Originally posted by: BrhannadaArmour
The Draupadeyas weren't minors; they were fully trained warriors. AÅvatthÄman didn't kill them in their sleep. They woke up, heard that AÅvatthÄman had killed Dhį¹į¹£į¹adyumna, and shot arrows at him, five against one.
Sauptikaparvan 8.45:
tena Åabdena vitrastÄ dhanur-hastÄ mahÄrathÄįø„
Dhį¹į¹£į¹adyumnaį¹ hataį¹ ÅrutvÄ DraupadeyÄ viÅÄį¹ pate
avÄkiraƱ Åara-vrÄtair BhÄradvÄjam abhÄ«tavat
Disturbed by that noise, the great chariot-warriors, bows in hands, hearing that Dhį¹į¹£į¹adyumna was slain, lord of the VaiÅyas! the sons of Drupada's daughter fearlessly shot groups of arrows at the descendant of BharadvÄja.
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