Canto 1: CreationChapter 7: The Son of Droṇa Punished

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.7.15

mātā śiśūnāḿ nidhanaḿ sutānāḿ

niśamya ghoraḿ paritapyamānā

tadārudad vāṣpa-kalākulākṣī

tāḿ sāntvayann āha kirīṭamālī

SYNONYMS

mātā — the mother; śiśūnām — of the children; nidhanam — massacre; sutānām — of the sons; niśamya — after hearing; ghoram — ghastly; paritapyamānā — lamenting; tadā — at that time; arudat — began to cry; vāṣpa-kala-ākula-akṣī — with tears in the eyes; tām — her; sāntvayan — pacifying; āha — said; kirīṭamālīArjuna.

TRANSLATION

Draupadī, the mother of the five children of the Pāṇḍavas, after hearing of the massacre of her sons, began to cry in distress with eyes full of tears. Trying to pacify her in her great loss, Arjuna spoke to her thus:

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