Note 32 — IX VIÇĀKHADATTA AND BHAṬṬA NĀRĀYAṆA
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Violent as is the language, there is some excuse for it in the extraordinarily heartless character of Bhīma’s address to the ill-fated Dhṛtarāṣṭra, which almost justifies the recalling of the disgraceful slight put on Draupadī:32