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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 1]
TEXT 7
यदा सभायां कुरुदेवदेव्याः 
  केशाभिमर्शं सुतकर्म गर्ह्यम् । 
  न वारयामास नृपः स्नुषायाः 
  स्वास्त्रैर्हरन्त्याः कुचकुङ्कुमानि ॥ ७ ॥
yadā sabhāyām kuru-deva-devyāḥ 
  keśābhimarśam suta-karma garhyam 
  na vārayāmāsa nṛpaḥ snuṣāyāḥ 
  svāstrair harantyāḥ kuca-kuṅkumāni
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;  vārayāmāsa —forbidden;  nṛpaḥ —the King;  snuṣāyāḥ —of his daughter-in-law;  svāstraiḥ —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.
TEXT 8
धूते त्वधर्मेण जितस्य साधोः 
  सत्यावलम्बस्य वनम् गतस्य । 
  न याचतोऽदात्समयेन दायं 
  तमो जुषाणो यदजातशत्रोः ॥ ८ ॥
dyūte tv adharmeṇa jitasya sādhoḥ 
  satyāvalambasya vanam gatasya 
  na yācato 'dāt samayena dāyam 
  tamo-juṣāṇo yad ajāta-śatroḥ
dyūte —by means of gambling;  tu —but;  adharmeṇa —by unfair tricks;  jitasya —of the vanquished;  sādhoḥ —a saintly person;  satya-avalambasya —one who embraced truth as shelter;  vanam —forest;  gatasya —of the goer;  na —never;  yācataḥ —when asked for;  adāt —delivered;  samayena —in due