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Draupadi sprang furl grown from the fire but no other heroine in Hindu mythology was as earthy as
she.
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Her birth. sought by King Drupada presaged a purpose. Her steely will. which often gleams through her hapless married life, was shaped by the power and plenty that she knew as the beloved daughter of the wealthy king of Panchala. · But for this. her tale would have been as passive as that of any other woman of that era, which was less than kind to women.' Even as she lived as a woman typical of her times, her fiery personality lent a glow to every thing that she did. Though won by Arjuna she had to be the wife to all the five Pandavas. Her success in this task was notable enough to bring Satyabhama . seeking counsel on married happiness. When dragged into the assembly of gaming men, at _ Hastinapura her query in jurisprudence left the grave
elders there speechless. A dutiful wife, she followed her husbands in exile and kept house for them in the forest. An intelligent woman, she plied Yudhishthira with questions on morality. When Subhadra came in, as Arjuna's wife, Draupadi was jealous. But she controlled it under her regal bearing. She knew that Keechaka was dead. But her live wrath would not be satisfied. till she watched the . corpse on its way to be burnt. Draupadi was the total woman; complex and yet feminine. AMAR CHITRAK THA means good reading. Over 366 ti les are novv on sale.
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Retold by: Kamlll Chandrilklnt
Artwork: Pratilp Mulick
ORUPADIi .KING OF P/fNCHAL!i, WA5 PER-FOR.MIN6 Ii 6RliND YAGN,<J. TO OBTilIN A MI6Hry
SON.
AND FORTHWITH F.eDkf THE FIRE SPleANG A YOUTH,HAND5OME~ 5T/i?ON6AND
A5 THE FL..AM£5 OF THE SliCRIFIClAL FIR.E LEAPT HI@H-
MAY AN EXCELLENT 50N EMER6E FROM THIS FIRE!
LET THE
BOY BE
CALLED DHRI5#-fTJ\DYUMNA .
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THEN TO THE /tM/iZEMENT OF ALL,THER.E AROSE FROM THE SrftME FIRE fl OAR);;;: MIiIDEN. TOO, WliFTIN6 THE FRA6RflNCE OF THE BLUE LOTUS IN BLOOM. ,---l THI5 GIRL 15 AN EXCEPTIONAL WOMAN. SHE WILL BRING ABOUT THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE KAURAVA5.
THE BRAHMANS CHOSE A NAME FOR HER..
lA'IRK lIND BEAUTIFUL AS SHE 15,
FROM THE MOMENT HE RECEIvED THE UNEXP£C.TED CELESTIAL 61FT OF THIS UNMATCHED C!>tRL AS HIS
DAU6HTER,ONE THOU6HT OBSESSED DRUPliDfl-HEI2 MliRRIA
LET HER BE NAMED · KRISHNAA.
ARvUNA, THE VALIANT PANDAVA 'M?ULD HAVE BEEN AN IDEAL HUSBAND FOR MY lA'IU6HTEF2..IFONLY HE,HI5
MOTHER, AND BROTHERS HAD SuRVIVED
THAT FIRE
F,;:rEf'~%~ AT
VARANAVATA.
A5THE DAU6HTER
OfDRUPADA 5HE SHALL BE CALLED DRAuPADI.
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HE PONDERED FOR A WHIl..E. THEN-
I SHALL HAVE A HEAVY BOW MADE WHICH ONLY AN ARJUNA OR HIS PEER CAN WIELD. THEN A '
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THE PANDIlVA5. YUDHI5HTHIRA,
BHEEMA.IiRJUNfi.NAKULfi AND SAHADEVfI, HOWEVER. WERE NOT OEAD. THE PLAN OF THEIR COUSINS, THE ENVIOUS KFJURfWAS,
7D "'ILL THEM HIID ,.-...,.,,/..' FAILED.
'TA"6E,T TO CHALLENGE ANAC£ ARCHER.. '
LIKE HIM .
AT THAT MOMENT DI56UISED AS
8R.IIHMflNS THEY WITH THEIR MOTHER
K..UNn, WERE AT E*'I1CHII"'R.flPUR.l1.
ONE OilY 11 BRJtHMllN CflME THERE.
PANCHALA , THE KIN~DOM , COME FROM IS A006 WIT H EXCITEMENT. IT -'5 5WA'IAMVARA FOR. _
DRAUPADr OUR. PRlNCE55 .
