will disappear.
बालद्विजसुहृन्मित्रपितृभ्रातृगुरुद्रुहः ।न मे स्यान्निरयान्मोक्षो ह्यपि वर्षायुतायुतैः ॥ ४९॥नैनो राज्ञः प्रजाभर्तुर्धर्मयुद्धे वधो द्विषाम् ।इति मे न तु बोधाय कल्पते शासनं वचः ॥ ५०॥King Yudhishthira engrossed in himself thought "I have deceived several kids, brahmins, near & dear relatives and friends. Also, those in the position of elder or younger brothers, fathers, and Gurus. To all these and many more, I have deceived. Hence, having carried out such a big crime, even tens of millions of years in hell would not redeem my sins, thought Dharmaraja."While Lord in the form of Veda Vyasa and Sri Krishna including the family priest Dhaumya Rishi all quoted Shastras or The indoctrination that permits the King to go to war for justice and the protection of the citizens of his kingdom. Thus, permitting the King to order the killing of enemy soldiers. However, I am not able to absolve my guilt for the death of so many lives during the war. This is the emotional & behavioral disorder that Arjuna went through before the Great War of Kurukshetra. Arjuna seeing his Grandfather, brothers including Karna, Acharyas, Gurus, near & dear relatives and friends in the enemy line against whom he had to fight, drops his bow Gandiva to surrender to the enemy. To this Lord Sri Krishna unfurled Bhagavad Gita. He clarified that one is not born to serve himself or his sensory organs which always long for more. But for maintaining Bhagavad Dharma or the Lord's divine order. As a Kshatriya, there is a divine call to Yudhishthira for the killing of unfair and unjust Duryodhana. However, King Yudhishthira was caught up with a thought that the killings in the great war of Kurukshetra happened only for his personal benefits.  For him to become the King. Hence, the Kingdom has been established for him to enjoy Power. 
As a common man, we too are under the grip of such disorder of emotions and behavior. What comes to our mind, we think is right. Further, we reiterate the same. We fail to consider if what we think is consistent with Bhagavad Dharma or Lord's divine order.
स्त्रीणां मद्धतबन्धूनां द्रोहो योऽसाविहोत्थितः ।कर्मभिर्गृहमेधीयैर्नाहं कल्पो व्यपोहितुम् ॥ ५१॥यथा पङ्केन पङ्काम्भः सुरया वा सुराकृतम् ।भूतहत्यां तथैवैकां न यज्ञैर्मार्ष्टुमर्हति ॥ ५२॥King Yudhishthira thought that there is no spiritual austerity or sacrifice that could be carried out by a family man to absolve his sins accrued due to the curse of women & children for loss of near and dear in a war. Like the murky water cannot be cleaned with the muck. And the impurity caused to the soul by the liquor cannot be purified by liquor. Similarly, spiritual austerity having a sacrifice of animals cannot be redeemed for violence and killing. Under this circumstance, how could I redeem my sins? Thought King Yudhishthira.    

इति श्रीमद्भागवते महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां संहितायां प्रथमस्कन्धेकुन्तीस्तुतिर्युधिष्ठिरानुतापो नामाष्टमोऽध्यायः ॥ ८॥With this, we complete a part named "Kunti Stotra and Repentance of King Yudhishthira" of eighth Adhyaya, of Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1. We could do so only with the grace of Gurus including Sri Raghavendra and his philosophical associates including Sri Saunaka & his fellow Rishis, Sri Sutacahrya, Sri Sukachary, God Vayu, and Sri Hari as their Jnana Prasada.
सूत उवाच. Sri Sutacharya says, इति भीतः प्रजाद्रोहात्सर्वधर्मविवित्सया ।ततो विनशनं प्रागाद्यत्र देवव्रतोऽपतत् ॥ १॥तदा ते भ्रातरः सर्वे सदश्वैः स्वर्णभूषितैः ।अन्वगच्छन् रथैर्विप्रा व्यासधौम्यादयस्तथा ॥ २॥भगवानपि विप्रर्षे रथेन सधनञ्जयः ।स तैर्व्यरोचत नृपः कुबेर इव गुह्यकैः ॥ ३॥Shaunaka Rishi! This way, Dharmaraja’s Dilemma on Dharma continued. He suffered from fear. He thought he was the cause for the death of several soldiers. Accepting the suggestions of Lord in his forms of Sri Krishna and Veda Vyasa to take the opinion from the eldest of his Kuru family and since he had fought against them along with Duryodhana, King Yudhishthira decided to meet Sri Bheeshmacharya. 
Also, with a desire to learn the secrets of dharma or divine justice in statecraft from his grandfather, Sri Bheeshmacharya, Dharmaraja arrived at the battle-ground of Kurukshetra. Sri Bheeshmacharya was lying there on the bed of sharp arrows. At the same time, the other four brothers of Pandavas followed him in their chariots well decorated with gold plates and pulled by horses of very good breed. Also, they were accompanied by Lord Veda Vyasa, Dhaumya Rishi, the family priest and his assistant brahmins.  Lord Sri Krishna accompanied by Arjuna boarded the chariot and traveled to Kurukshetra. With all these dignitaries of high rank, King Yudhishthira appeared shining like King Kubera, the God of wealth in the assembly of high ranked Yakshas, says Sri Sutacharya
दृष्ट्वा निपतितं भूमौ दिवश्च्युतमिवामरम् ।प्रणेमुः पाण्डवा भीष्मं सानुगाः सह चक्रिणा ॥ ४॥तत्र ब्रह्मर्षयः सर्वे देवर्षयश्च सत्तम ।राजर्षयश्च तत्रासन् द्रष्टुं भरतपुङ्गवम् ॥ ५॥ Sri BheeshmacharyaTo Pandavas, Sri Bheeshmacharya appeared as divine God sleeping on the bed of arrows. He appeared as if he slipped down from heaven and had taken up the vow of religious observation. They had arrived along with Lord Sri Krishna. Seeing Sri Bheeshmacharya, the Pandavas paid their respects by offering salutations. To see the most eminent hero of Bharata, Sri Bheeshmacharya, all the Brahma Rishis, Deva Rishis, Raja Rishis accompanied with their students had arrived there by then, says Sri Sutacharya.Continuing the narration, Sri Sutacharya says,    पर्वतो नारदो धौम्यो भगवान् बादरायणः ।बृहदश्वो भरद्वाजः सशिष्यो रेणुकासुतः ॥ ६॥वसिष्ठ इन्द्रप्रमदस्त्रितो गृत्समदोऽसितः ।कक्षीवान् गौतमोऽत्रिश्च कौशिकोऽथ सुदर्शनः ॥ ७॥अन्ये च मुनयो ब्रह्मन् ब्रह्मरातादयोऽमलाः ।शिष्यैरुपेता आजग्मुः कश्यपाङ्गिरसादयः ॥ ८॥Parvata, Narada, Dhaumya, Bhagavan Veda Vyasa, Brihadaswa, Bharadwaja, Parashurama, Vasishtha, Indra Pramada, Trita, Gritsamad, Asita, Kakshivanta, Gautama, Atri, Vishwamitra, Sudarshan had arrived to see Sri Bheeshmacharya. Also, Brahmaratas who were initiated by god Brahma like Sukacharya, Kashyapa, Angirasa, and so on who were Maharishis with pure souls along with their support staff and students had arrived.
तान् समेतान् महाभागानुपलभ्य वसूत्तमः ।पूजयामास धर्मज्ञो देशकालविभागवित् ॥ ९॥कृष्णं च तत्प्रभावज्ञ आसीनं जगदीश्वरम् ।हृदिस्थं पूजयामास माययोपात्तविग्रहम् ॥ १०॥Knowing one’s duty and the protocol of response based on place and time, Sri Bheeshmacharya an incarnation of a God among Asta Vasu welcomed all the Sages and offered his salutations through thoughts in his mind.   Sri Bheeshmacharya, knowing the Lordship of Sri Krishna who appeared as if another human being seated among the sages creating an illusion to most of the people and also knowing him being an indweller in  each one's heart, offered salutations to Lord Sri Krishna.
पाण्डुपुत्रानुपासीनान् प्रश्रयप्रेमसङ्गतान् ।अभ्याचष्टानुरागास्रैरन्धीभूतेन चक्षुषा ॥ ११॥अहो कष्टमहोऽन्याय्यं यद्यूयं धर्मनन्दनाः ।जीवितुं नार्हथ क्लिष्टं विप्रधर्माच्युताश्रयाः ॥ १२॥The Pandavas always expresses their virtue of humility, sat next to the bed of arrows. They sat close to their grandfather, Sri Bheeshmacharya. Seeing them, the tears of joy rolled down the eyes of Sri Bheeshmacharya. Taking a while to come to terms with the situation, Sri Bheeshmacharya says,Dharmanandana! The Sons of Pandu! You all have believed in taking refuge of pious priests, the Dharma and the Lord. Though you all have always taken their refuge, yet, life has not been kind! Alas, you had to face lots of difficulties without good reasons. You all are not fit for such a state of poverty and difficult life.
Sri Bheeshmacharya continues to say,संस्थितेऽतिरथे पाण्डौ पृथा बालप्रजा वधूः ।युष्मत्कृते बहून् क्लेशान् प्राप्ता तोकवती मुहुः ॥ १३॥सर्वं कालकृतं मन्ये भवतां च यदप्रियम् ।सपालो यद्वशे लोको वायोरिव घनावलिः ॥ १४॥यत्र धर्मसुतो राजा गदापाणिर्वृकोदरः ।कृष्णोऽस्त्री गाण्डिवं चापं सुहृत्कृष्णस्ततो विपत् ॥ १५॥Pandu was a great warrior. He had an unexpected death. At that time, you all were too young. Hence, Kunti had to suffer a lot for your upbringing. Also, You all have to face the burden of the early death of Pandu.The way the clouds are under the control of wind so too in our lives. Each one’s life is under the control of Time. The Universe, including the Guardians of the Universe, are under the control of Time. There is no choice. But, all have to follow the dictates of Time. Hence, I believe that you are facing so many difficulties is in the charm of the sport of the Lord Time.Else, when the son of Dharma, Yudhishthira himself is King, the bearer of the terrific mace that could break the hardest, Sri Bheemasena and the bearer of terrifying bow and arrow, Arjuna are the guardians and the Lord Sri Krishna himself is a friend, how could difficulties even show it's face!
न ह्यस्य कर्हिचिद्राजन् पुमान् वेद विधित्सितम् ।यद्विजिज्ञासया युक्ता मुह्यन्ति कवयोऽपि हि ॥ १६॥तस्मादिदं दैवतन्त्रं व्यवस्य भरतर्षभ ।तस्यानुविहितोऽनाथा नाथ पाहि प्रजाः प्रभो ॥ १७॥Dharmanandana! The Sons of Pandu! The form of the Lord of Time, this Sri Krishna is a wonder! What are his intentions and how he intends to unfurl the situations can never be contemplated by any being! Even the most intelligent being falls into an illusion if he tries contemplating to predict the future.
The best in Bharat! All the happenings on the earth are as per the wish of the Lord. The subjects in the Kingdom of Bharat have become orphans without a King. Hence, return to Hastinapura to protect them. Also, you are the most capable to take care.

