SB 1.7.49

Synonyms

sūtaḥ — Śrī Sūta; uvāca — said; dvijāḥ — O brāhmaṇas; rājā — King; dharma-sutaḥ — Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma; pratyanandat — approved [anumoditavān¹⁹⁰]; vacaḥ — the words; rājñyāḥ — of the queen; [which contain the following six qualities, consecutively illustrated in the preceding six verses (dharmyam ityādayo vacasaḥ ṣaḍ-guṇāḥ pūrva-śloka-ṣaṭke draṣṭavyāḥ)]; dharmyam — [as they were] consistent with dharma [unopposed to dharma (dharmād anapetam), shown in SB 1.7.43 by Draupadī’s insistence that Aśvatthāmā be released on the grounds that a brāhmaṇa is by all means worthy of respect (mucyatāṁ mucyatām iti)]; nyāyyam — just [unopposed to justice (nyāyād anapetam), shown in SB 1.7.44 by her argument that it would be unjust to kill the son of their teacher from whom they had learnt the military arts (sa-rahasya ityādi)]; sa-karuṇam — compassionate [shown in SB 1.7.45 by her appeal on behalf of Kṛpī, Droṇa’s better half and the mother of Aśvatthāmā (tasyātmano’rddham iti)]; nirvyalīkam — unhypocritical [shown in SB 1.7.46 by her plea that a knower of dharma should not perpetrate adharma (tad-dharma-jñeti)]; samam — equanimous [shown in SB 1.7.47 by her capacity to equate the misery that Gautamī would be made to endure with that of her own (mā rodīd iti duḥkha-sāmyokteḥ)]; mahat — [and] noble [shown in SB 1.7.48, because by her stern words, she imparted beneficial instructions (yaiḥ kopitam iti niṣṭhuroktyā hitopadeśāt)].

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