SB 3.1.7
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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
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 nephew's wife; svāsraiḥ — by her tears; harantyāḥ — of she who was washing; kuca-kuṅkumāni — 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.