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56.KRISHNA'S MISSION
Duryodhana, his eyes red with anger,
returned and Gandhari tried by all the
means in her power to bring him round to
reason. Duryodhana said 'No' and again
walked out of the hall.
He and his friends had plotted to seize
Krishna. News of this reached the court.
Govinda, who had anticipated all this,
laughed and disclosed his divinity.
The blind Dhritarashtra, by the grace of
Krishna, temporarily regained his sight
and was able to see Krishna in his
Visvarupa presence in every form.
"Pundarikaksha, (lotus-eyed Krishna)
having seen your Visvarupa, I do not wish
to see anything else. I ask that I should be
blind again," said Dhritarashtra, and he
became blind again. "All our efforts have
failed. Duryodhana is obstinate," said
Dhritarashtra to Govinda.
And Krishna rose and, with Satyaki and
Vidura on either side of him, left the
court.
He went straight to Kunti. He told her
what had happened and she asked him to
convey her blessings to her sons.
"The time has come," said she, "for that
for which a kshatriya woman brings forth
sons. May you protect my sons!"
A kshatriya mother brings forth children
to be sacrificed in war. Purushottamat
(Krishna as Supreme Being) got into his
chariot and sped towards Upaplavya. War
became a certainty.
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