Mahabharata Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /153

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तच्छ्रुत्वा पाण्डवास्सर्वे स्वानि वासांसि [भारत] ।

अवकीर्योत्तरीयाणि सभायां समुपाविशन् ॥
 
SAB
HAearing that, the PARVA
 
Hearing that, the Pandavas, all of them,

threw away their upper garments and

sat in the hall.
 

 
ततो दुश्शासनो [राजन् ] द्रौपद्या वसनं बलात् ।

सभामध्ये समाक्षिप्य व्यपाकक्रष्टुं प्रचक्रमे ॥
 

Then, Dussasana began to forcibly snatch

and pull off Draupadi's cloth in the midst

of that assembly.
 
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महत्यापदि संप्राप्ते स्मर्तव्यो भगवान् हरिः ।'

इति निश्चित्य मनसा शरणागतवत्सलम् ।

आकृष्यमाणे वसने द्रौपदी कृष्णमस्मरत् ॥
 

When great calamity befalls, Lord Hari

(Krishna) must be thought of." So deciding

in mind, Draupadi, while her cloth was

being pulled off, thought of Krishna who

is affectionate to those who seek him

as refuge.