Dharma Kshetra on Epic Channel # 3 Link to Thread 4 on PG 142 - Page 6

Here you go. Punishment is not the same as revenge. She wanted him punished. That is actually part of her duty as Empress.

Those tigers among men, borne by their excellent steeds resembling the wing in fleetness, came back with him of Dasharha's race to their encampment. Speedily alighting from their cars, those great car-warriors, themselves much more afflicted, beheld, Drupada's daughter Krishna afflicted with woe. Approaching the cheerless princess stricken with sorrow and grief, the Pandavas with Keshava, sat round her.

Then the mighty Bhimasena, desired by the king, gave that celestial gem unto her and said these words: "This gem, O amiable lady, is thine. The slayer of thy sons hath been vanquished. Rise, casting off thy sorrow, and recollect the duties of akshatriya lady. O thou of black eyes, when Vasudeva was about to set out (from Upaplavya) on his mission of peace, thou hadst, O timid lady, said even these words unto the slayer of Madhu, "I have no husbands! I have no sons, nor brothers! Nor art thou alive, O Govinda, since the king desires for peace!" Those bitter words were addressed by thee to Krishna, that foremost of persons! It behoveth thee to recollect those words of thine that were so consistent with kshatriya usages.

The wretched Duryodhana, that obstacle on the way of our sovereignty, has been slain. I have quaffed the blood of the living Duhshasana. We have paid off the debt we owed to our enemy. People, while talking, will not be able to censure us any longer. Having vanquished Drona's son, we have set him free for the sake of his being a brahmana and of the respect that should be shown to our deceased preceptor. His fame hath been destroyed, O goddess, only his body remains! He has been divested of his gem and on earth he has been reft of his weapons!"

Draupadi said, "I desired to only pay off our debt for the injury we have sustained. The preceptor's son is worthy of my reverence as the preceptor himself. Let the king bind this gem on his head, O Bharata!" The king then, taking that gem, placed it on his head, at the desire of Draupadi and regarding it as a gift from the preceptor. Holding on his head that excellent and celestial gem, the puissant king looked beautiful like a mountain with the moon above it. Though stricken with grief on account of the death of her sons, the princess Draupadi, possessed of great mental strength, gave up her vow. Then king Yudhishthira enquired of the mighty-armed Krishna, saying the following words."

Originally posted by: Arijit007

well, count me in, i am also ready to crush those who bash draupadi, btw, did you heard about the interview of nirbhaya's rapists?

Originally posted by: AnuMP

Some of us don't think Panchali took it as a blessing because nowhere does it say so. The smile can mean anything. And this was a woman who was quite vocal about everything. Which leads me to believe her words were deliberately left out. Which leads me to ask why. Which leads me think that perhaps because they were not complimentary to Y or A or Kunti.

We can argue about it till kingdom come, but nowhere does it say she took it as a blessing. In fact, even though I believe the swarga parva was an interpolation, the statement of Yudhi's that she loved Arjun more negates the whole assumption that she was happy with the arrangement. If she loved him more, why would she agree to marry all 5?

Originally posted by: AnuMP

Some of us don't think Panchali took it as a blessing because nowhere does it say so. The smile can mean anything. And this was a woman who was quite vocal about everything. Which leads me to believe her words were deliberately left out. Which leads me to ask why. Which leads me think that perhaps because they were not complimentary to Y or A or Kunti.

We can argue about it till kingdom come, but nowhere does it say she took it as a blessing. In fact, even though I believe the swarga parva was an interpolation, the statement of Yudhi's that she loved Arjun more negates the whole assumption that she was happy with the arrangement. If she loved him more, why would she agree to marry all 5?

Originally posted by: amritat

Brishti...I think people have a problem accepting it bcoz it kind of puts Draupadi in a bad position by Kaliyugi standards...
Ved Vyas n scholars of olden days have called Draupadi a Sati...Even if we remove the divinity n ignore concepts of avatar, then we can say that she has been compared to Ma Lakshmi n Ma Kali...
Dwapar Yug never bothered about her polyandry but unfortunately Kaliyugis do...
How she's talked about in various places n novels...I am sure u know about that...
The narrow-minded Kaliyugi psyche worships polygamous men like Karna n Arjun but spit shit when it comes to a polygamous woman by calling her 'characterless'...Nowadays, people find it hard to digest that a woman readily agreed to marry 5 men n try to see an element of prostitution in her...N hence some who empathize with Draupadi try to find alternate answers for this division n put the blame on Kunti n Yudisthir...