SRIMATE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA Traditionally it is said that Draupadi did sharanagati not for moksha but to get rid of the temprarory problem.Only when a mummukshu surrenders,as a result of its acceptance the atma gunas develop in a jeeva.Draupadi was not a mummukshu & hence she retained the kshatriya guna. dasan On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 sudarshan madabushi wrote : > > > >Dear members, > >Smt. Subha Narayan posed the following question to me >several weeks ago on the Tiruvenkatam List. No one >appears since to have responded to her very pertinent >question. Since everyone else is unwilling to even >attempt an answer, I take it upon myself to offer an >explanation which although I cannot claim is based on >any traditional commentary, is however based on an >understanding of the Mahabharatha text and story-line. > >But please first take time to read Smt.Subha's >question. My own comments follow thereafter: > > --- Subha Narayan <nssuba03@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Dear Sir > > > In the Mahabharata, it is the episode of > > Draupadi?s humiliation in the Hastinapur Court. The >story seems > > > to be clear. Pandavas lost their kingdom in the > > > dice-play & becomes slaves to Duryodana ; Draupadi > > > was dragged to the royal court and was subjected > > to> > the humiliation of being disrobed in front of >the> > royal assembly. None of her husbands, the king >or > > > the royal courtiers including the wise Bheeshma or > > > Dronacharya or anyone else came to her rescue. At > > > the most critical moment of her life, Draupadi > > > realized only Sriram Narayana could rescue her, if > > > at all anyone and she emerges as a blessed one of > > > His Karunyam. Many a time, I have heard Draupati > > > being referred to as one of those who had complete > > > faith in God, forsaking her sense of ego and was > > > rewarded for her ?Maha Viswasam? ? I recall > > Revered> > Sri Mukkur Swamy oft quoting ?Iru Kaiyyum >Vitteno> > Draupadi-ay pole?. > > > > > > What happens after this? When she has realized > > God,> > forsaking her sense of ego (?aham?karam / > > > ?mama?karam), that she herself or anyone else > > could> > save or help her and has been the recipient >of his> > infinite power and compassion, Why then> >immediately> > after all this, did she have to vow to >have the> > Kauravas? blood ? Why then this >hysterical> outburst> > and vengeance that she vowed >that she would not> tie> > her hair until she had >washed it in their blood ?> in > > > the immediately preceding scene she seems to be a > > > Brahma Gnani renunciating self / ego & realizing > > God> > and in the very next moment, transforms into >a> > hysterical women, demanding vengeance against the > > > injustice done to her? I?m sure there must be a > > very> > logical way of understanding these things >and you> > would be kind & patient enough to give me a >reply,> > at your convenience. > > > Regards, > > > > Subha. > > > *************** > >My comments: > >It is true that Draupadi performed a singular and >heart-rending act of self-surrender ("saraNagathi") in >the court of Hastinapur. An act of genuine >"saraNagathi" never fails the devotee and Draupadi >too, as the Mahabharatha recounts, was saved by the >Almighty in her moment of extreme crisis. > >Smt.Subha's question, if I may paraphrase it, is this: >Isn't it odd that one who received, miraculously and >directly, as it were, the benign Grace of God, >remained still capable of that ordinary but vicious >human urge called vengeance? One might expect Draupadi >to have been so profoundly affected by the experience >of "saraNAgathi" that it left her in an enduring if >not permanent state of divine grace. It makes us >expect Draupadi to have turned into some sort of >saint, one who, as the French would say, "understands >all, forgives all" ('tout comprendre, tout >pardonner'). But Draupadi, as the story of the >Mahabharatha goes, remained rather strangely untouched >or un-transformed in spirit by the experience of her >personal travails and redemption through >"saraNagathi". She remained bitter and vengeful till >the end, taking a terrible vow not to groom her hair >until it was first washed in Kaurava blood. > >Is this sort of behaviour becoming of one who has >performed "saraNAgathi"? Does vengeance behove she who >had seen the Miracle of God with her own eyes? Should >not have Draupadi been turned into a kinder,gentler, >more compassionate, more forgiving and forbearing soul >after the incident at Hastinapur? Isn't there some >serious flaw in the very idea of "saraNAgathi" if, as >in the case of Draupadi in the Mahabharatha, it is >seen to clearly fail in fully cleansing the human >heart of its vicious infirmities ("klEsha") such as >vengeance? > >Smt.Subha's question is an extremely important and >thought-provoking one indeed. > >I think I can offer a theory to explain the seeming >but grievous flaw in Draupadi's character and, by >implication, in the doctrine "saraNAgathi" as well. >But I choose to disclose it after other members have >had a chance to discuss it as well. I would like >members to put forward any traditional "vyAkhyAna" >that they may have come across. > >I will put forward my theory only after we have heard >the traditional ones. > >Members, please do participate in this very >interesting thread that Smt. Subha Narayan has begun. > >Thanks and regards, >dAsan, > >Sudarshan > >________________________________________________________________________ >Yahoo! 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