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THE MAHABHARATA
 
'मन्यसे वा सभामेतामानीतामेकवाससम् ।

अधर्मेणेति तत्रापि शृणु मे वाक्यमुत्तमम् ॥
 
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"If you think that
 
she has been
unrighteously brought to
 
she has been
the hall with a

single garment (on her), hearken to these

conclusive words of mine :
 
6
 

 
'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."