Dhṛtarāṣṭra did not forbid his son’s despicable action of dragging the wife of Yudhiṣṭhira by the hair into the assembly, while Draupadī wept, washing away the kuṁkuṁa on her breasts with tears. Kuru-deva-devyāḥ refers to Draupadī. She washed away the kuṁkuma on her breasts by her tears. Also indicated is that she would wash away the kuṁkuṁa on the breasts of the enemy’s wives, with their tears, when she would have their husbands killed. This is the fourth type of atiśayokti (hyperbole).