Draupadi: Responsible For The War, Really? - Page 2

Originally posted by: -TomNJerry-

<font color="#000066">Mahabharat was meant to be! ... no one was solely responsible yet everyone was responsible,they all somewhere contributed!! ... the seed for the war was planted long before Draupadi came into the picture ... but yes everyone helped nourish the seed (the 3-4 generations starting right from Shantanu all contributed) ... and it kept growing uncontrollably! ... at the end it became something no one ever anticipated it to be!!</font>

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<font color="#000066">But i think from the pandavas side Draupadi was huge motivation factor for the war ... there is a difference between motivation and being the reason!!</font>

Actually the motivation part is not true.
Yes she did try to persuade n brainwash Yudisthir, but despite all her motivation, Yudisthir was quite adament about peace. Even Bhima who supported Draupadi initially finally gave in n wanted peace.
In Udyog Parva, Yudisthir made it clear that he would forgive the tormentors of Draupadi, if they r given back their share of the land. Hearing this, Draupadi really got distressed.
So,no, Draupadi was not exactly motivation. She tried her best to motivate her husbands but her attempts were futile.

She was neither the reason, nor the motivation.
In fact the Pandavas refused to kill millions for the sake of their wife's dignity but ironically found land n throne to be a more plausible reason for the same.

Its quite unfortunate for Draupadi that her humiliation did not motivate her husbands enough to wage war, but 'land' did it.

Hi Sangeeta this is Vineeta from QH..

Nice post bheegi...

nobody says anything abt pandu ... what was the need of ditching kingdom ...if not the cpnflict wudnt hv arised

Thank you Sangeeta for making this post

For me Draupadi will always remain the woman whose question in the dyut sabha changed the fate of Pandavas. The 5 men who would have remained slaves of Kauravas if she had not crossed the boundary laid by society. Draupadi put Yudhi on the throne by asking justice.

Originally posted by: shruthiravi

For me Draupadi will always remain the woman whose question in the dyut sabha changed the fate of Pandavas. The 5 men who would have remained slaves of Kauravas if she had not crossed the boundary laid by society. Draupadi put Yudhi on the throne by asking justice.

And she suffered a lot herself because she asked for justice.

Even today a woman asking justice is crucified. Justice seems to be a man's prerogative, but it is very clear that if a woman ask for justice, then she actually changes the destiny of the man.

But what to do most women instead of being light to their men , decide to remain blind themselves in the name of sanskaar.

Whoever says Draupadi was responsible for war, Draupadi insulted Karna I want to ask them these questions.

Don't men reject woman calling them dark, fat, poor family etc..Don't young girls for whom rich guys fall are told they trapped the rich boy. Why when a man rejects a woman in an insulting way it is fine, but when a woman rejects or insults a man she is supposed to get punishment. Can someone explain me the logic. I know the woman are conditioned to believe these things and that is what patriachial society wants.

But just understand that if Draupadi had not rejected Karna Pandavas would have remained nomads. It is their marriage to Draupadi that made them come back to Hastinapur and ask their share. And if she had agreed to be a slave well Duri and co would have ruled Hastinapur in a way they wished. Looting, Molesting.

So whoever say Draupadi was responsible for war think that if not for her a kingdom would have been in darkness.

Originally posted by: amritat

So true Bheegi...
I am sure people r flooding Facebook n Twitter with comments of how she was responsible...which is y i dont visit them anymore...

And Sabhayata, if the peace proposal had been accepted then not only the Pandavas but also her tormentors would have lived happily ever after...
Like i keep saying, men wage wars for land, men kill, men gamble, men molest women...

But then ask the reason for disasters n everyone will point fingers at a woman...

Initially, I thought that the CVs r trying to spread awareness regarding Women Empowerment...
This is their idea of it... 🤢

Even the real Gandhari understood Draupadi's pain, despite losing her children.

Originally posted by: diva82

She wasn't responsible, Dhitaristha was, because he was the King, the acting Emperor, and the pandavas completed their oath and wanted their kingdom back. He should have done the needful and punished the culprits from the gambling arena. In fact, he should have punished Dury long before.