Hence, even before Dharmaraja asks the question to get clarifications on his Dilemma, Sri Bheeshmacharya suffering from an intense pain with several arrows pierced through him forming a bed answers conclusively. He says that no matter who the person is, he is under the control of Bhagavad Dharma or the Lord's divine order. Even though it is Kunti Devi, the aunt of Lord Sri Krishna or Pandavas, a relative and dear friend of Sri Krishna. Also, the evil Duryodhana including all those who supported him in the great war of Kurukshetra are under the control of Bhagavad Dharma or the Lord's divine order.
Subsequently, Sri Bheeshmacharya sings the Glory of Lord that is famously known as Bheeshma Stuti. Let's pray to Hari, Vayu, and Gurus for their continued blessings to take a look at the famous Bheeshma Stuti.
|| Hari Om |||| Sri Krishnarpanamastu ||

Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1 - Kunti Stotra

Srimad Bhagavatam cleanses kalimala or the pollutant of Kali, destroys sins, shows the indweller, the Lord, in oneself by bringing Vairagya towards the materialistic world, and gives pure devotion, crystal clear, and clean knowledge. 

|| Hari Om ||
Om Krishnaya Namahकृष्णाय वासुदेवाय देवकीनन्दनाय च ।नन्दगोपकुमाराय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥Sri Krishna! Being a hope to the imprisoned Devaki & Vasudeva caused happiness by mesmerizing Nandagopa, Gopikas and even the Goddess of abundant beauty. Vasudeva! creation, sustenance, destruction and so on is a sports charm of you. Govinda! you are the cause & protector of Vedas.Krishna, Vasudeva, Devaki Nandana, Nanda Gopa Kumara, Govinda, 
My repeated salutations to you.नमः पङ्कजनाभाय नमः पङ्कजमालिने ।नमः पङ्कजनेत्राय नमस्ते पङ्कजाङ्घ्रये ॥My salutations to the Lotus of the navel. My salutations to the Lotus garlanded.My salutations to Lotus petal eye. My salutations to the Lotus feet.

व्यासाय भव नाशाय श्रीशाय गुण राशऐ ।हृद्याय शुद्ध विद्याय मध्वायछ नमो नमः ॥Charming & the beloved Vyasa, the destroyer of emotional & behavioral disorders, the Lord of Goddess of abundance having heaps of attributes, bestower of clean knowledge, my repeated salutations to you and Acharya Madhwa.
यः स्वानुभावमखिलश्रुतिसारमेकमध्यात्मदीपमतितितीर्षतां तमोऽन्धम् ।संसारिणां करुणयाह पुराणगुह्यं तं व्याससूनुमुपयामि गुरुं मुनीनाम् ॥This Srimad Bhagavatam gives the experience of the Lord and has the essence of all Vedas and Vedanta. It sheds spiritual light on the transcendental philosophy required to surpass the intense cycle of death and birth which is wrapped in ignorance. However, it is very secretive in nature. Hence, I pray to you Sri Shukacharya for your continued blessings.
यद्भनौ यत्क्र्शानौ यदमृतकिरणे यद् ग्रहेषू दितेषुज्योतिर्यत्तारकासु प्रथितमणिषु यद्यच्च सौदामिनिषु ।सम्भूयौतत् समस्तं त्वदमितह्रदयाकाशनिर्यत्प्रकाशेधीर श्रीराघवेन्द्रव्रतिवरभजते हन्त खद्योतरीतिम् ॥The brightness of the Sun, Fire, Moon, Planets, Stars, Gems, Precious stones and Lightening put together is just like a firefly near the astonishing brilliance emanating from your lotus of Heart wherein the five forms of Lord Sri Rama, Sri Narasimha, Sri Veda Vyasa, Sri Krishna and Sriman Narayana are present in a significant way bestowing you the Brahmavarchas or the Sacred Knowledge.Gentle & Holy Sage, Sri Raghvendra, भजते, I worship you by surrendering myself.
After the war of Kurukshetra, Lord Sri Krishna saw to it that Yudhistira ascended the throne of the Kuru Kingdom. Thus ensuring the reinstatement of Dharmarajya or fair & just governance to the common people. Subsequently, when Lord Sri Krishna bid farewell and boarded the chariot to proceed to Dwarka, Uttara Devi ran towards him seeking his protection to the baby in her womb from Brahmashirshastra that was executed by Ashwathama. With one of his forms of brilliance, Lord entered the womb of Uttara Devi and neutralized the aggression of the Brahmashirshastra.After narrating all this to Sri Shaunaka & fellow rishis, Sri Sutacharya started narrating the famous Kunti Stotra that has the power of bestowing Aparoksha Jnana. She addressed Sri Krishna as the Supreme Lord or Adi Purusha in recognition of His Lordship. She praised Sri Krishna's Supremacy over Prakriti or Goddess Lakshmi and the best of Jiva or God Brahma. She sang the attributes of Lord, his names and the Sports Charm.We as common human beings encounter difficulties every now and then. Most of us without a second thought, run to the Lord seeking an immediate solution for every difficulty we encounter. We do this at the drop of a hat. We want his blessings and protections only when we go wrong. But hardly we realize that all happenings of delight are because of the blessings of Lord. So too, the solutions to all our problems. Hence, we miss upon our sense of gratitude.However, the most noteworthy virtue exhibited by Kunti Devi is Titiksha or having the patience to endure the ragging of samsara or the grind of life.  Hence, in this Stotra or the praises to Lord, Kunti Devi assigns the attribute of Lord giving difficulties to Jiva as the kindest, compassionate, and bridge towards himself.       Continuing on Kunti Stotra,  Kunti Devi says,           गोप्याददे त्वयि कृतागसि दाम तावद्या ते दशाश्रुकलिलाञ्जनसम्भ्रमाक्षम् ।वक्त्रं निनीय भयभावनया स्थितस्य सा मां विमोहयति भीरपि यद्बिभेति ॥ ३१॥ DamodaraLord! I have heard the stories about you. Appearing in the house of Yashoda and Nanda Gopa, you have been showing your sports Charm. One day you happened to break the earthen pot full of butter. Yashoda not realizing your Lordship brought a rope to tie you up. The reaction displayed by you to Yashoda Devi scares me, Says Kunti Devi.Though full of attributes and stainless, your eyes filled with tears mixing with the grease of eye black had flowed down your cheeks arousing the extreme feeling of motherhood. You appeared as if being scared to Yashoda Devi’s rope and dropped your head as if you had done a mistake. Meditating on this form of you makes me illusioned every time. I'm Scared of being misled by your acts. Oh! My Lord, the death itself is scared of you, how could Yashoda scare you?     केचिदाहुरजं जातं पुण्यश्लोकस्य कीर्तये ।यदोः प्रियस्यान्ववाये मलयस्येव चन्दनम् ॥ ३२॥अपरे वसुदेवस्य देवक्यां याचितोऽभ्यगात् ।अजस्त्वमस्य क्षेमाय वधाय च सुरद्विषाम् ॥ ३३॥भारावतारणायान्ये भुवो नाव इवोदधौ ।सीदन्त्या भूरिभारेण जातो ह्यात्मभुवार्थितः ॥ ३४॥भवेऽस्मिन् क्लिश्यमानानामविद्याकामकर्मभिः ।श्रवणस्मरणार्हाणि करिष्यन्निति केचन ॥ ३५॥For you, there is no birth nor death. Yet you appeared as the son of Devaki & Vasudeva and grew up with Yashoda & Nanda Gopa. The great saints opine that you did so, To increase the fame of Malaya hills where sandalwood trees grow in abundance due to your blessings. To bring fame to Yashoda & Nanda Gopa and to the Yadhu clan. As your appearance is a divine verse well-spoken of having good fame.The other great saints believe that in the previous birth of Devaki & Vasudeva as Sutapa & Vrishni you had blessed them with a boon that you would be born to them as their Son. Hence you appeared as the son of Devaki & Vasudeva.Also, as requested by Gods to cause prosperity on Earth and the destruction of the wicked, you appeared as the son of Devaki & Vasudeva.Some others believe that as the sinners had carried out intense and large sins, their weight on mother earth had increased enormously making her unbearable. Hence, the extremely troubled mother earth had started sinking in the middle of the sea. Therefore, God Brahma had prayed to you for her help and hence you appeared on earth.In this intense cycle of death & birth wrapped in ignorance having a keen desire for endless actions, people are stuck with sorrow & grief. With an intent to remember, hear, read your divine sports charm that uplifts “we the people suffering from sorrow & grief” you have appeared on earth, say some.शृण्वन्ति गायन्ति गृणन्त्यभीक्ष्णशः स्मरन्ति नन्दन्ति तवेहितं जनाः ।त एव पश्यन्त्यचिरेण तावकं भवप्रवाहोपरमं पदाम्बुजम् ॥ ३६॥However, your fortunate devotees remain happy as they are blessed with a taste to hear of your stories, singing your glories & names repeatedly. Also, remember your sports charm always. Only such devotees of yours would be able to break the cycle of death & birth. They will have the sight of your Lotus feet and take refuge only there.            अप्यद्य नस्त्वं स्वकृतेहित प्रभो जिहाससि स्वित्सुहृदोऽनुजीविनः ।येषां न चान्यद्भवतः पदाम्बुजात्परायणं राजसु योजितांहसाम् ॥ ३७॥My Lord! You are like the Kalpavruksha or the wish fulfilling tree of heaven on earth to your devotees. We are yours, you’re our relative and we live in your shadow.  Do you wish to leave us and proceed your way to Dwarka?Lord! You know how all the kings on this earth harbor enmity against us. Your Lotus Feet is the only place where we have a refuge. So, please do not leave us.के वयं नामरूपाभ्यां यदुभिः सह पाण्डवाः ।भवतोऽदर्शनं यर्हि हृषीकाणामिवेशितुः ॥ ३८॥Atma is the bearer and motivator of all Indriya. Other than Atma, who else can give a place for the existence to Indriyas and power them? Similarly, my Lord! without your presence and sight, how could the clan of Yadhu and Pandavas have a name, form, existence, and power? How can they live? नेयं शोभिष्यते तत्र यथेदानीं गदाधर ।त्वत्पदैरङ्किता भाति स्वलक्षणविलक्षितैः ॥ ३९॥My Lord! Gadadhara! You hold the mace named Kaumodaki. Your divine Lotus feet have auspicious symbols and have made this place of Kuru kingdom special and beautiful. Your departure would make this place dull.  इमे जनपदाः स्वृद्धाः सुपक्वौषधिवीरुधः ।वनाद्रिनद्युदन्वन्तो ह्येधन्ते तव वीक्षितैः ॥ ४०॥The kind-hearted Lord! Your glimpse of favor has yielded an abundance of food grains, fruits & flowers, creepers, plants, and trees. Even the countryside is filled with lakes & rivers. The forests, hills, and mountains are filled with natural resources with just your glimpse. अथ विश्वेश विश्वात्मन् विश्वमूर्ते स्वकेषु मे ।स्नेहपाशमिमं छिन्धि दृढं पाण्डुषु वृष्णिषु ॥ ४१॥Lord of the Universe! This whole universe is An idol of you. Inside, are you as a universal soul. A deep sense of affection in Pandavas & Yadavas has grown in me and has made me possessive. This affable relationship is of Prakriti and limited to the physical body. Hence, I pray to you to kindly cut this bind of affection.त्वयि मेऽनन्यविषया मतिर्मधुपतेऽसकृत् ।रतिमुद्वहतादद्धा गङ्गेवौघमुदन्वति ॥ ४२॥Madhupati! Your appearance in the family of Madhu has brought fame to the Yadhu clan. Lord Sri Krishna, like the entire water flowing in the river Ganga, merges with the sea, so too should my mind without straying here and there and my heart oozing with the nectar of divine love should flow only towards you and only you.  श्रीकृष्ण कृष्णसख वृष्ण्यृषभावनिध्रुग्राजन्यवंशदहनानपवर्गवीर्य ।गोविन्द गोद्विजसुरार्तिहरावतार योगेश्वराखिलगुरो भगवन् नमस्ते ॥ ४३॥Sri Krishna! The dear friend of Arjuna! Vrishni! The jewel in the crown of Yadhu clan! The fire burning down the sinners disguised as Kings! The brave hero! Govinda! The cause & protector of Vedas, Godvija! The protector of Cows & twice-born, having come to remove the difficulties of Gods, my Lord! The Lord of Yoga! Guru! Bhagavan! My repeated Salutations to You.

Sri Sutacharya says to Shaunaka & fellow Rishisसूत उवाचपृथयेत्थं कलपदैः परिणूताखिलोदयः ।मन्दं जहास वैकुण्ठो मोहयन्निव मायया ॥ ४४॥तां बाढमित्युपामन्त्र्य प्रविश्य गजसाह्वयम् ।स्त्रियश्च स्वपुरं यास्यन् प्रेम्णा राज्ञा निवारितः ॥ ४५॥This way Kunti Devi praised the Lord with sweet words singing his names and sports charm. Hearing this, ever-charming Lord Sri Krishna who has Vaikuntha as his abode accepted Kunti Devi's request to stay back in Hastinapura. The entire crowd with a heavy heart that had assembled to see him off were mesmerized with his gentle smile. A second of pin-drop silence engulfed the surrounding with the spellbound crowd and everyone distinctly heard Lord Saying to Kunti Devi, “Aunt! So may it be.”As the crowd cheered watching him, Lord Sri Krishna walked back towards the palace accompanied with the King Yudhishthira, Sister Subhadra and others who had all opposed his travel to Dwarka.  || Hari Om |||| Sri Krishnarpanamastu ||

Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1 - Bhakti Yoga of Uttara Devi and Kunti Devi

Srimad Bhagavatam cleanses kalimala or the pollutant of Kali, destroys sins, shows the indweller, the Lord, in oneself by bringing Vairagya towards the materialistic world, and gives pure devotion, crystal clear, and clean knowledge. 

|| Hari Om ||
Om Krishnaya Namahकृष्णाय वासुदेवाय देवकीनन्दनाय च ।नन्दगोपकुमाराय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥Sri Krishna! Being a hope to the imprisoned Devaki & Vasudeva caused happiness by mesmerizing Nandagopa, Gopikas and even the Goddess of abundant beauty. Vasudeva! creation, sustenance, destruction and so on is a sports charm of you. Govinda! you are the cause & protector of Vedas.Krishna, Vasudeva, Devaki Nandana, Nanda Gopa Kumara, Govinda, 
My repeated salutations to you.नमः पङ्कजनाभाय नमः पङ्कजमालिने ।नमः पङ्कजनेत्राय नमस्ते पङ्कजाङ्घ्रये ॥My salutations to the Lotus of the navel. My salutations to the Lotus garlanded.My salutations to Lotus petal eye. My salutations to the Lotus feet.

व्यासाय भव नाशाय श्रीशाय गुण राशऐ ।हृद्याय शुद्ध विद्याय मध्वायछ नमो नमः ॥Charming & the beloved Vyasa, the destroyer of emotional & behavioral disorders, the Lord of Goddess of abundance having heaps of attributes, bestower of clean knowledge, my repeated salutations to you and Acharya Madhwa.
यः स्वानुभावमखिलश्रुतिसारमेकमध्यात्मदीपमतितितीर्षतां तमोऽन्धम् ।संसारिणां करुणयाह पुराणगुह्यं तं व्याससूनुमुपयामि गुरुं मुनीनाम् ॥This Srimad Bhagavatam gives the experience of the Lord and has the essence of all Vedas and Vedanta. It sheds spiritual light on the transcendental philosophy required to surpass the intense cycle of death and birth which is wrapped in ignorance. However, it is very secretive in nature. Hence, I pray to you Sri Shukacharya for your continued blessings.
यद्भनौ यत्क्र्शानौ यदमृतकिरणे यद् ग्रहेषू दितेषुज्योतिर्यत्तारकासु प्रथितमणिषु यद्यच्च सौदामिनिषु ।सम्भूयौतत् समस्तं त्वदमितह्रदयाकाशनिर्यत्प्रकाशेधीर श्रीराघवेन्द्रव्रतिवरभजते हन्त खद्योतरीतिम् ॥The brightness of the Sun, Fire, Moon, Planets, Stars, Gems, Precious stones and Lightening put together is just like a firefly near the astonishing brilliance emanating from your lotus of Heart wherein the five forms of Lord Sri Rama, Sri Narasimha, Sri Veda Vyasa, Sri Krishna and Sriman Narayana are present in a significant way bestowing you the Brahmavarchas or the Sacred Knowledge.Gentle & Holy Sage, Sri Raghvendra, भजते, I worship you by surrendering myself.
In Shaunaka Rishi's Virtue of Humility, Sri Shaunaka & his fellow Rishis had asked Sri Sutachary through the ninth verse of the fourth adhyaya: अभिमन्युसुतं सूत प्राहुर् - भागवतोत्तमम् ।तस्य जन्म महाश्चर्यं कर्माणि च गृणीहि नः ॥ ९॥Sri Sutha Puranika! We have heard that the son of Abhimanyu, Parakshid Raja was the best of Bhagavata following Bhagavata dharma to letter and spirit. His birth itself was a wonder. Please tell us the extraordinary story of his birth and all his outstanding activities.Answering this, Sri Sutacharya narrates the story of Ashwathama including the execution of Brahmashirsha Astra and his refusal to callback its aggression on the offspring of Pandavas. Hence, Uttara Devi the wife of Abhimanyu prays to Lord Sri Krishna seeking protection, says,
पाहि महायोगिन् देवदेव जगत्पते ।नान्यं त्वदभयं पश्ये यत्र मृत्युः परस्परम् ॥ ९॥अभिद्रवति मामीश शरस्तप्तायसो विभो ।कामं दहतु मां नाथ मा मे गर्भो निपात्यताम् ॥ १०॥The God of Gods! The Lord of the Universe! The greatest Yogi! Save me! Save me! None other than you could offer protection to me. Here, everyone is becoming a cause for one another’s death. My Lord! You are Omnipotent. All-Powerful. An iron arrow burnt red hot is chasing me. If needed, let it kill me. However, please bless the safety of the baby growing in my womb. Lord Sri Krishna for whom the devotees are most dear, protected both the Bhagavatas from Brahmashirsha Astra through his वैष्णवं तेज or his brilliance. He blessed Abhaya or safety to the selfless, ready to sacrifice her own life, Uttara Devi and the baby in her womb. Hearing this Sri Shaunaka & his fellow Rishis were astonished.
मा मंस्था ह्येतदाश्चर्यं सर्वाश्चर्यमयेऽच्युते ।य इदं मायया देव्या सृजत्यवति हन्त्यजः ॥ १६॥One need not be astonished by this, said Sri Sutacharya. Our Lord is awesome. He is the most amazing one. He is Achyutha, having no decline. The unchanging Lord without birth nor death having immeasurable power using Prakriti creates, sustains, destroys, and regulates the whole universe. He is Paramatma or Supreme Atma to confine other Atmas to death & birth. Subsequently, releasing them with Moksha.Remember, this is the same as the first verse of prayer in this Srimad Bhagavatam taught by Lord Veda Vyasa himself. जन्माद्यस्य or His attribute of Creation, Sustenance, Destruction, Regulation, providing - Knowledge, Ignorance, Bandha or Confinement and Moksha or Liberation has the highest fame. Overwhelmed by the protection of Lord Sri Krishna at every step of their life, the virtuous Sadhvi Kunti Devi’s heart oozes with devotion. She addresses Lord Sri Krishna to offer her gratitude. Submitting herself sings the famous Kunti Stotra, 
कुन्त्युवाचनमस्ये पुरुषं त्वाद्यमीश्वरं प्रकृतेः परम् ।अलक्ष्यं सर्वभूतानामन्तर्बहिरवस्थितम् ॥ १८॥You are the Purusha without beginning nor end. Using Prakruti, you have created the vast Universe and gave birth to Jivas starting from God Brahma to a blade of grass. However, neither Prakruti nor Jiva can influence you as you are Satchidananda, the best of all and the Supreme Lord. You are inside as well as outside the universe, all material substances, and living beings. You are omnipresent. Yet we are unable to know you. Nor the best of being, does God Brahma or even Goddess Lakshmi knows you completely. My Salutations to you.
मायाजवनिकाच्छन्नमज्ञाधोक्षजमव्ययम् ।न लक्ष्यसे मूढदृशा नटो नाट्यधरो यथा ॥ १९॥To understand you, I should understand myself. With the concealment of Jeevachadika, I do not have the ability to look into myself as my Indriya or the sensory organs are always looking outwards for happiness. Also, the veil of Paramachadika between you and me is obstructing me to know you. Though I am born with a human body that diseases & decays, I have been caught in the grips of your Vishnu Maya causing illusions and chasing the mirage of happiness outwards.Whenever I close my eyes and sit to meditate your form & fame, I only see darkness & short-lived contemplation of your fame though you are present in me as my Indweller. Omniscient Lord Adhokshaja! You know everything and have surpassed the knowledge & happiness that come from Indriya. You are a supreme actor playing immeasurable roles with several acts and unique outfits. How can a dull and ignorant person like me recognize you? Only your blessings will bestow the knowledge of myself, you, and the happiness therein.
तथा परमहंसानां मुनीनाममलात्मनाम् ।भक्तियोगविधानार्थं कथं पश्येम हि स्त्रियः ॥ २०॥The Paramahamsa like Sanakaadi yogis, Naradaadi Rishis, and the Aparoksha Jnanis have overcome Ignorance, desire, anger, actions, & so on giving up the materialistic world to gain pure heart brimming with devotion in you and crystal clear and clean knowledge of you. For them, you are the subject of Bhakti Yoga. How can a common woman like me recognize you? Asks Kunti Devi.
Sri Krishna
कृष्णाय वासुदेवाय देवकीनन्दनाय च ।नन्दगोपकुमाराय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥ २१॥
नमः पङ्कजनाभाय नमः पङ्कजमालिने ।नमः पङ्कजनेत्राय नमस्ते पङ्कजाङ्घ्रये ॥ २२॥

