Originally posted by: Dpka1415
Hey folks. . . Vry interesting topic going on her so thot of putting my inputs too. . . Very rightly u guys have pointed out her love for Arjun. . N yeah rite Janaki di she said some harsh things to her husbands but according to me. . They deserved even more than wat she said. . How can they lose their wife in gambling?? Moreover how can they remain quit during her cheer haran ? ?
Yeah, you are right Deeps, but in the topic of gambling I have to disagree with you.😳 See, many people misunderstand Yudhisthira as much as Panchali, and for that, he's one of my fav characters too.
For the gambling, I place only 1% blame on him and the rest of it on the Kauravas, Dhritarastra, and every other elder present in the court who did not speak up. What could Dharmaraj do? He was forced to silence because he had no power in Dhritarastra's court. Dhritarastra was equal to a father for him because his own father Pandu had died, and his order was final order for him. Dhritarastra had ordered him to play the dice game, and he took it as an order and did so. Also, even if you take the morality of the issue out of question, you will see that the Pandavas were quite helpless. They were stripped of their wealth and weapons, how could they defend themselves, let alone Draupadi?
Lord Krishna himself tells the Kauravas later on in his peace mission that they cheated the Pandavas out of their wealth and then blamed them for it as well. It was all trickery and shameful playing on the part of Shakuni, Duryodhana, and even Karna. Even Draupadi accuses Bhishma, Dronacharya, and the other elders in the court, saying her husbands are helpless, but these elders had the power to stop the game, why did they not? Draupadi, despite her anger over the situation, knows that her husbands are not to blame for their predicament, as well as hers, because they took the elders' words as Dharma and followed them like dutiful sons.
However, keeping in mind the other disucssin going on in the RS CC, it is interesting to think that as a son also, Dharmaraj had the duty to inform Dhritarastra about the wrongs of his actions, did he not? Even had Dhritarastra not listened, he should have critcized the dice game openly. So yes, some blame does go to Dharmaraj, but I do not feel he is to blame for entirely like some people believe.
Also in the Cheer Haran, they were like servants because Duryodhana 'won' them, so they could not do anything to protect themselves and Panchali, so not only her, they all too had to depend on Krishna for help, because no one else in the court was willing to help them. Their predicament was very tragic.😭
Edited by JanakiRaghunath - 13 years ago
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