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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.1.7
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 7
- yadā sabhāyāṁ kuru-deva-devyāḥ
- keśābhimarśaṁ suta-karma garhyam
- na vārayām āsa nṛpaḥ snuṣāyāḥ
- svāsrair harantyāḥ kuca-kuṅkumāni
yadāwhen — when; sabhāyāmthe assembly — the assembly; kuruof Draupadī, the wife of godly Yudhiṣṭhira-devaof Draupadī, the wife of godly Yudhiṣṭhira-devyāḥof Draupadī, the wife of godly Yudhiṣṭhira — of Draupadī, the wife of godly Yudhiṣṭhira; keśainsult by grabbing her hair-abhimarśaminsult by grabbing her hair — insult by grabbing her hair; sutaaction taken by his son-karmaaction taken by his son — action taken by his son; garhyamwhich was abominable — which was abominable; nadid not — did not; vārayāmforbid āsaforbid — forbid; nṛpaḥthe King — the King; snuṣāyāḥof his nephew's wife — of his nephew's wife; svāsraiḥby her tears — by her tears; harantyāḥof she who was washing — of she who was washing; kucared dust on her breast-kuṅkumānired dust on her breast — red dust on her breast.
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.