Krishna, Vasudeva, Devaki Nandana, Nanda Gopa Kumara, Govinda, My repeated salutations to you.My salutations to the Lotus of the navel. My salutations to the Lotus garlanded.My salutations to Lotus petal eye. My salutations to the Lotus feet.

यथा हृषीकेश खलेन देवकी कंसेन रुद्धातिचिरं शुचार्पिता ।विमोचिताहं च सहात्मजा विभो त्वयैव नाथेन मुहुर्विपद्गणात् ॥ २३॥विषान्महाग्नेः पुरुषाददर्शनादसत्सभाया वनवासकृच्छ्रतः ।मृधे मृधेऽनेकमहारथास्त्रतोद्रौण्यस्त्रतश्चास्म हरेऽभिरक्षिताः ॥ २४॥Oh! Lord Hrishikesha, Your mother Devaki was put in jail and the babies born to her were brutally killed by the wicked Kamsa. You saved her by destroying Kamsa. It’s not just that you saved your mother from her sorrow & grief, you have saved me and my children from one difficulty after another. You are the All-powerful, Almighty Lord.Lord Sri Krishna! Only you have saved all my five sons Pandavas from Duryodhana and his evil cronies. Bheema was poisoned, tied with a chain to dead weight, and thrown into a river to sink and die. Yudhisthira was lured into the gambling and deceived. You protected us during our exile period of living in the forest and from evils like Hidimba. At every stage in the war of Kurukshetra, you saved the Pandavas from dangerous weapons executed by the expert warriors. Now you saved us from the Brahmashirsha Astra. Your favor with blessings is endless!
विपदः सन्तु नः शश्वत्तत्र तत्र जगद्गुरो ।भवतो दर्शनं यत्स्यादपुनर्भवदर्शनम् ॥ २५॥जन्मैश्वर्यश्रुतश्रीभिरेधमानमदः पुमान् ।नैवार्हत्यभिधातुं वै त्वामकिञ्चनगोचरम् ॥ २६॥नमोऽकिञ्चनवित्ताय निवृत्तगुणवृत्तये ।आत्मारामाय शान्ताय कैवल्यपतये नमः ॥ २७॥Jagadguru! The teacher of the Universe, gives me difficulties all the time, in all my activities that I take-up while being in this cycle of death & birth. Let there be obstructions coming more frequently. So, during all my difficult times, compassionate Lord! You will stand with me blessing with thoughts of you making your sight definitive. The sight of you would break the cycle of death & birth with Moksha.You will bless with the sight of your presence to only those who have nothing of their own. Those being utterly poor and destitute. Then, how can the brags intoxicated with the pride of the clan or the class or authority or for being famous or wealthy and so on would even get the thoughts to singing your names? How can they become even eligible?Hence, Lord Krishna! Please bless me without any of those yielding intoxications. You are a treasure for all those who have nothing of their own and yet propitiating you without expectations. You surpass the three Gunas or Prakriti including their effects. Being engrossed in yourself and having no expectations from anyone else, you are Atmarama. You are serene and the only Lord to bestow Moksha having eternal bliss.My salutations to you.
मन्ये त्वां कालमीशानमनादिनिधनं विभुम् ।समं चरन्तं सर्वत्र भूतानां यन्मिथः कलिः ॥ २८॥My Lord! I know you have no beginning nor end. From the immeasurable time of past to an immeasurable time in future, being omnipresent, you are the Lord of Time controlling everyone’s lifespan. In this form of Sri Krishna, you are here to reduce the Sin on mother earth. Through the war of Kurukshetra, you took away the life of all the sinners. Though there are differences and aberrations among all living beings and nonliving things, you are present in all of them with equanimity. Lord is the Indweller of each individual Jiva. Consistent with the intrinsic characters and Gunas, the Jiva practices perfection doing Sadhana. Accordingly, the Lord supports the practice to accomplish their utmost.
न वेद कश्चिद्भगवंश्चिकीर्षितं तवेहमानस्य नृणां विडम्बनम् ।न यस्य कश्चिद्दयितोऽस्ति कर्हिचिद्द्वेष्यश्च यस्मिन्विषमा मतिर्नृणाम् ॥ २९॥Bhagavan! When you appear among us the people of earth showing your sports charm, no one could contemplate your actions and intentions. You delay as if a fellow human being. Though the people have unfair mind towards you, never have you had one whom you like nor whom you dislike. 
जन्म कर्म च विश्वात्मन्नजस्याकर्तुरात्मनः ।तिर्यङ्नृर्षिषु यादःसु तदत्यन्तविडम्बनम् ॥ ३०॥Vishwatma! You are the pure soul of the Universe having no birth nor are you duty-bound. Yet, you take birth with all the Jivas including the birds that live in the sky, plants & animals that live in water and those living on earth. Also, in ordinary human, rishis, and munies to carry out the actions consistent with the behavior of those species.My Lord! I wonder as to what sort of Sports Charm is this. says Kunti Devi.
Let's seek the continued blessings of Lord Sri Hari, Vayu, and Gurus to take a look at the remaining part of Kunti Stotra.|| Hari Om |||| Sri Krishnarpanamastu ||

Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1 - Protection of Uttara Devi’s Womb from Brahmashirshastra

Srimad Bhagavatam cleanses kalimala or the pollutant of Kali, destroys sins, shows the indweller, the Lord, in oneself by bringing Vairagya towards the materialistic world, and gives pure devotion, crystal clear, and clean knowledge. 

|| Hari Om ||
Om Krishnaya Namahकृष्णाय वासुदेवाय देवकीनन्दनाय च ।नन्दगोपकुमाराय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥Sri Krishna! Being a hope to the imprisoned Devaki & Vasudeva caused happiness by mesmerizing Nandagopa, Gopikas and even the Goddess of abundant beauty. Vasudeva! creation, sustenance, destruction and so on is a sports charm of you. Govinda! you are the cause & protector of Vedas.Krishna, Vasudeva, Devaki Nandana, Nanda Gopa Kumara, Govinda, 
My repeated salutations to you.नमः पङ्कजनाभाय नमः पङ्कजमालिने ।नमः पङ्कजनेत्राय नमस्ते पङ्कजाङ्घ्रये ॥My salutations to the Lotus of the navel. My salutations to the Lotus garlanded.My salutations to Lotus petal eye. My salutations to the Lotus feet.

