Verse Text
yathā –
bhavad abhi rati-hetūn kurvatā sapta-tantūn
puram abhi puru-hūte nityam evopahūte |
danuja-damana tasyāḥ pāṇḍu-putreṇa gaṇḍaḥ
suciram araci śacyāḥ savya-hastāṅka-śāyī ||58||
Translation
An example: O Kṛṣṇa, defeater of demons! When Indra was called by Yudhiṣṭhira, who performed elaborate sacrifices for Your pleasure, his wife Śacī’s left cheek became marked with her hand print.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
The best example of a dharma-vīra is Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira. A devotee once told Kṛṣṇa, “My dear Kṛṣṇa, O killer of all demons, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, the eldest son of Mahārāja Pāṇḍu, has performed all kinds of sacrifices just to please You. He has always invited the heavenly King, Indra, to take part in the yajṣas [sacrifices]. Because King Indra was thus absent so often from Śacīdevī, she had to pass much of her time pining over Indra’s absence, with her cheeks upon her hands.”