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Uvacha cha asahanti asya bandhana anayanam satee
Muchyatam muchyatam esha brahmanah nitaaam guruh.
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Uvacha—said, Cha—and, Asahanti—being unbearable for her, Asya—his, Bandhana—being bound up, Anayanam—bringing him, Satee—the devoted, Muchyatam—just get him released, Brahmanah—a brahmin, Nitaram—our, Guruh—teacher.
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She said because of being a devoted lady, "Get him released get him released because he is a Brahmin of our spiritual master." She could not tolerate of Aswatthama's being bound up by ropes.
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As soon as Aswatthama was brought before Droupadi the devoted lady, she thought it intolerable that a Brahmin should be arrested like a culprit and brought before her in that condition. Specially when the Brahmin happened to become a teacher's son.
#$p#Arjuna arrested Aswatthama knowing it perfectly well that he was the son of a Brahmin like Dronacharya. So also Krishna knew him to be so but both of them condemned the murderer without any consideration of his becoming the son of a Brahmin. Because according to revealed scriptures a teacher or spiritual master is liable to be rejected if such a teacher or spiritual master proves himself unworthy of the position of a Guru or spiritual master. A Guru is called also an Acharya or the person who has personally assimilated all the essence of Shastras and has helped his disciples to adopt the ways. As such Aswatthama failed to discharge the duties of a Brahmin or teacher and therefore he is liable to be rejected from the exhalted position of a Brahmin. On this consideration both Lord Sri Krishna and Arjuna were right in the matter of condemning Aswatthama. But to a good lady like Droupadi the matter was considered not from the angle of Shastric vision but she took it as matter of custom. By custom Aswatthama was offered the same respect as it was offered to his father. It was so because generally the people accept, the son of a Brahmin as real a Brahmin by sentiment only. Factually the matter is different. A brahmin is accepted on the merit of qualification and not on the merit of one's becoming the son of a Brahmin.
#$p#But in spite of all this Droupadi desired that Aswatthama should be at once released and it was all the same a good sentiment for her better than anybody else. This means that a devotee of the Lord can tolerate all sorts of tribulation personally but still such devotees are never unkind to others even to the enemy. These are the characteristics of one who is a pure devotee of the Lord.
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#dd#brāhmaṇo nitarāṁ guruḥ#/dd##/dl#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=uvāca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#uvāca#/i# — said; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ca#/i# — and; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asahantī&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#asahantī#/i# — being unbearable for her; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#asya#/i# — his; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bandhana&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bandhana#/i# — being bound; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ānayanam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ānayanam#/i# — bringing him; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=satī&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#satī#/i# — the devoted; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mucyatām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#mucyatām #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mucyatām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#mucyatām#/i# — just get him released; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=eṣaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#eṣaḥ#/i# — this; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=brāhmaṇaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#brāhmaṇaḥ#/i# — a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=nitarām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#nitarām#/i# — our; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=guruḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#guruḥ#/i# — teacher.
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She could not tolerate Aśvatthāmā's being bound by ropes, and being a devoted lady, she said: Release him, for he is a brāhmaṇa, our spiritual master.
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As soon as Aśvatthāmā was brought before Draupadī, she thought it intolerable that a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# should be arrested like a culprit and brought before her in that condition, especially when the #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# happened to be a teacher's son.
#$p#Arjuna arrested Aśvatthāmā knowing perfectly well that he was the son of Droṇācārya. Kṛṣṇa also knew him to be so, but both of them condemned the murderer without consideration of his being the son of a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#. According to revealed scriptures, a teacher or spiritual master is liable to be rejected if he proves himself unworthy of the position of a guru or spiritual master. A #i#guru#/i# is called also an #i#ācārya#/i#, or a person who has personally assimilated all the essence of #i#śāstras#/i# and has helped his disciples to adopt the ways. Aśvatthāmā failed to discharge the duties of a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# or teacher, and therefore he was liable to be rejected from the exalted position of a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#. On this consideration, both Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna were right in condemning Aśvatthāmā. But to a good lady like Draupadī, the matter was considered not from the angle of #i#śāstric#/i# vision, but as a matter of custom. By custom, Aśvatthāmā was offered the same respect as offered to his father. It was so because generally the people accept the son of a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# as a real #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#, by sentiment only. Factually the matter is different. A #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# is accepted on the merit of qualification and not on the merit of simply being the son of a #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#.
#$p#But in spite of all this, Draupadī desired that Aśvatthāmā be at once released, and it was all the same a good sentiment for her. This means that a devotee of the Lord can tolerate all sorts of tribulation personally, but still such devotees are never unkind to others, even to the enemy. These are the characteristics of one who is a pure devotee of the Lord.
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