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Alternate spellings of his name are Pariksita, '''Pariksit''' and '''Parikshit'''. His name is a common Hindu name across India today. BIRTH Parikshita is the son of Uttara, the Matsya princess and Abhimanyu , the Vrishni son of Arjuna . He is born only after the end of the war. Uttara is carrying their son in her womb when Abhimanyu is mercilessly and unfairly slain by the Kauravas . Later, Ashwathama attempts to kill the unborn child and his mother by directing the '' Brahmastra '' towards her tent off the battlefields. She is saved by Lord Krishna . PROPHECY OF LIFE The chief priest Dhaumya predicts to king Yudhisthira after Parikshita's birth that he will be a great devotee of the Supreme Lord Vishnu , and since he was saved by the Lord Krishna, he will be known as ''Vishnurata'' (''One who is always protected by the Lord''). Dhaumya Rishi predicts that Parikshita would be ever-devoted to virtue, religious principles and the truth and would be a wise monarch, exactly as Ikshvaku and Rama of Ayodhya . He would be as exemplary a warrior as Arjuna , his own grandfather, and would expand the fame of his family. He is given the name ''Parikshita'' as he would search and test for the Supreme Lord, whom he had witnessed as an unborn child, across the world and within every human being. KING OF HASTINAPURA Upon the commencement of the Kali Yuga , the dark age of sin, and the departure of Krishna Avatara from the world, the five Pandava brothers retire. Young Parikshita is duly invested as king, with Kripa as his counselor. SEE ALSO |
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