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BRAHMAN! . WHO 15 DRAUPADI?
AS THE PRINCES LISTENED TO HIS STORY, KUNTI WATCHIN6 THEIR. FACEs (bUE55ED THE STATe OF HER SoNS'MINDS.
EACH ONE Off THEM 5EEMS 10 BE KEEN ON WINNING THE CHASTE DRAUPI\DI AT THAT 5WAYAMVARP, .
LATER SHE CALLED THEM TO HER.
LET U5 PROCEEQ TO THE KIN6DOM;OF PANCHALA . DRUPADAtS CHAR.ITY TO BRAHMANS KMOWSNO
WHAT 00 MY BROTHERS
"1',
SAY'?
BOUND5.
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YE/iRS OF PENANCE
THOU6H 8EFlUTlFUL,
CHIlSTE IlND /lCCOMPUSHED SHE WIlS FIlTED TO UNMARRIED. II
8ROU6HT THEIR REWARD. APPEARED BEFORE
I""A, UNCONTROLLED ER6ERNESS THE GIRL Re.PERTED
HER. REQUEST
HER..
FIVE TIMES:'
WITH SEVERE PENANCES TO
LORD SHIVA ' 5HAl.:L I TRIUMPH
WHAT FAVOUR DO YOU SEEK FROM r"'ME'?
AN ACCOMPLISHED
HU.58AND... AN 1
HUSBAND... AN ...
OVER MY
FATE.
SHIVA SMILED"
"T.HE 0/RL WAS CONFOUNDED. ..
LORD I I.. .I ... IT WAS ONLY ONE HUSBAND
THAT I WANTED.
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50 BE"';:,T;:". YOU 5HALL HAVE FIVE HU5B1\ND5 FROM AMONG THE 8HARATA PRINCES,
THE EVENT CAN BE POSTFONED. YOU WILL HAVE THE FIVE HUSBANDS IN ANOTHER LIFE.
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')oU, THE FIVE Pf.\NOAVA5, AR.E THE FIVE HUSBANDS DRAUPADI IS ..DEsTINED TO HAVE . DESTINY
AWAITS 'YOU IN PANCHALA .MAKE HER. YOURS.
f H I5WAY. FULL OF HOPE.
THE PRINCES AND THEIR. MOTHEI2. PROCEEoED 70 PIiNCHIiLIi •
THE CNVTIfL CITY OF PlfNCHIfLIi WAS HUMN/IN6 WITH EXCITEMENT.
TH EY 5 fW THAT DURYO DHANA AND TI-iE KAURAvA5 WITH 5HAlCUNI,IHEIR UNCLE. AND KARNA THEIR FRIEND, ARE HERE .
LET US 60 TO THE 6wAYAMVARA ANDTAKE OUR PLACE AMON6THE
KUNT/ /tNO HER SON S CHO SE A POTTE£'S HOUS E TO LIVE
~,6RAH:::::: MAN 5 . ,.,.~
IN . AFTER. RESTlN6 FOR. SOM E \01£ -
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THE 6REIiT PAY {;:)fqWNEO. WHEN /iLL WERE I'lSSEMBLED.
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DHR/SHTADYUMNIi CAME
HEAR KJN6S ! THIS 15 THE BOVv.~THE NOBLEMAN WHO
~ro~R~"'~""'~D~L~E~A~0l~N~6~--1~' HITS THE MARK DR/IUP/iOI. S HALL TODAY WED MY SISTER.
KI'lRNA W/IS AMONG THE FIRST TO TRY. THE PliN[)AvA5 WERE DISM/WED.
IT'S KARNA! WE " MAY CONSIDER. THE MARKA5
/lLREADY HIT.
BUT liS KA RNA 5 !RUN6 THE
BOW fIND 7OG\t: AIM-
)QU SHOULD NOT HAVE
I WILL NEVER MARf<'/ ONE OF THE .. 5UTA CASTE! \
HUMIUATED ME
50. DRAUPADI.
·5UTIi - AN INFERIOR KSHAT'RI YIi •
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ONE BY ONE THE OTHeRS TJ€lED AND FAILED. WHEN ALL OF THEM HAD
€>!VEN
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ARJUNIi STEPPEO
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FORWIiR~D~.
A HUMBLE BRAHMAN. YET HOW NOBLE AND CONFIDENT 15 HI!> 8EARIN0 .
