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  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 :
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>Dear members,
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>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.
>
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>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?
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>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
>
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