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Week 11: Extra Reading, More from the Mahabharata, "Draupadi Dragged to the Assembly"


  • "Draupadi Dragged to the Assembly"
    • I chose to read and take notes on this particular story because I have a soft spot for Draupadi
    • Tells the story of Draupadi after her husbands gamble her away in a game 
    • When she is fetched by the pratikamin she becomes angry and tells him to return to her husband and ask who her lord was when he gambled her away, was it before or after he had gambled himself 
    • Duryodhana sends the pratikamin back to get Draupadi so that she may come to the hall and ask Yudhiṣṭhira the question herself
    • the pratikamin returned to Draupadi again and she gives a speech about morality and sends the man to return to the assembly without her again
    • Yudhiṣṭhira tells the pratikamin to fetch her even if she is clothed only in a single cloth because it is Duryodhana's command
    • Yudhiṣṭhira's 4 brothers, who were also married to Draupadi, were ready to challenge Duryodhana and his 100 brothers to a fight but still awaited Yudhiṣṭhira's next move
    • more back and forth
    • eventually, everything is worked out and Draupadi leaves with the Pandavas 
  • Storytelling Notes: As I've said before I have a soft sport for Draupadi and just really hate her treatment throughout the Mahabharata. As in some of the other stories I think I would like to take this one and flip the perspective while also giving Draupadi more agency. 
  • Bibliography: Mahabharata: The Greatest Spiritual Epic of All Time by Krishna Dharma (2008). 
(Draupadi and the Dice Game from Quora)

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