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HE HA5 SUCCEEDED! !
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MEANWHILE KUNTI wAS WORRIED.
MY SONS ARE LATE. HAVE THEIR COUSINS REC06NIZED THEM AND KII..~LED THEM? WA5 VYASA MISTAKEN IN ...
LOOK SEE WHAT WE HAVE 8ROU6HT
TODAY!
WHATEveR IT 15, SHARE IT I EOUALLY AND ENJO'Y rr.
1'1 MOMENT
ARJUNA
WON HER.IT
LATeR. SHe CflMeOUT AND 511W
15 PROPER THAT HE
MARRy HER.
OR,AUPIIOI.
AND COMMIT THE SIN OF IGNORING M'Y MOTHER'S
ORDERS,?
NO YUOHI5HTHIRA, wE SHALL, EACH ONE OF US MARRY HER:. YOU THE ELDEST FIRST, THEN
BHE5MA,THENMYSELF AND THEN THE TWIN6.
ALL RJ6HT!
THEN DRAUffil2l SHALL8EA WIFE TO ALL OF US.
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By THEN DURYODHIlNIl HAD LEIiR/VT THAT IT WAS THE P~NDrWAS WHO HAD WON DRAUP/jOl. BACK AT HASTINAPURA HE WENT 7D HIS FATHER, THE BLlNl
DHRITHARASHTRA. , - - " " " . --------""""':-~ ALAS! THE PANDAVA5 HAVE ESCAPED. AND THEY HAVE THE
MI6HTY DRUPADA AND HIS SON AS ALLlE5.
/3UT THE KUR.U ELDERs ADvISED DHRITHARfiSHTRIi AGAINST THIS. IF 'YOU WANT TO BE JUST. 5E~O FOR . THE PANDAVA5 6lVE THEM HALF THE KIN6DOM.
00 VIDURA.
8RIN6 THEM BAcK.
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WHEN THe PIWDAV~S RETURNeD 70 HASTINAPURATHE HEROIC SONS OF PANDU THE VJRTUOU5 ARE" AtIVE! ONES HAVE.A6REED
TO RETURN TO THE CITY.
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WHEN THEY CIlMe 70 PIlY THEIR. TO
HIlVIN0 OBTlllNeD THEIR RI6HTFUL OF THE K.IN6DOM THe. EVER-TRUTHFUL YUDHISHTHl teI! IlND H IS BROTHeRS RULeD VIRTUOUSLY oveR IT.
I GRANT YOU HALF THE KIN0DOM.00 TO KHANDAVAPRASTHA AND RULE FROM THERE. MAY PROSPERITY BE YOUR5. WE SHALL DO AS YOU SAY. •
DURYOOHANA,MOR£ ENVIOUS THAN EVER, PLOTTeD WITH . H IS UNCLe 0 UNCLE. SHAK.UNI. IS THERE
NO WAY TO RUIN MY COUSINSr
WHeN THe INVITATION TO PutY REIlCHeD YUDHISHTHIR.I1-
THERE 15. By A GAME OF DICE. YUDHISHTHIRA IS AN ADDICT AND I AM SHARP. WE WILL WIN.
I AM UNWILLlN0
GAMBtE WITH 5HAKUNI WHO, IT 15 KNOWN, CHEATS AT DlCE . BUT I MUST ACCEPT THE ROYAL CHALLEN0E.
fiT THE GAME YUDHISHTHI!?fi STAKED /iLL HIS WEALTH. THEN HIS BROTHER AND THEN HIMSELF, AND LOST ALL. 0 KIN6,THE12E 15 STILL
ONE DEAR STAKE YOU HOLD ON TO -
DRAU PADI. STAKE HER. AND WIN YOUR.SEL F
BACK.
J'L.""'! ALAS! FOR TH IS i THE KURU:;:, WILL I
DESTROYEr
, 0O,BR'N~
DRAUPADI HERE.
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PRIlTIKIlMI VENTURED 01N6ERLY INTO DRIlUPflDI'S PRESENCE.
I HAVE COME TO TAKE YOU 10 DURYODHANA. YOU HAVE BEEN 5TAKEDAND L05T BY YUDHI5HTHI
A KIN0 STAKING HI S WIFE. AWAY! ALAS HE WAS SURELY INTOXICATED WITH DICE .