व्यासाय भव नाशाय श्रीशाय गुण राशऐ ।हृद्याय शुद्ध विद्याय मध्वायछ नमो नमः ॥Charming & the beloved Vyasa, the destroyer of emotional & behavioral disorders, the Lord of Goddess of abundance having heaps of attributes, bestower of clean knowledge, my repeated salutations to you and Acharya Madhwa.
यः स्वानुभावमखिलश्रुतिसारमेकमध्यात्मदीपमतितितीर्षतां तमोऽन्धम् ।संसारिणां करुणयाह पुराणगुह्यं तं व्याससूनुमुपयामि गुरुं मुनीनाम् ॥This Srimad Bhagavatam gives the experience of the Lord and has the essence of all Vedas and Vedanta. It sheds spiritual light on the transcendental philosophy required to surpass the intense cycle of death and birth which is wrapped in ignorance. However, it is very secretive in nature. Hence, I pray to you Sri Shukacharya for your continued blessings.
यद्भनौ यत्क्र्शानौ यदमृतकिरणे यद् ग्रहेषू दितेषुज्योतिर्यत्तारकासु प्रथितमणिषु यद्यच्च सौदामिनिषु ।सम्भूयौतत् समस्तं त्वदमितह्रदयाकाशनिर्यत्प्रकाशेधीर श्रीराघवेन्द्रव्रतिवरभजते हन्त खद्योतरीतिम् ॥The brightness of the Sun, Fire, Moon, Planets, Stars, Gems, Precious stones and Lightening put together is just like a firefly near the astonishing brilliance emanating from your lotus of Heart wherein the five forms of Lord Sri Rama, Sri Narasimha, Sri Veda Vyasa, Sri Krishna and Sriman Narayana are present in a significant way bestowing you the Brahmavarchas or the Sacred Knowledge.Gentle & Holy Sage, Sri Raghvendra, भजते, I worship you by surrendering myself.In the fight for Justice, we saw the way Ashwathama threatened for his Life uses Brahmasirshastra having no other weapon to neutralize it except for another Brahmasirshastra. Hence Arjuna responded with another Brahmasirshastra. However, as the collision of these would destroy the whole universe, the Lord intervened in his form of Veda Vyasa. He held these two missiles in his two hands. Consoling Aswhatama and Arjuna asks them to call back those missiles. Arjuna does so. But Ashwathama fails only to call back through words against the five Pandavas. When Lord in his form of Sri Krishna asks Ashwathama to call back even against offsprings of Pandavas, he gets angry and accuses the Lord. To which Sri Krishna says,“Mean minded Ashwathama! I know the word you have given to Duryodhana. You want to cease the Pandu dynasty and further that of Dhritarashtra. Do what you can! Use all the power at your hand. But I shall make sure that the Pandu dynasty will continue for another thousand years. You have sinned by killing helpless men without arms, women, and children including animals. You will fail in your attempt to kill Uttaradevi and also the baby growing in her womb.No power on this earth can match that of mine. Nor anyone can stop the Pandava dynasty continuing for another thousand years on this earth. Your body will be full of soars, bleeding & stinking to irritate people. You are banished from the place of human dwellings. Go and live in the forest”.Ashwathama having lost his divine bead and even the Sikha or tufted hair tied with a knot walks into the forest. Lord Sri Krishna leads the Pandavas to the capital city of Hastinapura where they meet the blind King Dhritarashtra and his wife Gandhari. King Dhritarashtra continues to carry enmity against Pandavas. Gandhari having lost her hundred sons questions Bheemasena of killing all her children. She asks him why he did not spare at least one of her hundred sons to take care during their last days and do the death ceremony. Bheemasena silences them by reasoning affirmative question as“When Duryodhana along with his cronies carried out several evil deeds, you remained blind. You did not question even for his single wicked act. Now, after having killed the wicked to destroy Adharma or Injustice from the face of the earth and as we are in the process of instating Justice, you are questioning us”.The entire Kuru family including Pandavas & Kauravas sinks into melancholy. A feeling of pensive sadness sets into them. A short description of the subsequent happenings is in Srimad Bhagavatam. Narrating this to Sri Shaunaka and his fellow Rishis, Sri Sutacharya says, सूत उवाचपुत्रशोकातुराः सर्वे पाण्डवाः सह कृष्णया ।स्वानां मृतानां यत्कृत्यं चक्रुर्निर्हरणादिकम् ॥ ५८॥Every one of them had lost children including Draupadi & Gandhari. They were engulfed in sorrow. Sri Krishna along with Pandavas, Draupadi, Kunti Devi, Gandhari, Dhritarashtra visited the battleground of Kurukshetra. They saw a sea of corpses all around. Though Gandhari had blindfolded herself, Lord Veda Vyasa extends her with divine eyes through which she was able to see the dead through the blindfold. She gets shocked to see the dead bodies all around through her divine eye and curses Lord Sri Krishna saying “You have destroyed my lineage and so should your lineage get destroyed”! By cursing so, the large merit that she had accumulated being blindfolded to serve her blind husband gets quashed.Lord Sri Krishna holds the hand of Draupadi and takes her into the sea of dead bodies. He recalls the incidence when Dushasana held Draupadi’s hair and pulled her into the assembly as she had refused to go for reasons of her menstrual cycle. She had told, "This is not the time I can enter the auspicious assembly wherein elders are present". However, Dushasana had continued with his evil act. Not just that, Duryodhana asked her to come and sit on his lap in the presence of her husband Bheemasena and other elders. When she does not do that, an attempt was made by Duryodhana and his cronies to strip Draupadi in front of their own mother and in the middle of the assembly. When she sought help to the elders present there, everyone in the assembly put their head down in negation. The only person to come to her rescue was Bhagavan Sri Krishna who made her robes endless.Subsequently, the Pandavas along with Kunti Devi & Draupadi goes to the forest. One day, Lord Sri Krishna reaches there to enquire about their safety and well being. The moment Draupadi sees the Lord, she ran to grab his feet and held it tightly. She starts weeping and flooding his feet with tears. The tears flowed relentlessly, throwing out the emotional pent-up pain that she was suffering. She remembered the most embarrassing incidence of her life and it was only that lotus of feet of Lord Sri Krishna that had come to her rescue. During that incidence, Lord Sri Krishna had said that those who had caused her embarrassment and made them live in the forest, he would ensure that each one of them is beaten to death by Bheemasena. And Pandavas would be reinstated to the throne. Also, he would show her their wives crying with scattered hair and holding the dead bodies.Now, the time had come. Lord Sri Krishna moving through the scattered limbs, trunk, heads, and other parts of dead bodies to show Draupadi how the wicked had died to the powerful strokes of Bheemasena. He points toward the body of Durmukha, an evil faced, then towards Dussalan, Jalagandha, Sama, Saha, Vindha, Anuvindha, Durmukha, Chitrasena, Durdarsha, Durmarsha, Dussaha, Durmada, Vikarna, Dushkarna, Vivinsati, Durvishaha, Durvimochana, Durpradharsha, Durjaya, Jaitra, Bhurivala, Ravi, Jayatsena Siyata, Shratavan, Shrutanta, Jayat, Chitra, Upachitra, Charuchithra, Chitraksha, Sarasana, Chitrayudha, Chotravarman, Suvarma, Sudarshan.He reaches near the body of Dhushasana, a well known for his wicked governance. Lord Sri Krishna says “wasn’t this wicked who had pulled you by your hair to the assembly. See his chest! How Bheemasena has ripped the chest cage allowing the birds & animals to eat his flesh. Then He shows Duryodhana and says see his thighs that have been broken by Bheema. Showing the dead this way Lord Sri Krishna lists all the 100 children of blind Dhritarashtra and the blindfolded Gandhari. Draupadi sees their wives with scattered hairs, all the symbols of being married removed, chest-beating and crying.Sri Krishna says, Draupadi! Bheemasena has not left a single soul that was involved in insulting you, to go free. Each one's chest has been broken or the head has been dismembered. He has done justice. See the status of their women and the way the Law has been implemented to those who took the path of Adharma.No individual can escape the Law of Justice for each of their misdeed. And not just that, the entire tribe taking the side of injustice have to face the Law, says Lord Sri Krishna.

Hence, in the perfect governance of stainless Lord, for doing well, nothing untoward will happen. Also, each bad act of ours is an assurance for misery and sorrow happening with certainty.

In other words, behind all our misery and sorrow, there is an act of our misdeed. Srimad Bhagavatam wants us to look inwards. The most important lesson to us from Mahabarata is not to Sin. Mahabarata outlines each of our behavior with precision. The blindness of Dhritarashtra or Gandhari towards justice, the acts of sins by each of their children should not be limited to those roles in the story. But these behaviors are in us and should be won over with the behavior of Pandavas. It would be appropriate for us to take a look at the last verse of Sanjaya in Bhagavad Gits:यत्र योगेश्वर: कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धर: ।तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम ॥

When Yoga or synchronization with इश्वर: or The Lord is practised, like done by पार्थ, the prince, the son of Lord and accomplish the precision of an expert archer hitting the bull’s eye. Then, there would be unending abundance, victory, prosperity, and righteousness  

