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| Disrobing of Draupadi (Wikimedia) |
- After Yudhishthira loses all of the dice games to Sakuni, and has bet his brothers, himself, and their wife, Draupadi is dragged into the room by a Kaurava brother named Duhshasana. She resists due to the fact that it is her time of the month, and therefore cannot be around people. Also, she argues that since Yudhishthira had bet himself before betting her, that he no longer retained the right to use her as a wager. The Kauravas don't care, and proceed to humiliate and mock her.
- At one point, one of the Kauravas attempts to strip Draupadi's sari off of her. She prays for protection to Krishna. When the sari is ripped away, she remains clothed. No matter how much clothing that is pulled off of her, her original sari remains in place.
- I would like to tell the story of this incident from Draupadi's point of view. She expresses her thoughts several time, but what else is she thinking and feeling? When she was originally accosted, and dragged off by her hair, what was running through her mind? What does she think about how Krishna chooses to answer her prayer? What is she thinking about the reactions of the Pandava brothers to her predicament? What expressions does she see on their faces? All of this would be interesting to determine how she is perceiving the events, and how she expects it all to end.
Bibliography: Mahabharata by Narayan. Web Source.
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