Subsequent to setting up the Pandavas back on the royal position after the war of the Mahabharata, Krishna was preparing to continue to Dwaraka alongside Satyaki and his aficionado Uddhava. The Suta portrays the story to Shaunaka.
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As Krishna was going to get on to his chariot, he saw Uttara—the dowager of Arjuna's child Abhimanyu, who lost his life in the round fight arrangement—running towards him. She looked for Krishna's assurance from a consuming iron bolt that was coordinated to her womb, conveying the main surviving descendants of the Pandava family. "Give me a chance to pass on, O Master. May the youngster in my womb be protected," she argued.
Krishna comprehended that it was a weapon rushed by Ashwathama to wipe out the Pandava tribe totally. Krishna ensured the womb of King Virata's girl with his own energy of maya to secure the genealogy of the Kurus and sent his Sudarshana chakra against the poles of flame that was coming towards Uttara.
