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Uttara

उत्तरा

Also known as वैराटी

Uttara is the daughter of Virata king of the Matsyas, wife of Abhimanyu and mother of Parikshit. At SB 1.8.8-10, terrified by Ashvatthama's brahmastra, she runs to Krishna for refuge and asks that her embryo be spared even at the cost of her own life — 'let it burn me, but let not my embryo be destroyed'. The Lord covered that womb with His own maya and so preserved the Kuru succession (SB 1.8.14).

Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa 1.8.8 — Sanskrit Wikisource (pinned oldid=196197)