Panchali vaayal kettal Dear friends,
Yesterday I had posted about Seethai azhakal kettal.This is about Droupati. Panchali (Droupati) had her troubles, because of her talk, smile or laugh. Also the saying Panchali azhakal kettal is also correct.Droupati was a dark complexioned beautiful lady.Continue reading. My Google searches are provided with date. Gopalakrishnan 10-3-24 1. Introduction Draupadi was of 30 years when she married to allPandavas. Draupadi was 25 years when she was born from holy fire. Her swayamvaratook place after 5 years. Draupadi isconsidered one of the greatest beauties in Indian mythology. Her skin was so dark, it wasalmost blue. Same with Krishna, Vishnu, and Shiva.28 Jun 2023 2 What was special about Draupadi? She was extremely beautiful, intelligent and virtuouswomen, with her body smelling like fresh bloom lotus. There were only a fewwomen in Hindu Mythology who were aggressive and who spoke their mind in theworld of men. Draupadi was one of them. She is considered by many as the first feminist of HinduMythology. 3. Bharatha Paryatanam by Kuttikrishna Marar My first introduction to the Panchali swayamvaram anddetails was from my Malayalam text book titled above in the first year of BSc.degree course. A vivid description Icould read from it. While the swayamvaram was arranged, Duryodhana along withKarna, and Pandavas attended along with many others. Pandavas were inAnjathavasam at that time. They were in disguise as Brahmins. Karna wasdiscarded by Droupadi calling him as charioteer’s son. Though Angarajyam was givento him by Suyodhana and made him a king, still Droupadi did not accepted him. Abad impact made by her on Karna made him to call later whor duringvasthrakshepam (disrobing). Some how Lord Krishna could convince Drupada and Droupadi, that pandavas were indisguise as Brahmins, and Arjuna won her in swayamvar. Just because Kunti without seeing the gift (Droupadi),told, all can share the gift, Droupadi became wife of all Pandavas. She was pride of keeping all Pandavas in harmony though she liked Arjunamore than others who won her in swayamvaram. Later when Arjun married Subhadra, sister of LordKrishna, she was very particular she should stay in a separate palace. 4 Who was Draupadi attracted to? As per the folk play fromMaharashtra calledJambul- Aakhyaan Draupadi admitted that she loved Karna more than herhusbands andregretted not marrying him because of the caste. She stated that had shemarried Karna, she would have been happy and not disrobed by Dusshasan.12 Dec2022 5 The mango story There is an interesting mango story told in theAaranyakanda. It is told it was to suppress the pride of Droupadi created byLord Krishna. Many versions are there. In one of them, she says she loved Arjunamore among Pandavas and in another Shethought if Karna toohad been her husband to Lord Krishna. ( I am not repeating the story here) “Then cameDraupadi’s turn. She must tell the truth, Krishna appealed to her – she, whowas born of the sacred homa fire and was the eternal goddess herself. She was agreat deal more important than the Pandavas. Draupadi said that she was likeany woman who feels attraction for a handsome male, be he her brother or herson. She said that although the five Pandavas were her husbands, she hadgreater affection for Arjuna. Then she went on to say what every one knew bythen, things like how she was humiliated in the Kaurava court and how she hadleft her hair loose since then, promising to tie it up with the blood ofDussasana, etc., and how she would be the cause of the destruction of theKaurava brothers. The mangoes ripened by her truth.” [2]The blog is owned by B.N pattanaik. Droupati was rebirth of Nalayini, it is told 6 Hasthinapurampalace incident Duryodhana came to see the new palace of Pandavas. Hehad difficulty in seeing floor and pools in the palace and falling often onaccount of it. Droupathi wasshowing him the palace As the story goes, Duryodhana fell in a pond,mistaking it for floor and got drenched. According to BR Chopra's version, beholding all thisDraupadi laughed sarcastically and insulted him by saying, “Andhe ka PutraAndha'', i.e., “The Son ofBlind is Also Blind”.20 Apr 2020 6.1 Did Draupadireally laugh at Duryodhana? I (writer) did my own research and find out that Draupadi did not laugh at Duryodhana, nor did she say anythinginsulting to him. She was just passing by with her friends and happened to laughat something else.3 Jan 2024 6.2 Why didDuryodhana hate Draupadi?He was jealous of Pandavas. There was a misconception that she made fun of Duryodhana so he revenged.26 Dec 2017 But they say it is her arrogant jeering of Duryodhana-I mean laughing at his discomfiture -in the Palace of Illusions that Maya hadbuilt for Pandavas. The plot of MB is a complex web if interaction ofcause-effect relations of many more sets of people (by Mahadeva Sarma in an answer) In my college days we used to say- Unless Panchalilaughed at Duryodhana, the great war would not have occurred. 7. Droupathitelling in the end of war “O descendantof the Bharata lineage! Look at your brothers and delight them. They are likeproud bulls and proud kings of elephants. All of you are like the immortals.All of you are scorchers of enemies and are capable of withstanding enemies. It is my view that even a singleone of you would have been enough to bring me happiness, not to speak ofwhen all of you tigers and men and bulls among men are my husbands, like thesenses enervating the body.” Ref - Debroy Bibek. The Mahabharata: Volume 8 (KindleLocations 3160-3164). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition. So in conclusion because of her laugh/words athasthinapuram palace, reasoned Mahabharatha war. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/598801581.1471117.1710057706397%40mail.yahoo.com.
