Drupad had Arjun in mind as son in law, he was impressed by his warrior skills and he needed Arjun on his side or neutral when a battle situation arose with Drona. He had every intention to gain back his lost half of the kingdom. . The swayamavar was designed keeping Arjun in mind. If not Arjun then someone equally capable. Whom he would give Draupadi and maybe through him get the half PAnchal back under the lure of bequeathing it as Draupadi's dowry
Draupadi was not born for Arjun however. She came out of yagyavedi and the prophesy was that she will be the cause of destruction of evil Kshatriya and a means to fulfill God's will.
Nothing to do with Arjun here.
Pandavas came to the Swayamvar to win Draupadi as common wife as had been advised by Vyasa. However if not common wife then only for Yudhishtir. Under no circumstance would Vyasa or Kunti allow Draupadi Arjun marriage. As that will take Arjun away from the family. At that point PAnchal was the only Kingdom standing up against Hastinapur and Jarasandh even after losing half the territory. They need PAnchal to make Yudhi get back his kingdom, not to get Arjuna a kingdom of his own
So under no circumstance was ever Arjuna going to be Draupadi's husband alone.
Because
1. She was not born for Arjun. She was born for destruction of evil kshatriya
2. Pandavas, Vyasa, Kunti wanted Draupadi as bride for Yudhishtir under any circumstance, not Arjun
And post Arjun winning the Swayamavr, Drupad or Draupadi had no say in the matter. And as far as Arjun is concerned if the choice was between Yudhishtir's and Draupadi it would always be Yudhishtir.
So no Draupadi was not born for Arjun, neither was she ever going to be just his wife alone.
So no ArDi star crossed love story could ever exist as far as the author Vyasa was concerned.
It's TV serial makers and Arjun fans who have created this fan fiction. In the epic itself it doesn't exist. Even in other versions of the epic where Draupadi has one husband it is always Yudhi.
So we can actually say that she was born to be Yudhi's wife.
Edited by Chiillii - 5 years ago