← Canto 1: Creation

Chapter 7: The Son of Droṇa Punished

Verse 15 of 56
SB 1.7.15

माता शिशूनां निधनं सुतानां निशम्य घोरं परितप्यमाना तदारुदद्वाष्पकलाकुलाक्षी तां सान्त्वयन्नाह किरीटमाली

mātā śiśūnāṁ nidhanaṁ sutānāṁ niśamya ghoraṁ paritapyamānā tadārudad vāṣpa-kalākulākṣī tāṁ sāntvayann āha kirīṭamālī

Synonyms

mātāthe mother; śiśūnāmof the children; nidhanammassacre; sutānāmof the sons; niśamyaafter hearing; ghoramghastly; paritapyamānālamenting; tadāat that time; arudatbegan to cry; vāṣpa-kala-ākula-akṣīwith tears in the eyes; tāmher; sāntvayanpacifying; āhasaid; kirīṭamālīArjuna..

Translation

Draupadī, the mother of the five children of the Pāṇḍavas, after hearing of the massacre of her sons, began to cry in distress with eyes full of tears. Trying to pacify her in her great loss, Arjuna spoke to her thus:

Verse 15 of 56
Prabhupāda Says