अथ ते सम्परेतानां स्वानामुदकमिच्छताम् ।दातुं सकृष्णा गङ्गायां पुरस्कृत्य ययुः स्त्रियः ॥ १॥ते निनीयोदकं सर्वे विलप्य च भृशं पुनः ।आप्लुता हरिपादाब्जरजःपूतसरिज्जले ॥ २॥The great war of Mahabharata in Kurukshetra took a heavy toll on several lives in the Kuru family. The Pandavas along with Lord Sri Krishna and family members including women & children reached the banks of Ganga to offer Tarpana to deceased relatives who were expecting Tilodaka, Tilodaka or Tarpana or Dharmadakaalso called Dharmodaka or offering by sticking the black sesame seeds to the right-hand thumb in the specified posture and pouring a small quantity of water over the right hand to flow over thumb to take along with the stuck black seeds as an offering.They mourned remembering all deceased relatives and offered them Tilodaka. Thereafter, they once again took bath in the holy river Ganga that had gained purity by flowing from the Lotus of Feet of Lord in Vaikunta.तत्रासीनं कुरुपतिं धृतराष्ट्रं सहानुजम् ।गान्धारीं पुत्रशोकार्तां पृथां कृष्णां च माधवः ॥ ३॥सान्त्वयामास मुनिभिर्हतबन्धूञ्शुचार्पितान् ।भूतेषु कालस्य गतिं दर्शयन्नप्रतिक्रियाम् ॥ ४॥Lord Sri Krishna along with Dhaumya Rishi started consoling. They consoled Yudhishthira and his brothers Bheemasena, Arjuna, Nakula & Sahadeva. Consoled their wife Draupadi Devi & mother,Kunti Devi. Also, Dhritarashtra & Gandhari who had lost their own children. Any life that has come to this earth has a lifespan that is under the control of Time. No one can save the other from death. Saying so, Lord Sri Krishna consoled them. Hence, one should not be suffering from the pain due to death of relatives. साधयित्वाजातशत्रोः स्वं राज्यं कितवैर्हृतम् ।घातयित्वासतो राज्ञः कचस्पर्शक्षतायुषः ॥ ५॥Lord Sri Krishna made sure that those who had taken away the kingdom through gambling, deceit, and insult were killed. अजातशत्रु or the one who did not have enemy i.e. Yudhishthira was reinstated to his own throne. 
The other way to look for Yudhishthira being अजातशत्रु is because of the birth of Duryodhana and his ninety-nine brothers happened in a unique way. They did not have a fetal birth. Their mother, Gandhari delivered an embryo. Lord Veda Vyasa collected that in a pot and divides it into hundred pieces to have a hundred children. Hence, having अजात or without a fetal birth in a mother’s womb as शत्रु or enemy is Yudhishthira. It was Yudhishthira who was reinstated to his own throne. The wicked following the path of Adharma, who had misbehaved with their wife Draupadi and the evil kings who had expended the lifespan was killed.याजयित्वाश्वमेधैस्तं त्रिभिरुत्तमकल्पकैः ।तद्यशः पावनं दिक्षु शतमन्योरिवातनोत् ॥ ६॥Subsequently, Lord Sri Krishna got three Ashwamedha Yagna or the horse-sacrifice ritual done through each of the five brothers of King Yudhishthira using clean substances, expert priests of the highest order and to the precision as in the Shastras. With that, he bestowed the fame like that of the King of Heaven, God Indra who had carried out a hundred Ashwamedha Yagna and blessed by Lord Upendra. Yudhishthira’s fame spread far, wide and remains intact to date for us to hear.Hearing the story of Pandavas destroys the sins in us. The reason being the Pandava fought against the sinners and won over them.   आमन्त्र्य पाण्डुपुत्रांश्च शैनेयोद्धवसंयुतः ।द्वैपायनादिभिर्विप्रैः पूजितैः प्रतिपूजितः ॥ ७॥गन्तुं कृतमतिर्ब्रह्मन् द्वारकां रथमास्थितः ।उपलेभेऽभिधावन्तीमुत्तरां भयविह्वलाम् ॥ ८॥After all this, Lord Sri Krishna decided to return to his kingdom of Dwarka. He bid farewell to Pandavas. Subsequently, paid reverence to his form of Lord Veda Vyasa and admiration to other Brahmins. Along with Uddhava, Satyaki and others, Lord Sri Krishna boarded the Chariot. As he boarded, He saw the pregnant Uttara Devi frightened and running towards him seeking help. Immediately, Lord Sri Krishna jumps out of the chariot and rushes towards Uttara Devi.   उत्तरोवाचपाहिपाहि महायोगिन् देवदेव जगत्पते ।नान्यं त्वदभयं पश्ये यत्र मृत्युः परस्परम् ॥ ९॥अभिद्रवति मामीश शरस्तप्तायसो विभो ।कामं दहतु मां नाथ मा मे गर्भो निपात्यताम् ॥ १०॥The God of Gods! The Lord of Universe! The greatest Yogi! Save me! Save me!  None else than you could offer protection to me. Here, everyone is becoming a cause for one another’s death. My Lord! You are Omnipotent. All-Powerful. An iron arrow burnt red hot is chasing me. If needed, let it kill me. However, please bless the safety of the baby growing in my womb, pleads Uttara Devi. सूत उवाचउपधार्य वचस्तस्या भगवान् भक्तवत्सलः ।अपाण्डवमिदं कर्तुं द्रौणेरस्त्रमबुध्यत ॥ ११॥तर्ह्येवाथ मुनिश्रेष्ठ पाण्डवाः पञ्च सायकान् ।आत्मनोऽभिमुखान् दीप्तानालक्ष्यास्त्राण्युपाददुः ॥ १२॥व्यसनं वीक्ष्य तत्तेषामनन्यविषयात्मनाम् ।सुदर्शनेन स्वास्त्रेण स्वानां रक्षां व्यधाद्विभुः ॥ १३॥Sri Krishna is Bhagavan Bhaktavatsala. To him, his devotees are most dear. He heared the cry of Uttara. He knew that Ashwathama wanted to have no seed of the Pandu family that could sprout. Hence, he had not called back the Brahmasirshastra.     Incidentally, seeing those five arrow missiles approaching Uttara Devi, the Pandavas holding their bow, pulled their arrows out to shoot it down. However, as Utara Devi had sought the help of Lord Sri Krishna. Seeing the crises to his dear devotees who took refuge in him, Lord Sri Krishna having immeasurable power with his divine disk named Sudarshana destroyed the five arrow missiles and protected them.   अन्तःस्थः सर्वभूतानामात्मा योगेश्वरो हरिः ।स्वमाययावृणोद्गर्भं वैराट्याः कुरुतन्तवे ॥ १४॥यद्यप्यस्त्रं ब्रह्मशिरस्त्वमोघं चाप्रतिक्रियम् ।वैष्णवं तेज आसाद्य समशाम्यद्भृगूद्वह ॥ १५॥मा मंस्था ह्येतदाश्चर्यं सर्वाश्चर्यमयेऽच्युते ।य इदं मायया देव्या सृजत्यवति हन्त्यजः ॥ १६॥The Indweller in all the lives of this universe, the Lord of Yoga, Sri Hari entered the womb of Uttara Devi with one of his forms wearing a secretive armor to protect the offspring of the Pandu dynasty.     With emphasis, Sri Sutacharya says, “Shaunaka and all the Rishis! It is true that Brahmashirsastras is only one of a kind. It will never go in vain. And there is no anti-missile to neutralize this. Even then, it became calm seeing वैष्णवं तेज or the brilliance of the Lord.This is an amazing act of Lord that made Shaunaka & assembled Rishis hearing Srimad Bhagavatam bewildered. The Brahmashirsastras is rendered by Gayatri mantra. While the Brahma Astra has a counter and can be neutralized. There is no counter to Brahmashirsa Astras and cannot be neutralized. When Ashwathama executed this on all Pandavas including Bheemasena, Arjuna executed this Astra to counter it. Lord Veda Vyasa himself had to intervene and held these in his two arms not allowing collision. Since collision would destroy the entire Universe. In other words, Brahmashirsastra cannot attack the best of beings i.e. God Brahma or God Vayu. As Bheemasena is a form of God Vayu, Brahmashirsastra cannot attack him. However, when once Brahmashirsastra is executed, it does not attain futility. Hence, to uphold these two conditions set-up by Lord himself, he intervened in his form of Veda Vyasa to make both Ashwathama & Arjuna execute the callback. 
Even for the Astra that attacked the womb of Uttara Devi, Lord Sri Krishna did not destroy it. But he entered the Uttara Devi's womb in one of his forms and protected from destruction by being an Armour protecting the baby. While the Astra continued to attack. Therefore, the Brahmashirsastra rendered by Gayatri or energized by Lord himself for the attack and also himself opposing as Armor in Uttara Devi's womb is opposite acts that are astonishing.
One need not be astonished by this, says Sri Sutacharya. Our Lord is awesome. He is the most amazing one. He is Achyutha, having no decline. The unchanging Lord without birth nor death having immeasurable power using Prakriti creates, sustains, destroys, and regulates the whole universe. He is Paramatma or Supreme Atma to confine other Atmas' to death & birth. Subsequently, releasing them with Moksha. In other words, Lord is Satya Sankalpa or Truthfully Resolute to bind us with confinement only to release with Moksha. This is the Axiom and is being taught by Srimad Bhagavatam. 
However, we the common people are unable to unveil this secret of opposing acts of Lord. While He is the cause of binding us with death and birth bringing sorrow & misery. He is also the cause of releasing with Moksha bringing full knowledge & Bliss.
Without the realization of His acts, we think that I am the doer and I need to protect myself from an attack. Nor we understand his Lordship thinking this is mine and I need to protect it for my possession.   ब्रह्मतेजोविनिर्मुक्तैरात्मजैः सह कृष्णया ।प्रयाणाभिमुखं कृष्णमिदमाह पृथा सती ॥ १७॥Thus, being protected from Brahmashirsastras by Bhagavan Sri Krishna, Sadvi Kunti Devi along with her children, Draupadi, Uttara Devi sang the Glory of Lord worshipping him.
|| Hari Om |||| Sri Krishnarpanamastu ||

Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1 - Soul Searching by Ashwathaamacharya

Srimad Bhagavatam cleanses kalimala or the pollutant of Kali, destroys sins, shows the indweller, the Lord, in oneself by bringing Vairagya towards the materialistic world, and gives pure devotion, crystal clear, and clean knowledge. 

