Misconceptions About Draupadi: A True Depiction from the Mahabharata
Many people perceive Draupadi to be the villain. A haughty arrogant selfish and vengeful person, who was born for the destruction of Kshatriya and responsible for the deaths of million warriors at Kurukshetra.
Draupadi was an arrogant and selfish woman. No she was not. She happily woke up first and slept last in her kingdom, after ensuring every single person was fed and taken care of, including crippled and marginalised. And this is as observed and narrated by Duryodhan to his father. Draupadi rejected Karna because she was arrogant and casteist. Draupadi took an oath to leave her hair open till it is washed with Duryodhan's blood. Again lies and nonsense. She did not take any oath. Bhima took oaths on behalf of everyone and even he didn't include Drauapadi in his list. Draupadi's hair was tied in forest when Jayadrath comes to kidnap her. It was tied in braids when she meets queen sudeshna for joining as her maid in Virat. And Bhima never brings any blood to her to wash her hair Draupadi instigated pandavas to fight the war. Yes. But no one listened to her. In the end even Bhima said forget war and let us try for peace. Her husbands loved her but not enough to kill millions for her, however justified her wish was. They were fighting for their throne and so was everyone else. Draupadi even forgave Ashwatthama who killed her children. All the above is from unabridged versions of Mahabharata attributed to Vyasa.
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