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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 7]
PURPORT
A slight insult for a respectable family is sufficient to invoke grief. Therefore, a cultured man should always be careful in dealing with worshipful family members.
TEXT 47
मा रोदीदस्य जननी गौतमी पतिदेवता । यथाहं मृतवत्साऽऽतां रोदिम्यश्रुमुखी मुहुः ॥४७॥
mā rodīd asya jananī gautamī patidevatā yathāham mṛta-vatsā ’rtā rodimy aśru-mukhī muhuḥ
mā —do not;  rodīt —make cry;  asya —his;  jananī —mother;  gautamī —the wife of Droṇa;  patidevatā —chaste;  yathā —as has;  aham —myself;  mṛta-vatsā —one whose child is dead;  ārtā —distressed;  rodimi —crying;  aśru-mukhī —tears in the eyes;  muhuḥ —constantly.
TRANSLATION
My lord, do not make the wife of Droṇācārya cry like me. I am aggrieved for the death of my sons. She need not cry constantly like me.
PURPORT
Sympathetic good lady as she was, Śrīmatī Draupadī did not want to put the wife of Droṇācārya in the same position of childlessness, both from the point of motherly feelings as well as from the respectable position held by the wife of Droṇācārya.
TEXT 48
यैः कोपितं ब्रह्मकुलं राजन्यैरजितात्मभिः । तत् कुलं प्रदहत्याशु सानुबन्धं शुचार्पितम् ॥४८॥
yaiḥ kopitam brahma-kulam rājanyair ajitātmabhiḥ