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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 8]
are not properly protected, and therefore the duration of life of the present generation has shortened considerably. In the  Bhagavad-gītā  it is stated that when the women become unchaste for want of proper protection, there are unwanted children called  varṇa-saṅkaras . To insult a chaste woman means to bring about disaster in the duration of life. Duḥśāsana, a brother of Duryodhana, insulted Draupadī, an ideal chaste lady, and therefore the miscreants died untimely. These are some of the stringent laws of the Lord, mentioned above.
TEXT 6
याजयित्वाश्वमेधैस्तं त्रिभिरुत्तमकल्पकैः । तद्यशः पावनं दिक्षु शतमन्योरिवातनोत् ॥ ६ ॥
yājayitvāśvamedhais tam tribhir uttamakalpakaiḥ tad-yaśaḥ pāvanam dikṣu śata-manyor ivātanot
yājayitvā—by performing; aśvamedhaiḥ—yajña  in which a horse is sacrificed;  tam—him  (King Yudhiṣṭhira);  tribhiḥ—three; uttama—best; kalpakaiḥ—supplied with proper ingredients and performed by able priests; tat—that; yaśaḥ—fame; pāvanam—virtuous; dikṣu—all directions; śata-manyoḥ—like the one who performed one hundred such sacrifices; iva—like; atanot—performed.
TRANSLATION
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa caused three well-performed Aśvamedha-yajñas [horse sacrifices] to be conducted by Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira and thus caused his virtuous fame to be glorified in all directions, like that of Indra, who had performed one hundred such sacrifices.
PURPORT
This is something like the preface of the performances of  Aśvamedha-yajña  by Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira. The comparison of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira to the King of heaven is significant. The King of heaven is thousands and thousands of times greater than Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira in opulence, yet the fame of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was not less. The reason is that Mahārāja