HE DIDN'T. HE STAKED AND LOST RLL, EVEN HIMSELF.
GO BACK AND FIND OUT WHOM HE LOST FIRST - HIMSELF OR ME'?THEN COME TO TAKE ME.
HE HAVE NOTHIN0 ELSE 10 STAKE '?
WHEN PRATIKAMI CARRIED DRIlUPADI'S QUERY TO
DUR-YODHANA-
SHE 5HALL 0ET HER ANSWERS HERE. GO, DUH5HA5ANA. BRIN0 HER TO US.
IJUHSHASANA BROKE INTO OR/1UPADI's CHAMBER.
CAST ASII?E YOUR MODESTY, COME,YOU HAVE BEEN WON BY US. ACCEPT THE. KURUS AS YOUR LORDs.
ORAUPADI TRIED 70 RUN AWRY BUT RDARIN6 WITH ANGER. DUHSHAS/lIVA RAN AFTER HER..
COME HERE, YOU SLAVE ...
Yl:lDHISHTHIRA IS BOUND BY THE RULES OF 0AMBl.IN0. HE IS BLAMELESS. BUT 0 WRETC MY OTHER .HUSBANDS WILL NO F0R6IVE. YOU.
AS DUHSHASANA DRAGGED ORAUPADI IN, NOT A WORD OF PROTEST ROSE FROM THE ASSEMBL Y. JC;:iQ()5j~;Nc;:n:;ER . - - _ CHOOSE HUSBAND NOW WHO WILL NOT MAKE 'YOU A SLAVE B'Y I
THE KURU ELDERS HflVE LOST THEIR REASON. WHY ELSE Do THEY LOOK SILENTL'Y ON THIS GREAT CRIME? WHILE CR.Y/N6 THUS IN DISTRESS SHE CAST A 6LANCE AT HER. HELPLESS HUSBANDS. r---------------------~ r---------' YUDHI5HTHIRA, LOOK AT HER GLANCES FULL OF MODESTY AND ANGER AND KNOW THAT YOUR ACT A HIGHLy IMPROPER ONE.
fiT THIiT MOMENT-
THE VERY CLOTHES SHE IS WEARING BELONG TO US! SHE IS OUR SLAVE'_"_ 4
o KRISHNA, 5AVEME!
THEN LO! A5 ONE 6ARMEIVT WfiS REMOVED,ANOTHER. MlR.ACULOUSLY
COVERED
HER.~.S--:J;;;;~;--iT
FRUSTRIiTED liND ASH/tMED OUH5HASANIi SAT OOWN. BHEEMA, I SHALL,IN THE QulVERIN6 WITH BATTLEFIELD. TEAR. IWGER., TOOK. AN OATH . . , OPEN THE BREA5T OF THIS VILLAIN OF THE 6HARATA RACE. AND DRINK HIS LJFE
BLOOD.
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THEN ALL THE BLED K.INGS ED THE SONS OF
ALAS! THE KURt HAVE NOT YET ANSWERED THJ
PUT THEM.
DUHSHASANA TRIED TO DRfi6 DRItUPADI AWAY BUT SHE RESISTED.
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KURU ELDERS, I CANNOT BEAR TH IS PER5ECUTION, ANY LON6ER. AM I
WON OR. NOT? I SHALl- ABIDE
BY YQUR
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fiT THAT MOMENT JACKALS HOWLED, flS5£s BRAYED AND BIRDS OF PREY SHRIEKED. DHRITHARflSHTRA WAS ALARMED BY THESE EVIL PORTENTS.
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CHASTE DRAUPADI,
ASK FROM ME ANY BOON YOU DESIRE. ~""-
MY WORD5, OURYODHANA , I SHALL BREAK THAT THIGH IN
BATTLE. •.• LET YUDHI5HTHIRA BE FREED FROM SLAVERY. LET NOT POSTERITY SPEAK OF OUR SON AS BORN OF A SLAVE.
AND THE TWINS
BE FREED FROM SLAVERY, TOO.
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I DO NOT COVET BOONS. M'1 .
DAUGHTER,
I'\SK FOR 1\ THIRD BOON.
HUSBANDS WILL
ACHIEVE THE REST.
