Srimad Maha Bhagavatam: 7.5. - Swami Krishnananda.
==================================================================================== Sunday 15, September 2024, 05:30. Discourse 7: Sri Krishna's Kurukshetra Lila -5. ==================================================================================== Sri Krishna consoled her. “My dear sister, don't be annoyed. I promise you I shall speak the truth to you. Let the oceans dry up and the Himalayas get plucked from their roots, but my words cannot become false. Within eighteen days, you will see yourself crowned as queen of this land. I am going to the Kurus only to follow a political policy. Otherwise the public will censure us, saying that we declared war without even trying for peace. Why should we have this tarnishing attitude of people on us? Let me try. I know very well they will not listen to me. But anyhow, I should do my duty. Let me go now.” Getting up, Krishna told Sarathi, “Let us go. Harness the horses to the chariot.” When Dhritarashtra heard that something was hap