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Originally posted by: thearcher
Oh my! I am not sure I can digest that even in this millennium. Guess the Dwapar Yug folks were a lot more liberal than I gave them credit for
I do not think that draupadi felt attracted to all. the simple reason is that no woman thinks polyandry as a usual thing.
when draupadi came with pandavas she came as a lady who was won in swayamvara and she naturally thought she would marry one person. because it is the usual practice.
pandavas divided her amongst themselves only because kunti unknowingly said "divide" among yourselvs.
if kunti had not said it pandavas would not have shared draupadi . it is not today's world. I don't believe she "stared" at them all? shamelessly so that they all thought why not "share" her.
another reason is the impossibility of "sharing" a woman among five men. vyasa is the narrator of the story. he has his liberties.
God knows what happened. pandavas would not molest her so draupadi would not scream. nor would they force her being what they are.
draupadi just accepted her fate. because pandavas decided to share her. polyandry was uncommon even in dwapar yug.
talking like druapadi's "sexuality" and she "desiring" all five is like people talking dirty of women in today's times. like if they get molested "serves them right" why did they wear "modern" dresses and went about etc etc.
polyandry as a decision is a difficult one to make . once made everyone abides by it. even draupadi even the rest of the pandavas.
they had other wives. and they never shared these women. were these women less sexual? why talk dirty of draupadi like she "enjoyed" it all. she accepted it. did not contest it. her father questioned it. but was pacified.
vyasa the sage was a very old man. he wrote from his point of view. never from a woman's point of view. in those days and age.
dont worry guys. today's times are more modern. today's times women get molested. for wearing modern dresses. it did not happen in those days. everyone wore one type of dress only . no fashionable / country not western/ nor eastern. each dress was cumbersome. every incovenience was more. than what it is now. still people lived overcoming these difficulties. polyandry just happened to pandavas. the men enjoyed it. naturally . they got their cake and ate it too. they all had individual wives and had draupadi too. drauapadi just got all of them. and accepted it. and in this kalyug there are people like "above" who call her over "sexual" just because vyasa says she "stared" at them. which made them share her.
I have read mahabharat too. it said they shared her because kunti said so. it did not say druapadi stared at them. slept at their feet "peacefully" no body heard her "screams" etc etc. this is all new and enlightening. really !
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