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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.10

पत्‍न्‍यास्तवाधिमखक्लृप्तमहाभिषेक- श्लाघिष्ठचारुकबरं कितवै: सभायाम् । स्पृष्टं विकीर्य पदयो: पतिताश्रुमुख्या यस्तत्स्त्रियोऽकृतहतेशविमुक्तकेशा: ॥ १० ॥
patnyās tavādhimakha-kḷpta-mahābhiṣeka-
[patnyaas tavaadhimakha-klripta-mahaabhisheka-]
ślāghiṣṭha-cāru-kabaraṁ kitavaiḥ sabhāyām
[shlaaghishtha-chaaru-kabaram kitavaih sabhaayaam]
spṛṣṭaṁ vikīrya padayoḥ patitāśru-mukhyā
[sprishtam vikeerya padayoh patitaashru-mukhyaa]
yas tat-striyo ’kṛta-hateśa-vimukta-keśāḥ
[yas tat-striyo ’krita-hatesha-vimukta-keshaah]
Word-for-word
patnyāḥ — of the wife tava — your adhimakha — during the great sacrificial ceremony kḷpta — dressed mahā-abhiṣeka — greatly sanctified ślāghiṣṭha — thus glorified cāru — beautiful kabaram — clustered hair kitavaiḥ — by the miscreants sabhāyām — in the great assembly spṛṣṭam — being caught vikīrya — being loosened padayoḥ — on the feet patita-aśru-mukhyāḥ — of the one who fell down with tears in the eyes yaḥ — He tat — their striyaḥ — wives akṛta — became hata-īśa — bereft of husbands vimukta-keśāḥ — loosened hair.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
patnyās tavādhimakha-kḷpta-mahābhiṣeka-
patnyāḥ
of the wife
tava
your
adhimakha
during the great sacrificial ceremony
kḷpta
dressed
mahā-abhiṣeka
greatly sanctified
ślāghiṣṭha-cāru-kabaraṁ kitavaiḥ sabhāyām
ślāghiṣṭha
thus glorified
cāru
beautiful
kabaram
clustered hair
kitavaiḥ
by the miscreants
sabhāyām
in the great assembly
spṛṣṭaṁ vikīrya padayoḥ patitāśru-mukhyā
spṛṣṭam
being caught
vikīrya
being loosened
padayoḥ
on the feet
patita-aśru-mukhyāḥ
of the one who fell down with tears in the eyes
yaḥ
He
yas tat-striyo ’kṛta-hateśa-vimukta-keśāḥ
tat
their
striyaḥ
wives
akṛta
became
hata-īśa
bereft of husbands
vimukta-keśāḥ
loosened hair.
It was He only who loosened the hair of all the wives of the miscreants who dared open the cluster of your Queen’s hair, which had been nicely dressed and sanctified for the great Rājasūya sacrificial ceremony. At that time she fell down at the feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa with tears in her eyes.
Purport

Queen Draupadī had a beautiful bunch of hair which was sanctified in the ceremonial function of Rājasūya-yajña. But when she was lost in a bet, Duḥśāsana touched her glorified hair to insult her. Draupadī then fell down at the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and Lord Kṛṣṇa decided that all the wives of Duḥśāsana and company should have their hair loosened as a result of the Battle of Kurukṣetra. Thus after the Battle of Kurukṣetra, after all the sons and grandsons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra died in battle, all the wives of the family were obliged to loosen their hair as widows. In other words, all the wives of the Kuru family became widows because of Duḥśāsana’s insulting a great devotee of the Lord. The Lord can tolerate insults upon Himself by any miscreant because the father tolerates even insults from the son. But He never tolerates insults upon His devotees. By insulting a great soul, one has to forgo all the results of pious acts and benedictions also.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
And Bhīma made widows of those whose rascal husbands in the assembly untied and pulled the hair bound up beautifully during the bathing ceremony at the Rājasūya sacrifice of your wife, whose tears fell on the feet of Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary

You made widows of the wives (tat-striyo ’krṭa-hateśa-vimukta-keśāḥ) of rascals like Duḥśāsana by whom your wife’s hair done up nicely for the bathing ceremony at the Rājasūya sacrifice was untied (vikīrya) and pulled (spṛṣṭam). Yah refers to Bhīma from the previous verse. From Draupadī’s face tears fell on the feet of Kṛṣṇa who appeared in her mind by remembrance. Or the phrase can mean Draupadī with a tearful face fell at the feet of Kṛṣṇa.

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Personal Guidance
He loosened the hair of all the wives of miscreants who dared open Draupadī's sanctified hair. Wrongs against the devoted are eventually addressed. The Lord notices what we forgot.
Reflection Questions
  • What wrong of mine, long forgotten, is the Lord perhaps still addressing?
  • Where could I trust His memory more than my own?
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