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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.15
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 15
- mātā śiśūnāṁ nidhanaṁ sutānāṁ
- niśamya ghoraṁ paritapyamānā
- tadārudad vāṣpa-kalākulākṣī
- tāṁ sāntvayann āha kirīṭamālī
mātāthe mother — the mother; śiśūnāmof the children — of the children; nidhanammassacre — massacre; sutānāmof the sons — of the sons; niśamyaafter hearing — after hearing; ghoramghastly — ghastly; paritapyamānālamenting — lamenting; tadāat that time — at that time; arudatbegan to cry — began to cry; vāṣpawith tears in the eyes-kalawith tears in the eyes-ākulawith tears in the eyes-akṣīwith tears in the eyes — with tears in the eyes; tāmher — her; sāntvayanpacifying — pacifying; āhasaid — said; kirīṭamālīArjuna — Arjuna.
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: