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**TNOULbr2** · 06-04-2012, 06:38 PM

And when she was going to be disrobed that was gross Adharma and any of the 5 Pandavas could have stood up and stopped this but they did not.
It is the Dharma of a husband to protect his wife at any condition..that too in a situation where one's wife's honour is at stake.
So the Pandavas didnt honour their own Dharma as husbands to Draupadi.

Just imagine if it was Kunti that was going to be disrobed I am 100% sure the Pandavas would have killed the Kauravas there itself.

Renukaji and others,
There are very good reasons to believe that the 'disrobing of Draupadi' part in the Mahabharata is a much later addition to the story. If you go thru the Mbh, the "dishonouring" of Draupadi has been referred to, umpteen times, especially during the great war. Sometimes whenever any of the Pandavas was at the peak of anger while fighting with their mortal foes. But the maximum extent it is referred to is that of "dragging Draupadi to the Assembly hall while she was in her menses", but not beyond that. There is repeated reference of Duryodhana insulting Draupadi by revealing his thigh and slapping it (obliquely asking her to sit on it). In Udyoga Parvam at a time when Bhima, an unlikely candidate, starts speaking about peace, Krishna chides him and starts listing out the various wrongs meted out by the Kauravas to Bhima himself as well as the rest of the Pandavas, a very appropriate situation to mention about this grievous wrong but Krishna only mentions "bringing Draupadi to the open Assembly". It is a reasonable guess that the disrobing part could have been included much later by someone/some group to glorify Krishna in the whole disreputable episode.

Of course the dragging of the Queen to the assembly, that too the wife of the emperor who had only recently conducted the Rajasooya yajnam, is also an act of great dishonour and rightly it is considered a most provocative act that led to the great war.

06-04-2012, 06:38 PM	#9
TNOULbr2 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 403 Senior Member	And when she was going to be disrobed that was gross Adharma and any of the 5 Pandavas could have stood up and stopped this but they did not. It is the Dharma of a husband to protect his wife at any condition..that too in a situation where one's wife's honour is at stake. So the Pandavas didnt honour their own Dharma as husbands to Draupadi. Just imagine if it was Kunti that was going to be disrobed I am 100% sure the Pandavas would have killed the Kauravas there itself. Renukaji and others, There are very good reasons to believe that the 'disrobing of Draupadi' part in the Mahabharata is a much later addition to the story. If you go thru the Mbh, the "dishonouring" of Draupadi has been referred to, umpteen times, especially during the great war. Sometimes whenever any of the Pandavas was at the peak of anger while fighting with their mortal foes. But the maximum extent it is referred to is that of "dragging Draupadi to the Assembly hall while she was in her menses", but not beyond that. There is repeated reference of Duryodhana insulting Draupadi by revealing his thigh and slapping it (obliquely asking her to sit on it). In Udyoga Parvam at a time when Bhima, an unlikely candidate, starts speaking about peace, Krishna chides him and starts listing out the various wrongs meted out by the Kauravas to Bhima himself as well as the rest of the Pandavas, a very appropriate situation to mention about this grievous wrong but Krishna only mentions "bringing Draupadi to the open Assembly". It is a reasonable guess that the disrobing part could have been included much later by someone/some group to glorify Krishna in the whole disreputable episode. Of course the dragging of the Queen to the assembly, that too the wife of the emperor who had only recently conducted the Rajasooya yajnam, is also an act of great dishonour and rightly it is considered a most provocative act that led to the great war.
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