Krishna's Promise to Draupadi: The Fulfillment of Divine Justice in the Mahabharata
Krishna's promise to Draupadi was that all her oppressors will be destroyed. That happened exactly as Krishna promised.
- Lord Krishna's promise to Draupadi -
Then Krishna spoke to her in that assembly of warriors, "O beautiful one! The wives of those who have angered you will weep like this. They will see the dead bodies lying on the ground, bereft of life. Their bodies will be covered with Bibhatsu's arrows and will be drenched with blood. Do not sorrow. I will do whatever the Pandavas can do. I will make you a promise. You will be the queen of kings. The heavens may fall, the Himalayas may be rent asunder, the earth may splinter and the ocean may dry up. O Krishna! But my words will not be falsified."
- Krishna repeated this promise to Draupadi just before he went on the peace mission to Hastinapur -
O Krishna! You will soon see the women of the Bharata lineage weep. O timid one! O beautiful one! They will weep as you are crying now, because their kin and relatives will be slain, with their friends killed and their soldiers killed. Together with Bhima, Arjuna and the twins, I will act in accordance with Yudhishthira’s instructions and according to what destiny has ordained. Cooked by destiny, if the sons of Dhritarashtra do not listen to my words, they will be killed and will lie down on the ground, food for dogs and jackals. The Himalaya mountains may move. The earth may shatter into a hundred fragments. The sky, with all its nakshatras, may fall down. But my words will not be false. O Krishna! I am telling you this truthfully. Control your tears. With the enemies killed, you will soon see your husbands united with prosperity.”
Exactly as Lord Krishna promised, all oppressors of Draupadi including Duryodhana, Dushasana and Karna were destroyed in the war along with their sons and brothers.
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