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The Son of Droṇa Punished
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His dearmost friend. Every living being is thus related with the Supreme Lord by some sort of affectionate relation, either as servant or as friend or as parent or as an object of conjugal love. Everyone thus can enjoy the company of the Lord in the spiritual realm if one at all desires and sincerely tries for it by the process of  bhakti-yoga .
TEXT 42
तथाऽऽहतं पशुभत् पाशवद्ध- मवाङ्मुखं कर्मजुगुप्तितेन । निरीक्ष्य कृष्णापकृतं गुरोः सुतं वामस्वभाशा कृपया ननाम च ॥४२॥
tathā 'hṛtam paśuvat pāśa-baddham avāṅ-mukham karma-jugupsitena nirīkṣya kṛṣṇāpakṛtam guroḥ sutam vāma-sva-bhāvā kṛpayā nanāma ca
tathā—thus; āhṛtam—brought in; paśuvat—like an animal; pāśa-baddham—tied up with ropes; avāṅ-mukham—without a word in his mouth; karma—activities; jugupsitena—being heinous; nirīkṣya—by seeing; kṛṣṇā—Draupadī; apakṛtam—the doer of the degrading; guroḥ—the teacher; sutam—son; vāma—beautiful; sva-bhāvā—nature; kṛpayā—out of compassion; nanāma—offered obeisances; ca—and.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: Draupadī then saw Aśvatthāmā, who was bound with ropes like an animal and silent for having enacted the most inglorious murder. Due to her female nature, and due to her being naturally good and well-behaved, she showed him due respects as a brāhmaṇa.
PURPORT
Aśvatthāmā was condemned by the Lord Himself, and he was treated by Arjuna just like a culprit, not like the son of a  brāhmaṇa  or teacher. But when he was brought before Śrīmatī Draupadī, she, although begrieved for the murder of her sons, and although the murderer was present before her, could not withdraw the due respect generally offered to a  brāhmaṇa