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[edit] Text additon with text deletions by User:221.134.234.114
I reverted text addition and text deletions by anon, copyright issues are possible, text is probably too long and the story maybe unencyclopedic. --Alcidebava 19:50, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
Draupadi was the daughter of Panchal king Drupad. She was born from the oblation altar. She was extremely beautiful, with her body smelling like a fresh bloomed lotus. At the time of her birth, a celestial voice had proclaimed: " This unparalleled beauty has taken birth to uproot the Kauravas and established the rule of religion." Because of Shiva's boon in the previous birth, Draupadi got 5 husbands. In a way, Draupadi was the cause of the battle of Mahabharat. An adage says that Yudhishtir had invited the Kauravas to Indraprastha. During the inspection tour of the palace, at one place, Duryodhana got confused and could not differentiate between water and the marble floor and fell in the water. At that scene, the adage says, Draupadi derided at Duryodhana, saying: " Son of a blind would be blind himself". The authentic version of Mahabharat does not support this, though it does mention the hearty laugh. Nevertheless, because of this event and envious of the Pandavas luxuries, Duryodhana decided to humble them and hence proposed them to play a game of dice.
Draupadi was a devotee of Shri Krishna. She was faithful to her husbands also. She had an unshakable faith in Shri Krishna and regarded him as the protector, well- wisher and intimate friend. So when the fiend Dushasana tried to bare her in the Kauravas court and nobody among the present raised a voice against it, Draupadi cried and called out to Lord Krishna to save her grace:
GOVIND DWARAKAWASI KRISHNA GOPI JANA PRIRYA | KAURAVAIH PARIBHUTAM MAM KIM NA JANASI KESHAVA ||
Lord Krishna appeared as the clothes of Draupadi. With the kindness of Lord Krishna, Draupadi's sari increased many fold. Dushasana was tired drawing her sari but he could not find the end of it. It was a miracle of the god to save his devotee.
During the exile when Pandavas were in Kamyaka Vana, Duryodhana sent sage Durvasa and his thousand disciples to visit Yudhishtir. His intention was to get the Pandavas cursed by the sage Durvasa. Yudhishtir invited the sage and his disciples to dine, for he was sure that by the virtue of Akshaya Patra, he had received from the sun, they would be able to feed the sage and his disciples. But nobody thought that at that time even Kunti had taken her meal and Akshaya Patra had given them enough. Sage Durvasa went to take a bath in the Ganges. Here in the hut, Draupadi got worried and she again prayed to Krishna to save her:
KRISHNA- KRISHNA MAHA BA HO DEVAR NANDANA VYA YAM | VASUDEVA JAGANNATHA PRANATARTI VINASHANA ||
Hearing the pitiable call from Draupadi, Shri Krishna reached there and ate the single grain of rice in the Akshaya Patra. There at the riverbank, Sage Durvasa and his disciples felt as if they had eaten to their fill, hence they decided to change their course silently.
Draupadi had a marvelous blend of intensity that suits Kshatriyas and forgiveness that fits devotees. She was very intelligent and knowledgeable. When Dushasana was dragging her by the hair to the court, she ridiculed him to show his prowess against her husbands. She also boldly reprimanded the elders present in the court and appealed to them to do justice. She also asked if Yudhishtir had a right to put his wife at stake when he had already lost himself. But no courtier could answer those questions. At last, Duryodhana's brother Vikarna supported Draupadi but Karna derided him and questioned his support for her. Thus, despite being humiliated, Draupadi won morally. Nobody could refute her logic. Eventually, convinced by Vidur, Dhritarashtra scoffed at Duryodhana and asked Draupadi for any boon. But Draupadi simply sought that her husband should at once be freed from slavery. When Dhritarashtra asked her to ask for more boons, she replied that her husbands were strong and capable to win, what they wanted they would do the rest themselves.
Draupadi never forgot that insult, when she heard about a possible pact between the Kauravas and Pandavas, she reminded her husbands of the humiliation and thus encouraged them to fight the Mahabharat war. When Shri Krishna was about to visit Hastinapur for a possible pact, Draupadi came before him with her long hair in her hands and said: " O Lord, if you are going for a pact, alright, go, but please don't forget my hair." She even said that if the Pandavas were reluctant to fight then her brother, aging father and all the sons like Abhimanyu would fight for her dignity.
Once, Lord Krishna came to see the Pandavas in the forests with his wife Satyabhama. At that meeting Satyabhama asked Draupadi as to how she managed to keep her husbands happy and also if she knew some tricks to control her husbands. Draupadi replied that in order to control her husband, a wicked lady would only resort to tricks. " I do all the work as per the wishes of my husbands and try to see that they do not get any pain even in their dreams because of me. I do all the work in time and always obey my husbands. I also serve my mother-in-law respectfully and never argue with her and control myself. I always wake up first and retire to the bed last. So, sister Satyabhama, this is the only way that I know to win favour of my husbands." Thus, we must learn from Draupadi how an ideal wife must behave in the present age.
Even in Kamyaka Vana, when Jayadhrath tried to abduct her forcibly, Draupadi first pushed him very strongly. But he gained his balance and took Draupadi on his chariot forcibly. Later on, Arjuna and Bheema caught him and gave him a good thrashing. But Draupadi gracefully pardoned Jayadhrath. Thus, whoever tried to harass Draupadi met with lot of miseries. The reason behind the destruction of Kauravas in the Mahabharat battle is attributed to Draupadi.
