366 Srimad-Bhagavatam {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 worship-
ful family members.

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a Wea saat Tat afazazat |
UME BATAISSA WieFTA_a Fe: |Vll

ma rodid asya janani
gautami patidevata

yathaham mrta-vatsa ’’rta
rodimy asru-mukhi muhuh

ma—do not; rodit—make cry; asya—his; janani—mother; gautami—the
wife of Drona; patidevata—chaste; yatha—as has; aham—myself: myta-vatsa
—one whose child is dead; arta—distressed; rodimi—crying; asru-mukhi—
tears in the eyes; muhuh—constantly.

TRANSLATION

My lord, do not make the wife of Dronacarya 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, Srimati Draupadi did not want to
put the wife of Dronacarya 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 Dronacarya.

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a: etd Aad TaAaharah: |
Aq FF AAMT algae Qarfiay tec

yaih kopitarn brahma-kulam
rajanyair ajitatmabhih
