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THE MAHABHARATA
 
'मन्यसे वा सभामेतामानीतामेकवाससम् ।
अधर्मेणेति तत्रापि शृणु मे वाक्यमुत्तमम् ॥
 
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"If you think that
 
unrighteously brought to
 
she has been
the hall with a
single garment (on her), hearken to these
conclusive words of mine :
 
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'एको भर्ता स्त्रिया देवैर्विहितः कुरुनन्दन ।
इयं त्वनेकवशगा बन्धकीति विनिश्चिता ॥
 
"Scion of the Kuru house, a single husband
is ordained by the gods for a woman ;
but this woman, who is under more than
one, is decided as a harlot.
 
अस्याः सभामानयनं न चित्रमिति मे मतिः ॥
"My view is that there is nothing
strange in bringing her to the hall.
 
&
 
'दुश्शासन सुबालोऽयं विकर्णः प्राशवादिकः ।
पाण्डवानां च वासांसि द्रौपद्याश्चाप्युपाहर ॥
 
"Dussasana ! an urchin, this Vikarna
talks like a wiseacre; seize the clothes of
the Pandavas and Draupadi."