Tag: Draupadi, Mahabharata, Pandavas
Was Draupadi Vastraharan in Mahabharata ‘enough’ for Kurukshetra war?
I have often heard a casual comment regarding Draupadi Vastraharan in Mahabharata, that ‘Kurukshetra war happened only for a woman’. Firstly, it would have...
The dangerous fallacies of Mrityunjaya
‘I think Draupadi is to blame for her Vastraharana’ declared one of my esteemed friends. Obviously, he was a Karna fan (or I would say a devotee). ‘Had...
Where was Krishna during Draupadi Vastraharan?
Draupadi’s lament “Neither the grandfather Bheeshma nor the Dhritarashtra intervened in my disrobing. My husbands deserted me and even you were not there to...
Krishna in Mahabharata: the beginning
If you read any unabridged version of Mahabharata, it is evident Krishna enters the story in Draupadi swayamvara. Yet, reading through the story reveals that he entered...