LATER WHEN YUDHISHT.HIRA APPROACHED DHRITHItRffSHTRR TO TffICE LEffVE a~ F!!..~::;
TAKE YOUR
WEALTH AND REIGN AT MY COMMAND. LET THERE BE BROTHERLY LOVE BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR COU5INS. WHEN DURYOOH/iN!i J,...EItRNT OF THIS HE WENT TO DHRITHFIRASHTR/I.
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FATHER,THE P.RNOAVA5 WILL NEVER FORGIVE THE IN5ULT TO DRAUPADf. WITH RE0AL POWERS THEY WILL ANNIHILATE PERMIT us TO EX.ILE THEM BY GAME OF~~_ _...
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YUDHISH7HIRA WAS AWARE OF SHAKUNI'S DECEPTION, STILL HE CAME BACK 70 THE DICE. ~~~
THE LOSERS MU5T GO INTO EXILE TO THE FOREST FOR TWELVE YEARS,A"'ID PAS5 THE THIRTEENTH YEAR IN SOME INHABITED PLACE - UNRECOGNISED. IF REC06NISED THEY 'MUST RETURN TO AN EXILE OF ANOTHER TWELVE YEARS. ON THE EXPIRY OF THE THIRTEENTH YEAR THE LOSER WILL GET BACK HIS KIN.6DOM.
YUDHI5HTHIRA AGREED AND SHAKUNI CAST TH£;£~::.~... LOOK I I HAVE WON.
AS DR/lUPADI/lND THE LEFT THE HALL-
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DRAUPADI,THE DARK FORE5TS AND HUSBANDS IN RAGS ARE NOT FOR '{OU . CHOOSE ONE AMONG US AND 5TA'{ HERE
DRAUf'IlDi UTTERED NOT A WORD.
AFTER CCJlVSOUN6 THEIR WEEPIN6 MOTHER KUNTI, DRAUPADI liND THE PANDAVAs SET OUT FOR THE FOREST. I VOW THAT THIRTEEN YEARS HENCE THE WIVES OF THOSE VILLA INS WILL LANGU ISH IN DESO LATE
LORD SLlRYA BR.OUGHT A 61FT F O R THE VIRTU OUS PANDAVAS AS THEY THE FOREST. FOOD COO kED IN TH IS VESSEL WILL BE INEXHAUSTIBLE AT EACH MEAL TIL L D RAUPADI EATS.
WIDOWHOOD.
k RI6HNA DlVININ6 THE SliD PLl0HT OF THE PANDAVAS,CAM£ TO THEM. WHEN OR/tUPlfDI SAW THE' COMPASSIONATE
ONE, 5HE POURED TO HIM.
our HER.
HEART
MY BIRTH WAS N O BLE AN D UNIQUE. MY HusBANDS ARE MI6HTY MEN. YOU ARE MY FRIEND. STILL I A M ABU5 ED THU,; AND yOU WATCH IN· ",,~ S IL E NC E.
MOVED BY H ER
THE WIVE,; OF THO'; WHO HAVE IN,JURED YOU WILL &UFFER THI5 AGONY. YOU
DISTRESS, k.R/SHNA
TOOK. fiN OATH.
SHALL YET REIGN
A5 THE QUEEN . M" WORDS SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN.
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DEAR DRAUPADI, BE CONSOLED. YOUR H UMILIATIONS WILL BE FOURTEEN Y EARS FROM N OW.
BUT DRIiUPADI '5 RA6E SMOULDERED ON. O NE DAY IN THE FOREST-
DON'T ALL THES E INSULTS HEAPED O N US EVER MAKE YOU AN0RY? N OW IS THE TIM E TO USE OUR A:\10HT.
fiT THfiT MOMENT BHEEMfi SIGHED IN WRfl TH . r---------~--------~ -------' DRAUPADI IS RI0HT. T H E KAURAVAS MISTAKE YOUR MORALITY FOR COWARDICE. L ET US WA0E A WAR FOR OUR KI N 0DOM.
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-DO NOT BE IMPETUOUS. iT WOULD BE A6AINST DHARMA, WHICH IS DIVINE AND SUPERIOR TO liFE ITSELF. I A0REED TO THE STAKES THOU0H I KNEW SHAKUNI TO BE DISHONEST.
THE H/fPPIHES5 OF TrtE P/'INDAWtS IN EXILE ROUSED THE ENVY OF DURYODHANA.HE PLOTTED A~AIN5T THEM
MANY WERE THE SA6ES WHO VISITED THE fflNDI1VAS IN THE FOREST. DRAUP/iDI FED ALL OF THEM rRKIN6 CARE TO BE THE LAST TO EAT.
