Why is Parikshit considered the sole survivor of the Pandava dynasty when sons of Bhima and Arjuna like Sutasoma and Babruvahana were still alive?
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Hare Krishna question why is Parikshit considered to be the only survivor of the Pandava dynasty when the other sons of the Pandavas like Bhima’s son Sutasoma or Arjuna’s son Babruvahan were still surviving also answer Madhvacharya explains in Mahabharata that by the arrangement of the lord when Parikshit was born he got not only the special grace of Krishna that Krishna came to protect him but also that in order to the illustrious Pandava dynasty continue on so the avesh of all the five Pandavas you know the Pandavas themselves were expansions of the gods Yudhishthira was expansion of Dharma or Yamaraj and then Bhima was expansion of Vayu, Arjuna was expansion of Indira and Nakula and Sahadeva the twins were of Ashwini Kumaras so actually that same expansion so Avesh sort of came in Parikshit also and in that sense although Parikshit was the son of Abhimanyu who in turn was the son of one of the Pandavas Arjuna through his individual wife Subhadra but actually in terms of Avesh all the five Pandavas were present in along with Lord Krishna in Parikshit and this sort of presence was not there in any of the other sons of any of the Pandavas so yes Bhima had his other wives who had other sons, Arjuna had his other wives whom he had other sons but none of them had the Avesh and that’s why when we say Abhimanyu is the only survivor of the Pandava dynasty that means actually all the Pandavas were present in him and in that sense he was the only survivor.
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