|| Hari Om ||
Om Krishnaya Namahकृष्णाय वासुदेवाय देवकीनन्दनाय च ।नन्दगोपकुमाराय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥Sri Krishna! Being a hope to the imprisoned Devaki & Vasudeva caused happiness by mesmerizing Nandagopa, Gopikas and even the Goddess of abundant beauty. Vasudeva! creation, sustenance, destruction and so on is a sports charm of you. Govinda! you are the cause & protector of Vedas.Krishna, Vasudeva, Devaki Nandana, Nanda Gopa Kumara, Govinda, 
My repeated salutations to you.नमः पङ्कजनाभाय नमः पङ्कजमालिने ।नमः पङ्कजनेत्राय नमस्ते पङ्कजाङ्घ्रये ॥My salutations to the Lotus of the navel. My salutations to the Lotus garlanded.My salutations to Lotus petal eye. My salutations to the Lotus feet.
व्यासाय भव नाशाय श्रीशाय गुण राशऐ ।हृद्याय शुद्ध विद्याय मध्वायछ नमो नमः ॥Charming & the beloved Vyasa, the destroyer of emotional & behavioral disorders, the Lord of Goddess of abundance having heaps of attributes, bestower of clean knowledge, my repeated salutations to you and Acharya Madhwa.
यः स्वानुभावमखिलश्रुतिसारमेकमध्यात्मदीपमतितितीर्षतां तमोऽन्धम् ।संसारिणां करुणयाह पुराणगुह्यं तं व्याससूनुमुपयामि गुरुं मुनीनाम् ॥This Srimad Bhagavatam gives the experience of the Lord and has the essence of all Vedas and Vedanta. It sheds spiritual light on the transcendental philosophy required to surpass the intense cycle of death and birth which is wrapped in ignorance. However, it is very secretive in nature. Hence, I pray to you Sri Shukacharya for your continued blessings.
यद्भनौ यत्क्र्शानौ यदमृतकिरणे यद् ग्रहेषू दितेषुज्योतिर्यत्तारकासु प्रथितमणिषु यद्यच्च सौदामिनिषु ।सम्भूयौतत् समस्तं त्वदमितह्रदयाकाशनिर्यत्प्रकाशेधीर श्रीराघवेन्द्रव्रतिवरभजते हन्त खद्योतरीतिम् ॥The brightness of the Sun, Fire, Moon, Planets, Stars, Gems, Precious stones and Lightening put together is just like a firefly near the astonishing brilliance emanating from your lotus of Heart wherein the five forms of Lord Sri Rama, Sri Narasimha, Sri Veda Vyasa, Sri Krishna and Sriman Narayana are present in a significant way bestowing you the Brahmavarchas or the Sacred Knowledge.Gentle & Holy Sage, Sri Raghvendra, भजते, I worship you by surrendering myself.
Ashwathamaacharya being cursed by Lord Sri Krishna saying “Your body will be full of soars, bleeding & stinking to irritate people. You are banished from the place of human dwellings. Go and live in the forest”, walks into a forest. As he walks into the forest, his mind becomes introspective. He starts Soul searching by reflecting on his bad dreams and starts comparing with the actual happenings. He starts realizing that most of his dreams had actually come true in one or the other way.  
Sri Suthacharya continuing the narration on the aftermath of an unfortunate massacre and the firing of Brahmashirsha Astra at Arjuna in the dream of Ashwathama says,
ततः प्रादुष्कृतं तेजः प्रचण्डं सर्वतो दिशम् ।प्राणापदमभिप्रेक्ष्य विष्णुं जिष्णुरुवाच ह ॥ २१॥The whole surroundings in all the ten directions got lighted-up bright as if the Sun God was in the midst of them. Arjuna’s inability to see the frightening brightness of the weapon arriving towards him prayed Sri Krishna seeking his refuge.Ashwthama wonders what Arjun could do next! Even in his dream, he sees the way Arjuna is responding to a critical situation unlike himself.  Instead of reacting spontaneously all by himself, he sees Arjuna following Bhagavata dharma of offering prayers to Lord Sri Krishna for help and rescue.  
अर्जुन उवाच, Ashwathama being a form of God Rudra is the best of Vaishnavas. In his dream, he notes the following prayer though through Arjuna saying, कृष्ण कृष्ण महाभाग भक्तानामभयङ्कर ।त्वमेको दह्यमानानामपवर्गोऽसि संसृतेः ॥ २२॥त्वमाद्यः पुरुषः साक्षादीश्वरः प्रकृतेः परः । मायां व्युदस्य चिच्छक्त्या कैवल्ये स्थित आत्मनि ॥ २३॥स एव जीवलोकस्य मायामोहितचेतसः ।विधत्से स्वेन वीर्येण श्रेयो धर्मादिलक्षणम् ॥ २४॥तथायं चावतारस्ते भुवो भारजिहीर्षया ।स्वानां चानन्यभावानामनुध्यानाय चासकृत् ॥ २५॥Krishna, Krishna! You are Satchitananda. You have long arms with far-reaching authority being in the form of knowledge and bliss capable of giving refuge to all your devotees. All Jivas are burning in the cycle of death & birth afflicted with sorrow & grief. You are the only protector to redeem their sins and retrieve from the cycle of death & birth. You are the one and only Adi Purusha standing above Prakriti. You are the only Lord having the Lordship over everything including Prakriti. Hence, you have the power to break the shield of Prakriti encapsulating Atma in which is also your presence. Though the Jivas are deluded by Maya believing themselves as Prakriti, only your divine blessing brings them श्रेयो धर्मा or unfalling benefits. By reflecting on the Atma to make know your presence, brings self-realization to Jiva.  Sri Krishna! This form of you is to reduce the weight of Sin on mother earth. Also, to enable your devotees to meditate your form so that they could be blessed with auspiciousness. 
Ashwathama observes in his dream how Arjuna is taking refuge of Lord and saying,किमिदं स्वित्कुतो वेति देवदेव न वेद्म्यहम् ।सर्वतोमुखमायाति तेजः परमदारुणम् ॥ २६॥ देवदेव! The divine Lord! This bright projectile is coming towards me. सर्वतोमुखं! It is coming towards me from all directions. I am frightened about this. What is this? From where is it coming from? I am not aware nor am I able to understand all this!  Ashwathama notes that though he had a dream wherein Arjuna was unable to recognize the Brahmashirsha Astra, however, he was able to do so in reality.
श्रीभगवानुवाचवेत्थेदं. Ashwathama continuing to reflect his dream wherein Lord Sri Krishna says,द्रोणपुत्रस्य ब्राह्ममस्त्रं प्रदर्शितम् ।नैवासौ वेद संहारं प्राणबाध उपस्थिते ॥ २७॥न ह्यस्यान्यतमं किञ्चिदस्त्रं प्रत्यवकर्शनम् ।जह्यस्त्रतेज उन्नद्धमस्त्रज्ञो ह्यस्त्रतेजसा ॥ २८॥Arjuna! This is the Brahmashirsha Astra shot by the son of Dronacharya, Ashwathama. Threatened by death, he has used this. However, he does not know how to call back.There is no other weapon that has the ability to neutralize this. You’re an expert in weaponry. To neutralize this Brahmashirsha Astra, you need to fire another Brahmashirsha Astra.  Reflecting on this incident, Ashwathama wonders how his dreams had messages to him. He had in the dream of the inability to callback Brahmashirsha Astra. During the execution of Brahmashirsha Astra too he realizes his inability to a callback. Also, when Lord Veda Vyasa asks him to the callback, he fails.  
सूत उवाच. Sri Sutaharya narrating the conversation between Lord Sri Krishna & Arjuna in Ashwathama’s dream to Sri Shaunaka & his fellow Rishis says,  श्रुत्वा भगवता प्रोक्तं फाल्गुनः परवीरहा ।स्पृष्ट्वापस्तं परिक्रम्य ब्राह्मं ब्राह्माय सन्दधे ॥ २९॥संहत्यान्योन्यमुभयोस्तेजसी शरसंवृते ।आवृत्य रोदसी खं च ववृधातेऽर्कवह्निवत् ॥ ३०॥दृष्ट्वास्त्रतेजस्तु तयोस्त्रींल्लोकान् प्रदहन् महत् ।दह्यमानाः प्रजाः सर्वाः सांवर्तकममंसत ॥ ३१॥ प्रजोपद्रवमालक्ष्य लोकव्यतिकरं च तम् ।मतं च वासुदेवस्य सञ्जहारार्जुनो द्वयम् ॥ ३२॥ Great Rishis! The brave hero, an expert in warfare and always defeating enemies, Arjuna, immediately upon hearing the words of Lord Sri Krishna, took-up the act of Achamna for purification, circumambulating the Lord filled with Bhakti fired another Brahmashirsha Astra to neutralizing the one executed by Ashwathama The brightness that emanated from both these projectiles encountered each other was like the blinding brightness of द्वादशार्या or twelve Suns and Fire during the pralaya or the end of this existence engulfing the region between the earth and sky. Also, these Brahmashirsha Astra were burning all three regions of the universe, including the people of this, upper and lower regions. As the people burned in the fire, they thought that with the blinding brightness of Suns and the Fire, the time of pralaya had dawned in all the regions.    Seeing the horrible impact caused by the two missiles on public and the destruction of the world, Lord Sri Krishna intended to neutralize the missiles.  Arjuna understanding the intent of Lord Sri Krishana, called back, both the missiles.   However, Ashwatham realizing the reality wherein Lord Veda Vyasa had to intervene between the two missiles stopping their collusion. Also, Lord Veda Vyasa makes a truce between himself & Arjuna. Also, instructs them to call back the Brahmashirsha Astra. Arjuna does, but he fails. Therefore, Lord Veda Vyasa instructs him to callback at least through words. Ashwathama does so only limiting to Pandavas. Hence, Arjuna following Lord Veda Vyasa’s instruction to callsback his missile and also of Ashwathama that was intended to kill the five Pandavas. तत आसाद्य तरसा दारुणं गौतमीसुतम् ।बबन्धामर्षताम्राक्षः पशुं रशनया यथा ॥ ३३॥शिबिराय निनीषन्तं दाम्ना बद्ध्वा रिपुं बलात् ।प्राहार्जुनं प्रकुपितो भगवानम्बुजेक्षणः ॥ ३४॥ Being angry, Arjuna caught Ashwathama and tied his neck with the rope. He does that like done to animals. Arjuna dragged him to the camp. Lord Sri Krishna seemingly angry says,मैनं पार्थार्हसि त्रातुं ब्रह्मबन्धुमिमं जहि ।योऽसावनागसः सुप्तानवधीन्निशि बालकान् ॥ ३५॥मत्तं प्रमत्तमुन्मत्तं सुप्तं बालं स्त्रियं जडम् ।प्रपन्नं विरथं भीतं न रिपुं हन्ति धर्मवित् ॥ ३६॥स्वप्राणान् यः परप्राणैः प्रपुष्णात्यघृणः खलः ।तद्वधस्तस्य हि श्रेयो यद्दोषाद्यात्यधः पुमान् ॥ ३७॥ Arjuna! Don’t leave this killer, Brahmin alive. He has attacked the helpless children and women while sleeping. Kill him, says Lord Sri Krishna. He has killed the children while they were sleeping. A wise, virtuous and a gentleman would not punish with death to a dull & ignorant or an intoxicated or to an insane or to one who is sleeping or children or women or a refugee or one who is scared. Even if he is an enemy.However, punishing with death to a cruel culprit who kills others and always thinks about his own benefits is worthwhile. In fact, beneficial to everyone including the culprit. As the opportunity of sinning on this earth to the culprit gets reduced causing reduced time in hell. Also, society is benefited without such a cruel being.      Reflecting this dream, Ashwathama observes that this was just in a dream and did not happen in reality. However, Ashwathama wished that Arjuna just not tie him with a rope, but should also kill him as he had done a heinous act of killing their children.
प्रतिश्रुतं च भवता पाञ्चाल्यै शृण्वतो मम ।आहरिष्ये शिरस्तस्य यस्ते मानिनि पुत्रहा ॥ ३८॥तदसौ वध्यतां पाप आतताय्यात्मबन्धुहा ।भर्तुश्च विप्रियं वीर कृतवान् कुलपांसनः ॥ ३९॥Not just that, says Lord Sri Krishna. You have promised Panchali in front of me saying, “Gracious & Kind hearted one! I shall cut the head of the slaughterer of your children and place it at your feet.”Hence, Arjuna! You should kill this sinner. He has killed your children. Also, his leader, Duryodhana is also not happy with his act. 
While Ashwathama started observing how Arjuna, A Great Bhagavata or worshipper of the Lord would respond, Sri Sutacharya says, एवं परीक्षता धर्मं पार्थः कृष्णेन चोदितः ।नैच्छद्धन्तुं गुरुसुतं यद्यप्यात्महनं महान् ॥ ४०॥Lord Sri Krishna motivated Arjuna to test his righteous behavior. However, Arjuna had a pure heart with high moral values. Though Ashwathama had killed his children and also made an attempt to kill him, Arjuna did not like to kill the son of his teacher, Dronacharya. 
अथोपेत्य स्वशिबिरं गोविन्दप्रियसारथिः ।न्यवेदयत्तं प्रियायै शोचन्त्या आत्मजान् हतान् ॥ ४१॥ तथाऽऽहृतं पशुवत्पाशबद्धमवाङ्मुखं कर्मजुगुप्सितेन ।निरीक्ष्य कृष्णापकृतं गुरोः सुतं वामस्वभावा कृपया ननाम च ॥ ४२॥उवाच चासहन्त्यस्य बन्धनानयनं सती ।मुच्यतां मुच्यतामेष ब्राह्मणो नितरां गुरुः ॥ ४३॥सरहस्यो धनुर्वेदः सविसर्गोपसंयमः ।अस्त्रग्रामश्च भवता शिक्षितो यदनुग्रहात् ॥ ४४॥ स एष भगवान् द्रोणः प्रजारूपेण वर्तते ।तस्यात्मनोऽर्धं पत्न्यास्ते नान्वगाद्वीरसूः कृपी ॥ ४५॥ तद्धर्मज्ञ महाभाग भवद्भिर्गौरवं कुलम् ।वृजिनं नार्हति प्राप्तुं पूज्यं वन्द्यमभीक्ष्णशः ॥ ४६॥ मा रोदीदस्य जननी गौतमी पतिदेवता ।यथाहं मृतवत्साऽऽर्ता रोदिम्यश्रुमुखी मुहुः ॥ ४७॥ यैः कोपितं ब्रह्मकुलं राजन्यैरजितात्मभिः ।तत्कुलं प्रदहत्याशु सानुबन्धं शुचार्पितम् ॥ ४८॥ However, Arjuna with the help of his dear charioteer, Lord Sri Krishna reached their army camp and placed Ashwathama in front of Draupadi for her command.  Draupadi was surprised to see Ashwathama being brought like an animal tied by a rope to his neck. Having carried out the heinous act of killing the children, Ashwathama hung his head with shame. Seeing the way Ashwathama was shamed, the kind-hearted Draupadi overflowing with compassion paid her respects with the gesture of Namaste.  Unable to accept the situation of Ashwathama, she says, “Untie Ashwathama. Let him free. He is a Brahmana. They ascend to the position of divine teachers or Gurus, worthy of being worshipped.   From whom you have gained the knowledge of Archery including usage & callback of Arrows as all types of missiles that Divine Dronacharya is standing in front of us in the form of his Son. He is the brave son of Kripi, the wife of Acharya Drona. Because of her fondness towards her son Ashwathama, she नान्वगाद् or did not accompany death along with her husband Krupacharya. She is living.      The Law Abiding Gentlemen! Bringing sorrow by hurting the feelings of divine teacher including his lineage who are worthy of being worshiped everyday will not do well to us.  The way I experienced sorrow & grief due to the death of my children, let Kripi, who is known for her devotion & virtuousness as a wife being called Gautami does not experience the same. Let her not weep.   Allured by enthusiasm, if the King angers the brahmin community, the brahmins through their anger will burn him down.
सूत उवाच. Sri Sutacharya narrating the dream of Ashwathama says,धर्म्यं न्याय्यं सकरुणं निर्व्यलीकं समं महत् ।राजा धर्मसुतो राज्ञ्याः प्रत्यनन्दद्वचो द्विजाः ॥ ४९॥नकुलः सहदेवश्च युयुधानो धनञ्जयः ।भगवान् देवकीपुत्रो ये चान्ये याश्च योषितः ॥ ५०॥ Dear Shaunaka & all the assembled Rishis! Hearing Draupadi’s words which were righteous, law-abiding, balanced, kind-hearted, and having no deceit was appreciated & welcomed by the son of Dharma, Sri Yudhistira.Also, Nakula, Sahadeva, Satyaki, Arjuna including Lord Sri Krishna and all men and women assembled there agreed with Draupadi and appreciated her stand.
Ashwathama reflecting his dream saw the objection being raised by Bheema. Sri Sutacharya narrating this says,तत्राहामर्षितो भीमस्तस्य श्रेयान् वधः स्मृतः ।न भर्तुर्नात्मनश्चार्थे योऽहन् सुप्तान् शिशून् वृथा ॥ ५१॥निशम्य भीमगदितं द्रौपद्याश्च चतुर्भुजः ।आलोक्य वदनं सख्युरिदमाह हसन्निव ॥ ५२॥However, Bheema alone got angry and stated, "He has killed five children and that too while they were sleeping. His act has not benefited his master Duryodhana nor himself. He is worthy of being killed."  
Lord Sri Krishna hearing both Draupadi and Bheema with a smile on his face seeing Arjuna said thus:श्रीकृष्ण उवाचब्रह्मबन्धुर्न हन्तव्य आततायी वधार्हणः ।मयैवोभयमाम्नातं परिपाह्यनुशासनम् ॥ ५३॥कुरु प्रतिश्रुतं सत्यं यत्तत्सान्त्वयता प्रियाम् ।प्रियं च भीमसेनस्य पाञ्चाल्या मह्यमेव च ॥ ५४॥ Partha! Though a Brahmin is sinned and fallen, he is not worthy of being killed. However, killing the आततायी or AtatAyI or the culprit of murdering children is worthy of being killed. I, myself have these laws incorporated in the Shastras or indoctrinations. Hence, follow both the rules that I have decreed.     Also, stand by your vow you took while consoling Draupadi saying that you shall cut the head of the Aatataayee and place it at her feet.
सूत उवाच. Narrating the dream of Ashwathama to Sri Shaunaka & fellow rishis, Sri Sutacharya says, अर्जुनः सहसाऽऽज्ञाय हरेर्हार्दमथासिना ।मणिं जहार मूर्धन्यं द्विजस्य सहमूर्धजम् ॥ ५५॥Arjuna was quick to understand the intent of Lord Sri Krishna and was eager to please him. Hence, he pulled out his sword and cut open his head along with Sikha or tufted hair tied with a knot and took away the divine bead that was embedded in his head since his birth.  
विमुच्य रशनाबद्धं बालहत्याहतप्रभम् ।तेजसा मणिना हीनं शिबिरान्निरयापयत् ॥ ५६॥वपनं द्रविणादानं स्थानान्निर्यापणं तथा ।एष हि ब्रह्मबन्धूनां वधो नान्योऽस्ति दैहिकः ॥ ५७॥ By killing five children of Draupadi, Ashwathama had already lost the Aura. By taking away his divine bead and Sikha, he even lost the Brahmavarchas or the divine Knowledge. After having lost conclusively and shamed, Ashwathama was let free out of their military camp. 
It is believed that the undying Ashwathama is chiranjeevi or immortal living on earth.    Shaving the head including the Sikha or taking away money or dismissing from a position is equivalent to executing or carrying out death to a Brahmin.  Hence, one should not resort to physical execution.
पुत्रशोकातुराः सर्वे पाण्डवाः सह कृष्णया ।स्वानां मृतानां यत्कृत्यं चक्रुर्निर्हरणादिकम् ॥ ५८॥Engulfed in sorrow due to the loss of five children, Pandavas, and Draupadi went ahead carrying out the death ceremony of their children.
इति श्रीमद्भागवते महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां संहितायां प्रथमस्कन्धेद्रौणिनिग्रहो नामसप्तमोऽध्यायः ॥ ७॥With this, we complete "A Punishment to The Son of Dronacharya, Ashwathama” the seventh Adhyaya, of Srimad Bhagavatam Skanda 1.We could do so only with the grace of Guru Sri Raghavendra and all his philosophical associates including Sri Saunaka & his fellow Rishis, Sri Sutacharya, Sri Sukachary,, God Vayu, and Sri Hari as their Jnana Prasada.And let's look forward to their continued blessings to see how the aggressive Brahmashirsha Astra that was not called back against the attack on the offsprings of Pandavas. Also, how Lord Sri Krishna ensured the continuity of Pandu lineage for another 1000 years in Kali Yuga. 
|| Hari Om |||| Sri Krishnarpanamastu ||