यदा सभायां कुरुदेवदेव्या: केशाभिमर्शं सुतकर्म गर्ह्यम् । न वारयामास नृप: स्नुषाया: स्वास्रैर्हरन्त्या: कुचकुङ्कुमानि ॥ ७ ॥
yada sabhayam kuru-deva-devyah kesabhimarsam suta-karma garhyam na varayam asa nrpah snusayah svasrair harantyah kuca-kunkumani
- yada
- when
- sabhayam
- the assembly
- kuru-deva-devyah
- of Draupadi, the wife of godly Yudhisthira
- kesa-abhimarsam
- insult by grabbing her hair
- suta-karma
- action taken by his son
- garhyam
- which was abominable
- na
- did not
- varayam asa
- forbid
- nrpah
- the King
- snusayah
- of his daughter-in-law
- svasraih
- by her tears
- harantyah
- of she who was washing
- kuca-kunkumani
- red dust on her breast.
The King did not forbid his son Duhsasana’s abominable action of grabbing the hair of Draupadi, the wife of the godly King Yudhisthira, even though her tears washed the red dust on her breast.