Stories From The Mahabharata

Stories From The Mahabharata - Part 3

The disrespect of Draupadi

In Mahabharata the Kauravs invited Pandavas for dice play. Pandavas lost everything including Draupadi in the dice play. After that Dushashana brought in Draupadi to the hall and wanted to disrobe her in front of all. That time Draupadi called upon all the elders sitting in the hall including Bhishma to save her. None of them got up. They all kept quite. That was a sin committed by Bhishma.

Bhishma has been depicted as a man of principals. When he found out that his father was in love with a girl, he vowed that he would never marry. Bhishma never married in his life. That was his character. Though he could have rightfully become the king and get married he gave it all away for his father's happiness. It was a huge sacrifice.

Bhishma knew all about what is right and what is wrong. But even then he did not stop or even try to prevent the dice play. After that when the Pandavas lost, he never said that it was all wrong and the dice play was manipulated. But the worst came when he kept silent while Dushashana was trying to disrobe Draupadi. Draupadi was a lady from his own family - The wife of his grandsons. It was his duty to get up and stop all what happened. But he kept quite. As a result during the great war, Bhishma was hurt and wounded beyond description. He waited for sun to change its direction and suffered alone in the battlefield with all the arrows stuck in his body. He must have suffered immense pain.

But the law of karma does not leave anybody. Bhishma suffered all this because he did not try to defend a defenseless woman. He should have got up and put a stop to disrobing and punished all the Kauravas. He did nothing of that kind. That was his blunder.

How Lord Krishna saved Draupadi?

Lord Krishna is the incarnation of Parabrahma- the God according to Hinduism. Lord Krishna took birth on the earth to reduce the weight of the earth. He did this with the great battle of Mahabharata. In this battle millions were killed and earth became lighter. Lord Krishna is the savior according to Hinduism. Call him when in deep distress and he always helps. This is revealed in the story of Draupadi. The story is this.

Kauravas invited the Pandavas for a gambling match. In this match the Pandavs lost everything. In the end they put the bet on themselves and they lost that. After that they bet upon Draupadi and they lost her in the gamble. After Draupadi was lost, the rascal Dushasana brought her to the court, pulling her by her hair. Dushasana wanted to disrobe her. He therefore started pulling her sari. Draupadi called her husbands to save her. As they had become slaves of Kauravas they could not help Draupadi. Draupadi then called for help from all the elders sitting in the court. But the elders’ including Bhishma kept did not get up. Most of them closed their eyes. But none came forward to help Draupadi.

Then Draupadi called Lord Krishna to save her. Lord Krishna lengthened her sari to infinite length. The rascal Dushasana kept pulling on the sari but after hours could not disrobe her. He got tired of the whole thing and retired. That man could not fulfill his desire to make Draupadi naked in front of everyone.

Lord Krishna helped Draupadi when no body did. He came at a moment’s notice when Draupadi called him for help. Hindus believe that if one has faith in the lord and calls upon him in deep distress Lord Krishna always helps. Lord has helped many other followers when they needed him most.

In Mahabharata the Kauravs invited Pandavas for dice play. Pandavas lost everything including Draupadi in the dice play. After that Dushashana brought in Draupadi to the hall and wanted to disrobe her in front of all. That time Draupadi called upon all the elders sitting in the hall including Bhishma to save her. None of them got up. They all kept quite. That was a sin committed by Bhishma.

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