Canto 3: The Status Quo | Chapter 1: Questions by Vidura |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.1.7
yadā sabhāyāḿ kuru-deva-devyāḥ
keśābhimarśaḿ suta-karma garhyam
na vārayām āsa nṛpaḥ snuṣāyāḥ
svāsrair harantyāḥ kuca-kuńkumāni
SYNONYMS
yadā — when; sabhāyām — the assembly; kuru-deva-devyāḥ — of Draupadī, the wife of godly Yudhiṣṭhira; keśa-abhimarśam — insult by grabbing her hair; suta-karma — action taken by his son; garhyam — which was abominable; na — did not; vārayām āsa — forbid; nṛpaḥ — the King; snuṣāyāḥ — of his daughter-in-law; svāsraiḥ — by her tears; harantyāḥ — of she who was washing; kuca-kuńkumāni — red dust on her breast.
TRANSLATION
The King did not forbid his son Duḥśāsana's abominable action of grabbing the hair of Draupadī, the wife of the godly King Yudhiṣṭhira, even though her tears washed the red dust on her breast.
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