SB 1.8.11
उपधार्य वचस्तस्या भगवान्भक्तवत्सलः ।
अपाण्डवमिदं कर्तुं द्रौणेरस्त्रमबुध्यत ॥ ११ ॥
upadhārya vacas tasyā bhagavān bhakta-vatsalaḥ
apāṇḍavam idaṁ kartuṁ drauṇer astram abudhyata
Synonyms
sūtaḥ — Śrī Sūta; uvāca — said; upadhārya — having attentively listened [sāvadhānaṁ śrutvā37]; tasyāḥ — to her [Uttarā’s38]; vacaḥ — words; bhagavān — Bhagavān; bhakta-vatsalaḥ — who is affectionately disposed toward His devotees; abudhyata — understood this to be [jñātavān39]; astram — the missile [brahmāstram40]; drauṇeḥ — of Droṇācārya’s son [Aśvatthāmā, who was enraged because of his humiliating defeat (parābhavenātikupitasya)]; [which was deployed (pravṛttam)]; kartum — to make; idam — this world [viśvam]; apāṇḍavam — devoid of the Pāṇḍava dynasty [pāṇḍava-śūnyam].
Translation
Śrī Sūta said: Having attentively listened to her words, Bhagavān, who is affectionately disposed toward His devotees, understood this to be the missile of Droṇācārya’s son [Aśvatthāmā], which was deployed to rid this world of the Pāṇḍava dynasty.