मा रोदीदस्य जननी गौतमी पतिदेवता यथाहं मृतवत्सा ऽऽर्ता रोदिम्यश्रुमुखी मुहुः
mā rodīd asya jananī gautamī patidevatā yathāhaṁ mṛta-vatsā ''rtā rodimy aśru-mukhī muhuḥ
Synonyms
mā—do not; rodīt—make cry; asya—his; jananī—mother; gautamī—the wife of Droṇa; patidevatā—chaste; yathā—as has; aham—myself; mṛta-vatsā—one whose child is dead; ārtā—distressed; rodimi—crying; aśru-mukhī—tears in the eyes; muhuḥ—constantly..
Translation
My lord, do not make the wife of Droṇācārya cry like me. I am aggrieved for the death of my sons. She need not cry constantly like me.
Purport
Sympathetic good lady as she was, Śrīmatī Draupadī did not want to put the wife of Droṇācārya in the same position of childlessness, both from the point of motherly feelings as well as from the respectable position held by the wife of Droṇācārya.