
Vaisampayana continued,–“When the attire of Draupadi was being thus dragged, the thought of Hari, (And she herself cried aloud, saying), ‘O Govinda, O thou who dwellest in Dwaraka, O Krishna, O thou who art fond of cow-herdesses (of Vrindavana). O Kesava, seest thou not that the Kauravas are humiliating me. O Lord, O husband of Lakshmi, O Lord of Vraja (Vrindavana), O destroyer of all afflictions, O Janarddana, rescue me who am sinking in the Kaurava Ocean. O Krishna, O Krishna, O thou great yogin, thou soul of the universe, Thou creator of all things, O Govinda, save me who am distressed,–who am losing my senses in the midst of the Kurus.’
Mahabharata, Sabha Parva Section LXVII
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- Unto Adam also, and to his wife, did the LORD God make coates of skinnes, and cloathed them (Genesis 3:21).
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- Naked and bowed low, Inanna entered the throne room./Ereshkigal rose from her throne./Inanna started toward the throne./The Annuna, the judges of the underworld, surrounded her. They passed judgement against her (Wolkstein and Kramer 60).