Mr Venkataraman could have explained better  with more content. KR IRS

On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 at 21:25, venkat raman <[email protected]> wrote:

> Namaste. It is said that while getting disrobed she prayed " Shankha
> chakra Gadhaa paney Dwaarakanilayaachchutha Govindpundareekaaksha
> rakshamaam sharanaagatham"
> enkataraman
>
> On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 at 13:33, gopala krishnan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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 all Pandavas. Draupadi was
>> 25 years when she was  born from holy fire. Her swayamvara took place
>> after 5 years.
>>
>> Draupadi is considered one of the greatest beauties in Indian mythology.
>> Her skin was so dark, it was almost blue. Same with Krishna, Vishnu, and
>> Shiva.28 Jun 2023
>>
>> 2 What was special about Draupadi?
>>
>> She was extremely beautiful, intelligent and virtuous women, with her
>> body smelling like fresh bloom lotus. There were only a few women in Hindu
>> Mythology who were aggressive and who spoke their mind in the world of men.
>> Draupadi was one of them. She is considered by many as the first feminist
>> of Hindu Mythology.
>>
>> 3. Bharatha Paryatanam by Kuttikrishna Marar
>>
>> My first introduction to the Panchali swayamvaram and details was from my
>> Malayalam text book titled above in the first year of BSc. degree course.
>> A vivid description I could read from it.
>>
>> While the swayamvaram was arranged, Duryodhana along with Karna, and
>> Pandavas attended along with many others. Pandavas were in Anjathavasam at
>> that time. They were in disguise as Brahmins. Karna was discarded by
>> Droupadi calling him  as  charioteer’s son. Though Angarajyam was given
>> to him by Suyodhana and made him a king, still Droupadi did not accepted
>> him. A bad impact made by her on Karna made him to call later whor during
>> vasthrakshepam (disrobing).
>>
>> Some how Lord Krishna could convince  Drupada and Droupadi, that
>> pandavas were in disguise 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 Arjuna
>> more than others who won her in swayamvaram. Later when Arjun married
>> Subhadra, sister of Lord Krishna, she was very particular she should
>> stay in a separate palace.
>>
>> 4 Who was Draupadi attracted to?
>>
>> As per the folk play from Maharashtra called Jambul- Aakhyaan Draupadi
>> admitted that she loved Karna more than her husbands and regretted not
>> marrying him because of the caste. She stated that had she married Karna,
>> she would have been happy and not disrobed by Dusshasan.12 Dec 2022
>>
>> 5 The mango story
>>
>> There is an interesting mango story told in the Aaranyakanda. It is told
>> it was to suppress the pride of Droupadi created by Lord Krishna. Many
>> versions are there. In one of them, she says she loved Arjuna more  among
>> Pandavas and in another She thought if Karna too had been her husband to
>> Lord Krishna. ( I am not repeating the story here)
>>
>>  “Then came Draupadi’s turn. She must tell the truth, Krishna appealed
>> to her – she, who was born of the sacred homa fire and was the eternal
>> goddess herself. She was a great deal more important than the Pandavas.
>> Draupadi said that she was like any woman who feels attraction for a
>> handsome male, be he her brother or her son. She said that although the
>> five Pandavas were her husbands, she had greater affection for Arjuna. Then
>> she went on to say what every one knew by then, things like how she was
>> humiliated in the Kaurava court and how she had left her hair loose since
>> then, promising to tie it up with the blood of Dussasana, etc., and how she
>> would be the cause of the destruction of the Kaurava 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 Hasthinapuram palace incident
>>
>> Duryodhana came to see the new palace of Pandavas. He had difficulty in
>> seeing floor and pools in the palace and falling often on account of it. 
>> Droupathi
>> was showing 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 this
>> Draupadi laughed sarcastically and insulted him by saying, “Andhe ka Putra
>> Andha'', i.e., “The Son of Blind is Also Blind”.20 Apr 2020
>>
>> 6.1 Did Draupadi really laugh at Duryodhana?
>>
>> I (writer) did my own research and find out that Draupadi did not laugh
>> at Duryodhana, nor did she say anything insulting to him. She was just
>> passing by with her friends and happened to laugh at something else.3
>> Jan 2024
>>
>> 6.2 Why did Duryodhana 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 had built for
>> Pandavas. The plot of MB is a complex web if interaction of cause-effect
>> relations of many more sets of people (by Mahadeva Sarma in an answer)
>>
>> In my college days we used to say- Unless Panchali laughed at Duryodhana,
>> the great war would not have occurred.
>>
>> 7. Droupathi telling in the end of war
>>
>>  “O descendant of the Bharata lineage! Look at your brothers and delight
>> them. They are like proud 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 single one of you
>> would have been enough to bring me happiness, not to speak of when all
>> of you tigers and men and bulls among men are my husbands, like the senses
>> enervating the body.”
>>
>> Ref - Debroy Bibek. The Mahabharata: Volume 8 (Kindle Locations
>> 3160-3164). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.
>>
>> So in conclusion because of her laugh/words at hasthinapuram palace,
>> reasoned Mahabharatha war.
>>
>>
>>
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