DraupadÄŤ was also first of all trying to save her cloth. And what she can do? She is woman, and they were two men. Karáša and DuḼĹÄsana was trying to make her naked. So she was crying and praying to KášášŁáša, “Save my honor.” But she was trying also herself to save. When she thought that “It is impossible to save myself, my honor, in this way,” then he (she) left the hands. She simply got up her arms and prayed, “KášášŁáša, if You like, You can save.” So this is the position. So long we try to save ourself, then that is not very good. If you simply depend on KášášŁáša, “KášášŁáša, if You save me, that is all right. Otherwise kill me, as You like.”
Srila Prabhupada’s Lecture on SB 1.8.24 — Los Angeles, April 16, 1973