In plain words
But who can understand the play of fate! Who knows how anyone's course will go! No one knows, but Īśvara alone. Saying, ‘Why should we have a life without Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the Pāṇḍavas?’ many gave up their lives. The five Pāṇḍavas were men of great valour, and exemplary. Because they spent their time ever thinking of God, an easy death came to them. Like the Pāṇḍavas, Parīkṣit too was a man of great courage, and exemplary. Even while ably carrying out the duties of ruling the kingdom, he went on spending his time in remembering the Name. But after he ascended the throne of Hastināpura, all the wicked kings joined together and marched against him. Yet, with the help of some righteous kings, Parīkṣit drove them off. Parīkṣit's victory came through nothing but his unwavering faith in Kṛṣṇa Paramātma. For this very reason I often say,
‘Be it in the forests, be it in the sky, be it in the town, be it in the village, be it on a hill or fallen in midstream, for those with no refuge, the refuge is God alone.’
When the Pāṇḍavas crowned Parīkṣit, the people fell into fear and anxiety: ‘They have given the kingdom to a boy; who knows what fate they will bring on it!’ But, following the directions and counsel of Kṛpācārya's son and walking in the Pāṇḍavas' footsteps, Parīkṣit won a name as an able ruler. Making some time free from the affairs of state, he went to the place where the Pāṇḍavas had given up their bodies. He went round that spot in reverence and placed its earth on his head. He went on proclaiming the Pāṇḍavas' ideals to the world by putting them into practice. The Pāṇḍavas are an example to the world itself. Taking their ideals as our basis, we must lead our lives in peace.