This post is from Srimad Bhagavatham.
When Uttara was pregnant bearing Abhimanyus child, she was followed by the brahmashirsha astra which was provoked by Ashwattama. Ashwattam , the brahmin had pronounced that "Let all pandavas generation be killed and let no one be left". Cursing thus , Ashwattama had invoked the astra. When Uttara approached Lord Krishna , He was able to see the power of the astra. He consoled Uttara and promised that He would protect the child.
Krishna entered the womb of Uttara and was there when the astra entered her to destroy the unborn child. The child saw a glow from the astra.It enveloped him and he felt that we was being burnt. Then , the child saw another divine form. The new form was the size of a thumb and he was beautiful , dressed with yellow silk and a crown on His head. There was a blue sheen. He had four arms, decked with bracelets. He held a mace (gadha) in one hand and the mace was spitting fire like a torch. He was going round and round the child and was holding the astra at bay thus protecting the child. For months he stayed like this insided the womb of Uttara and finally the powers of the astra was subsided and quelled. As the the full grown child was looking , He then vanished.
The child was born, leading to great rejoicing in city of Hastina and the child was named Vishnurata as the Vishnu himself protected him. But Krishna called him Parikshit since the child , even when he was in his mothers womb used to look at the form of Lord Vishnu and ask himself "Who is this wonderful person dressed in yellow silk , wearing this lovely garland , with gadha in hand. He is protecting me all the time. Who is he ?" He had begun to question the form of the Lord even before he was born !
When Uttara was pregnant bearing Abhimanyus child, she was followed by the brahmashirsha astra which was provoked by Ashwattama. Ashwattam , the brahmin had pronounced that "Let all pandavas generation be killed and let no one be left". Cursing thus , Ashwattama had invoked the astra. When Uttara approached Lord Krishna , He was able to see the power of the astra. He consoled Uttara and promised that He would protect the child.
Krishna entered the womb of Uttara and was there when the astra entered her to destroy the unborn child. The child saw a glow from the astra.It enveloped him and he felt that we was being burnt. Then , the child saw another divine form. The new form was the size of a thumb and he was beautiful , dressed with yellow silk and a crown on His head. There was a blue sheen. He had four arms, decked with bracelets. He held a mace (gadha) in one hand and the mace was spitting fire like a torch. He was going round and round the child and was holding the astra at bay thus protecting the child. For months he stayed like this insided the womb of Uttara and finally the powers of the astra was subsided and quelled. As the the full grown child was looking , He then vanished.
The child was born, leading to great rejoicing in city of Hastina and the child was named Vishnurata as the Vishnu himself protected him. But Krishna called him Parikshit since the child , even when he was in his mothers womb used to look at the form of Lord Vishnu and ask himself "Who is this wonderful person dressed in yellow silk , wearing this lovely garland , with gadha in hand. He is protecting me all the time. Who is he ?" He had begun to question the form of the Lord even before he was born !
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