Text 42] The Son of Drona Punished 361
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
aqssetd FYI Walagz-
mead =| ATTRA |
fatiet Heoysa AT: ad
TAA HIAL ATTA FT UVR
tatha “*hrtam pasuvat pasa-baddham
avan-mukham karma-jugupsitena
nirtksya krsnapakrtam guroh sutam
vama-sva-bhava krpaya nanama ca
tatha—thus; ahrtam—brought in; pasuvat—like an animal; pasa-baddham
—tied up with ropes; avan-mukham— without a word in his mouth; karma
—activities; jugupsitena—being heinous; niriksya—by seeing; krsna—
Draupadi; apakrtam—the doer of the degrading; guroh—the teacher;
sutam—son; vama—beautiful; sva-bhava—nature; krpayd—out of compas-
sion; nanama—offered obeisances; ca—and.
TRANSLATION
Sri Sita Gosvami said: Draupadi then saw Agvatthama, 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 brahmana.
PURPORT
ASvatthama was condemned by the Lord Himself, and he was treated
by Arjuna just like a culprit, not like the son of a brahmana or teacher. But
when he was brought before Srimati Draupadi, 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 brahmana