DURVASA THE ILL TEMPERED 5A0E WILL SOON BE HERE. IC.OULD U5E HIM.
DURVA5.A CAME ANO WAS PLEASED WITH OURYOOHANA'S
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KING, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU IN RETURN?
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PLEASE GO WITH YOUR 10,000 DISCIPLES AND 5EEK THE HOSPITALITY -.:O~.F YUDHI5HTHJRA, WH.EN DRAUPADI HAS FINISHED EATrN~ HER
MEAL.
WELCOME,O REVERED SAGE. COME BACK APTER. YOUR
ABLUTIONS
AND PRAYER AT THE. RIVER
YONDER .
WE. WI LL COME. LET DRAUPADI HAVE A GOOD MEAL READY FOR
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ORElUPIlOI WIlS IlcSHIlST. KRISHNA, YOU MUST SAVE ME FROM DURVASA'S WRATH.
KRlSHNIl, THE IlLL -KNOWIN6, /lPPE/lI<EO. [)RAUPADI, I AM HUN6RY. LET ME EAT FIRST. THEN I WILL 5EE WHAT
I CAN DO.
THIS IS NO TIME FOR JOKES; I AM TIRED AND HUN6RY.60.FETCH THE VESSEL ' AND SHOW IT TO ME.
OR/lUPllOl I HAVE JUST TOLD YOUTHERE IS NO FOOD!
WHEN C>R/1UP/lO/ BROU6HT THE VESSEL -
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WHAT IS THIS A PARTICLE OF RICE AND VE6ETABLE STUCK. HI'RE?
MAY THE SOUL OFTHE UNIVERSE. BE SATIATED WITH rr.
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MEANWHILE AT THE RtVER.NOTA 51N0LE MORSEL
FORME.NO!
I FEEL AS IF
I'VE EATEN FOR SIX,
HOW CAN WE FACE ORAUPADJ~ LET US
SLINKAWAY.
THUS DRAuPADI WITH kRiSHNA'S
HELP THWARTED OURYODHANA'S LA5T THE THIRTEENTH AND THE MOST DIFFICULT
eO AS A
WE 5HALL SPEND
WE WILL TEND
HIS HOR5E5 AND
THIS YEAR IN THE
HIS COWS.
SERVICE OF KING V1RATA.l WILL
&:)ASA DANCE TEACHER
I WILL GO A5
SAIRANDHRI AND SEEK SERVICE AS QUEEN 5UDHESHNA'S MAID.
50 IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
:~~~o.:~'RAUP!iDI AND THE SOU(J)HTAIYD
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seRVICE IN THE PliLACE OF V/~TA.
TEN MONTHS HIID PIISSED WHEN KEECHAKA THE QUEEN's 8fi!OTHER
~~~~~T.~H~E~ -It~lFlf~~~ THE
WHO OWN5 YOU ?
WIFE OF FIVE MI0 HTY GANDHARVAS.
BUT THIS DID NOT DIlMPEN KE£CHAKII'S IlRDOUR.
I AM A 5LAVE TO YOUR BEAUTY. BE MY WIFE.
, BEWARE! SON O F A 5UTA. I AM DEAR TO MY HU5BANDS. IF ENRA6 ED TH EY WILL K ILL YOU.
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IT 15 EITHER SAIRANDHRI OR DEATH, FOR ME. HATCH A PLOT, 5uDHE5HNA , TO 5END /;ER TO ME . .
KEECHIIKFt LEFT liND 5I.JDc5l'lNII 5£NTFOR ORl)UPflDI.
I
5HALL TRY.
00 10 KEECHAKA AND BRING ME SOME WINE. I AM THIRSTY.
DRflLlP~DI
WAS
AL~RMED .
SENT BY ME HE WON'T DARE TO.6C
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OUEEN. HE 15 SURE TO MOLEST
WITHOUT
ME.
FEAR.
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THE QUEEN HAS SENT ME TO YOU FOR SOME WINE.
OF WHAT USE IS THE PROWE5S OF
MY HUSBANDS WHEN THEY
CANNOT-PROTECT ME FRO"r'1 SUCH IN5ULT5.
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NEAR ME . ..
