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The Role of Lord Sri Krishna in the Mahabharatam - 14.

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06/01/2019 The Role of Lord Sri Krishna in the Mahabharatam - 14. Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Sri Krishna Janmashtami in 1972) Arjuna said, “You said you will not take part in the war. Now why are you interfering with me? I would have done something myself. I could have broken it into pieces. Why did you interfere?” Sri Krishna said, “You do not know what it was. It was Vaishnav Astra, and nobody can stand before it. You would have died just now. It was given to Bhagadatta through Narakasura once upon a time, from a divine source. It has come from Me only, so I have taken it back. Otherwise, you would not have been left alive just now,” he said. “All right, whatever you say. Now let the war continue.” Then we have a portion of the Drona Parva called the Jayadrathavata, a very beautiful section. Jayadratha killed Abhimanyu through the help of many others who joined together to kill him, but he was responsible for the death of Abhimanyu the boy because he blocked the