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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.10
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 10
- patnyās tavādhimakha-kḷpta-mahābhiṣeka-
- ślāghiṣṭha-cāru-kabaraṁ kitavaiḥ sabhāyām
- spṛṣṭaṁ vikīrya padayoḥ patitāśru-mukhyā
- yas tat-striyo 'kṛta-hateśa-vimukta-keśāḥ
patnyāḥof the wife — of the wife; tavayour — your; adhimakhaduring the great sacrificial ceremony — during the great sacrificial ceremony; kḷptadressed — dressed; mahāgreatly sanctified-abhiṣekagreatly sanctified — greatly sanctified; ślāghiṣṭhathus glorified — thus glorified; cārubeautiful — beautiful; kabaramclustered hair — clustered hair; kitavaiḥby the miscreants — by the miscreants; sabhāyāmin the great assembly — in the great assembly; spṛṣṭambeing caught — being caught; vikīryabeing loosened — being loosened; padayoḥon the feet — on the feet; patitaof the one who fell down with tears in the eyes-aśruof the one who fell down with tears in the eyes-mukhyāḥof the one who fell down with tears in the eyes — of the one who fell down with tears in the eyes; yaḥHe — He; tattheir — their; striyaḥwives — wives; akṛtabecame — became; hatabereft of husbands-īśabereft of husbands — bereft of husbands; vimuktaloosened hair-keśāḥloosened hair — loosened hair.
It was He only who loosened the hair of all the wives of the miscreants who dared open the cluster of your Queen's hair, which had been nicely dressed and sanctified for the great Rājasūya sacrificial ceremony. At that time she fell down at the feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa with tears in her eyes.
Queen Draupadī had a beautiful bunch of hair which was sanctified in the ceremonial function of Rājasūya-yajña. But when she was lost in a bet, Duḥśāsana touched her glorified hair to insult her. Draupadī then fell down at the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and Lord Kṛṣṇa decided that all the wives of Duḥśāsana and company should have their hair loosened as a result of the Battle of Kurukṣetra. Thus after the Battle of Kurukṣetra, after all the sons and grandsons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra died in battle, all the wives of the family were obliged to loosen their hair as widows. In other words, all the wives of the Kuru family became widows because of Duḥśāsana's insulting a great devotee of the Lord. The Lord can tolerate insults upon Himself by any miscreant because the father tolerates even insults from the son. But He never tolerates insults upon His devotees. By insulting a great soul, one has to forego all the results of pious acts and benedictions also.