368 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 7
TRANSLATION

Suta Gosvami said: O brahmanas, King Yudhisthira fully supported the
statements of the Queen, which were in accordance with the principles of
religion and were justified, glorious, full of mercy and equity and were
without duplicity.

PURPORT

Maharaja Yudhisthira, who was the son of Dharmaraja or Yamaraja, fully
supported the words of Queen Draupadr in asking Arjuna to release
Agvatthama. One should not tolerate the humiliation of a member of a
great family. Arjuna and his family were indebted to the family of Dron-
deirva because of Arjuna’s learning the military science from him. If
ingratitude were shown to such a benevolent family, it was not at all
justified from the moral standpoint. The wife of Dronacarya, who was the
half body of the great soul, must be treated with compassion, and she
should not be put into grief because of her son’s death. That is com-
passion. Such statements by Draupadiare without duplicity because actions
should be taken with full knowledge. The feeling of equality was there
because Draupadi spoke out of her personal experience. A barren woman
cannot understand the grief of a mother. Draupadi was herself a mother,
and therefore her calculation of the depth of Krpi’s grief was quite to the
point. And it was glorious because she wanted to show proper respect to a
great family.

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sa wes
ATA SIWGA F Wey TT ANTa: (oll
nakulah sahadevas ca
yuyudhano dhananijayah
bhagavan devaki-putro
ye canye yas ca yositah

nakulah—Nakula; sahadevah—Sahadeva; ca—and; yuyudhanah—Satyaki;
dhananijayah—Arjuna; bhagavan—the Personality of Godhead; devaki-
putrah—the son of Devaki, Lord Sri Krsna; ye—those; ca—and; anye—
others; yah—those; ca—and; yositah—ladies.