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k££CHI'tK/i CliU6HT UP WITH HER liND KICKED HER. IN THE PRESENCE 'OF ALL. yuDHtSHTHIRfI AS KANKIi WAS HELPLESS. THIS SUffERING 60 TO THE Q U EEN, SHOULD BE THEIRS .
SAIRANDHRI . THE GANDHARVAS
THE ELDEST OF THEM 6AM8L1N6
AWAY WHILE
WILL LOOK
AFTER YOU.
I PRACTISE PI ETY!
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WITH YUDHI5HTHIRA FOR A HUSBAND I WILL NEVER BE FREE OF GRIEF. . THE INSULT RFTER THE 0AME OF DICE. STILL
MY PRIN-
BHEEMA! YOU SLEEP LIKE A DEAD ONE EVEN WHEN YOUR WIFE HAS
BEEN IN5UlTED BY A (.RD.
CESS, YOU
HUSH!
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PATIENCE, DEAR ONE.
WE WILL SOON FREE YOU FROM "GRIEF. 27
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I CANNOT ENDURE, WHEN MY WEAK HUSBAND5 WATCH ME BEING KICKED
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AT THAT MOMENT I WANTED TO RAZ.E TH IS KIN6DOM TO THE GROUND, BUT 'YuDHISHTHIRA FORBADE ME BYA GLANCE.
BHEEMA! KEECHAKA 15 BENT ON VIOLATIN0 ME. I ENTREAT 'YOU - KILL THE WRETCH AND PROVE MY THREATS TO HIM.
FOR ;AM~~,"',~"C~O~~6~E I 5AKE OF THAT ADDICT 10 DICE '?
DRAUPADI. RENOUNCE YOUR WRATH. IF 'fUDHISHTHIRA HEAR55UCH REBuKES FROM 't'OU.HE WILL 61VE UP
HIS LIFE.
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OR!fUPADI DIO .As SHE WAS TOLD. BHEEMA LAY IN WAIT. THE MOMENT.KEECHAKA EAm
THE FOURTEENTH YEAR OWE ROUND. B LIT DURYODHANA REFUSED TO SURRENDER EVEN FIVE VILLAGES . LEAVE ALONE THE KJN600M. WHILE THE PANOAVAS WERE PLANNING THEIR NEXT MOVE DRAUPADI TURNED TO KRISHNA .
mEN SHE WEPT
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KRISHNA! THESE TRESSES WERE SEIZEb BY DUHSHASANA. I KNOW NO PEACE TILL HIS HANDS ARE RIPPED OFF.
DRAUPADI WILL N O W KNOW PEACE..
SHAME ON THE SKIL L ED ARCHER ARJUNA AND SHAME O N TH E M I6HTY BHEEMA THAT DU RYODH ANA IS STILL ALIVE.
THIRTEEN Y EARS HAVE I WAITED KEEPING TH E EMBERS O F REVENGE GLOWIN G IN MY HEART!
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KRISHNA WffS QUiCk TO AssuRE
ORAUPRDI, YOU
WILL SEE YOUR ENEMIES KILLED AND YOUR HUSBANDS REINSTFITED.
THIS FOR DRAGGING DRAUPADI BY T'HE HAIR AND ATTEMPTINe TO DI5ROSE HER._ _, o
THEN 8I1EEMA FULFILLED THE TERRIBLE OItTH HE HAD TAKEN
YEMS AGO. I WILL
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REDEEM
MY OTHER PLEDGE BY SREAKIN6 THE THI6t-i OF
DURYODHANA.
THE 8ffTTLE Rli<5ED ON. WITH mE SKlLFUL ft1Nt.IOEUVR!N6 OF KRISHNIf, THE VICICWY
OF mE PNVDFlVI15 BECAME"" CERTN/VTY.
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BHEEMIi HI'iO THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HIS MACE rl6A/NST
YUDHI5HTHIRA MADE A MISTAKE IN
&TAl
I F BHEEM.II DOES NOT KILL . HIM 5 0 0N DURYO DHANA WILL
RETAIN THE KIN.GOOM . I ;15 INTeNDED 8HEEM;I H£ItRD THIS . THE
YOU CY\RED
MEMORY OF THE 6RE;lT OUTR;l6E CflME VIVIDLY TQ , HIS MIND.
DRAUPADI IN THE ASSEMBLY BECAUSE I WA5 HELPLESS.
INSULT
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