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namasthe;
 

 I would like  to make an attempt to answer the  query  raised regarding  draupadi ,since I am not well versed with any of shastras ,texts  nor languages. If I am at fault please correct me.

 

1.Draupadi is  the main reason  for  great war  which, in return gave  humanity     srimadbhagavadgeetha ,bhishma sthuthi ,and  Vishnu sahranamam.

 

2. Since   Draupadi surrendered totally to lord Krishna she acted according to gods will.   Once surrendered ,one never ever takes decisions on their own everything left to god will. Probably God wanted it that way.

 

3.If I am not  wrong, when  lord Krishna had been sent  as messenger of peace   it is Dharamaraja  who prefers war while   the others   for  peace.  (Where dhramaraja   narrates/explains importance of wealth.)

 

4.Regarding vow- Her vow was spontaneous reaction at that moment, but what movies generally show is not real or true history

 

5 The important reason is she is born for a cause so, that has to be fulfilled. So only ,she is so special to lord Krishna his favorite sister .No brother can see her sister humiliated so miserably that too LORD KRISHNA sister who comes out of fire?

It is  gods leela to give such  wonderful texts and  also show  how  he takes  care of his  devotees be  it  draupadi or bheeshma.(bheeshma sthuthi)

 

Regards

 

Pranamams

krishnapriya

 



sudarshan madabushi <mksudarshan2002@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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 

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