380 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 8

are not properly protected, and therefore the duration of life of the
present generation has shortened considerably. In the Bhagavad-gita it is
stated that when the women become unchaste for want of proper pro-
tection, there are unwanted children called varna-sankaras. To insult a
chaste woman means to bring about disaster in the duration of life.
Duhsasana, a brother of Duryodhana, insulted Draupadi, an ideal chaste
lady, and therefore the miscreants died untimely. These are some of the
stringent laws of the Lord, mentioned above.

TEXT 6

amfraratrd — fafreanneta |
waa: Tad fey Tarai Ul § UI

yajayitvasvamedhais tam
tribhir uttamakalpakaih

tad-yasah pavanam diksu
Sata-manyor ivatanot

yajayitva—by performing; asvamedhaih—yajia in which a horse is
sacrificed; tam—him (King Yudhisthira); tribhih—three; uttama—best;
kalpakath—supplied with proper ingredients and performed by able priests;
tat—that; yasah—fame: pa@vanam—virtuous; diksu—all directions; Sata-
many oh—like the one who performed one hundred such sacrifices; iva—
like; atanot—performed.

TRANSLATION

Lord Sri Krsna caused three well-performed Aévamedha-yajfias [horse
sacrifices] to be conducted by Maharaja Yudhisthira 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 Asvamedha-
yajna by Maharaja Yudhisthira. The comparison of Maharaja Yudhisthira
to the King of heaven is significant. The King of heaven is thousands and
thousands of times greater than Maharaja Yudhisthira in opulence, yet the
fame of Maharaja Yudhisthira was not less. The reason is that Maharaja
