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Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees …

draupadī ca tadājñāya patīnām anapekṣatām vāsudeve bhagavati hy ekānta-matir āpa tam

[SB 1.15.50]

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Prabhupāda: All right.

Pradyumna: draupadī---Draupadī (the wife of the Pāṇḍavas); ca---and; tadā---at that time; ājñāya---knowing Lord Kṛṣṇa fully well; patīnām---of the husbands; anapekṣatām---who …

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Translation = "Draupadī also saw that her husbands, without caring for her, were leaving home. She knew well about Lord …

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Just see. Gambling is so dangerous. The bet was the wife. The Pāṇḍavas and the Kurus were playing on chess, …

So when they were living incognito---nobody could know where the Pāṇḍavas were at---they attempted to gain Draupadī in the dress …

All the noted princes in those times, they kept such bet. Even Kṛṣṇa had to marry Satyabhāmā... Satyabhāmā's father also …

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So the kṣatriyas were very chivalrous. In every action there is fight. And this gambling was allowed for the kṣatriyas. …

So this Draupadī was achieved by Arjuna by piercing the eye of the fish. So when they came home in …

So Karṇa was refused to take part in the sporting, piercing the eyes of the fish, because Draupadī actually knew …

And another side is that when... At the time of retirement, there is no more responsibility. Here is it said, …

Actually, Kṛṣṇa saves us. Why we should depend on others? Kṛṣṇa saves. Kṛṣṇa says that "Anyone who is completely dependent …

So cirāṇi kiṁ na pathi santi diśanti bhikṣām [SB 2.2.5]. Śukadeva Gosvāmī, he was wandering all over the world alone, …

Devotee: Oh, yes.