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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 8]
Pāṇḍavas also followed the rules more than five thousand years ago. Lord Kṛṣṇa, being a cousin of the Pāṇḍavas, is also amongst the family members.
TEXT 2
ते निनीयोदकं सर्वे विलप्य च भृशं पुनः । आप्लुता हरिपादाब्जरजःपूतसरिजले ॥ २ ॥
te ninīyodakaṁ sarve vilapya ca bhṛśaṁ punaḥ āplutā hari-pādābja- rajaḥ pūta sarij jale
te —all of them;  ninīya —having offered;  udakam —water;  sarve —every one of them;  vilapya —having lamented;  ca —and;  bhṛśaṁ —sufficiently;  punaḥ —again;  āplutāḥ —took bath;  hari-pādābja —lotus feet of the Lord;  rajaḥ —dust;  pūta —purified;  sarit —of the Ganges;  jale —in the water.
TRANSLATION
Having lamented over them and sufficiently offered Ganges water, they bathed in the Ganges, whose water is sanctified due to being mixed with the dust of the lotus feet of the Lord.
TEXT 3
तत्रासीनं कुरुपतिं धृतराष्ट्रं सहानुजम् । गान्धारीं पुत्रशोकार्तां पृथां कृष्णां च माधवः ॥ ३ ॥
tatrāsīnaṁ kuru-patiṁ dhṛtarāṣṭraṁ sahānujam gāndhārīṁ putra-śokārtāṁ pṛthāṁ kṛṣṇāṁ ca mādhavaḥ
tatra —there;  āsīnam —sitting;  kuru-patim —the King of the Kurus;  dhṛtarāṣṭram —Dhṛtarāṣṭra;  saha anujam —with his younger brother;  gāndhārīm —Gāndhārī;  putra —son;  śoka-artām —overtaken by bereavement;  pṛthām —Kuntī;  kṛṣṇām —Draupadī;  ca —also;  mādhavaḥ —Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.