Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.1.7

yadā sabhāyāḿ kuru-deva-devyāḥ

keśābhimarśaḿ suta-karma garhyam

na vārayām āsa nṛpaḥ snuṣāyāḥ

svāsrair harantyāḥ kuca-kuńkumāni

SYNONYMS

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; vārayām āsa — forbid; nṛpaḥ — the King; snuṣāyāḥ — of his daughter-in-law; svāsraiḥ — by her tears; harantyāḥ — of she who was washing; kuca-kuńkumāni — 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.

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