A page from Mahabharat

A page from Mahabharat

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Yudhishthir put Daupadi on stake next after losing wealth in the crooked dice game with Duryadhan. He lost that round too. Durayadhana jumped up in joy and yelled like a jackal at the discomfiture of Draupadi. He nudged his brother Dushashan to get into the act of possessing Draupadi.

“Whatever you say bro, my pleasure!” twirling his moustache and slapping his thigh Dushashan jumped on Draupadi. Poor Draupadi was helpless;. Bheem was raging in anger and Arjuna wanted to break the rule but Dharmraj Yudhishthir restrained them.

Poor Pandavas were a mute spectator, she prayed to Krishna to save her humiliation in the hands of Kauravas. There was a guy among those Kauravas who had attended Draupadi’s Swamvar but failed in the test of hitting the eye of the rotating fish on wooden wheel by looking at the reflection in plate full of water below. He was jumping and shouting lustily at that vulgar show. Draupadi’s ultimate shame was saved by Lord Krishna by supplying endless saree.

The above incident of Mahabharat was the beginning of end of Kauravas, Draupadi would take oath that until and unless Dushashan is killed she would not tie her free flowing hair.

But what about that leering guy, who was jumping lustily?

Cut to 12 years of exile in forest or vanvas of Pandavas after losing everything in that ill-fated game of dice.

That guy has been shadowing Pandavas in the forest and waiting for the oppertune moment when Draupadi will be alone, he wanted her for fulfilling his carnal desire.

One day all five Pandavas had gone out in the forest to look for food and Draupadi was left alone in the hut.

This lecher  parks his chariot at a distance , stealthily comes to the hut and gives a polite knock on the door.

Draupadi opens the door and is surprised to see this guy.

He hurriedly explains, “I have come in search your husbands.”

Draupadi being a polite and civilized lady invites this relative inside the hut and wait for the return of her husbands.

I know knowing that fellow belongs to the enemy campy why did she allow him inside; I guess that’s what always the weakness of a good person is. A good person always looks through the prism of goodness. Also she had five brave husbands so there was nothing to worry.

But lust which is among 7 deadly sins is such blinding that a person loses his common sense. This crook was no better. He enters the hut and says, “A beautiful woman like you can’t stay like this, come with me I will keep you like a queen.” She steps back and says, “Please leave me alone, I am happy here.”

This guy gets enraged by the rejection, he grabs for Draupadi , she puts up a fight but was no match to that brute. He carries fighting and yelling Draupadi to his chariot and binds her with the post.  He whipped the horses wildly so that he could put distance between the hut and him. Draupadi keeps shouting for help but unfortunately her husbands were beyond the earshot.

After sometimes the five Pandavas returned from their errand and shouted for Draupadi. No one came running out. They went inside the hut and found it to be empty; the utensils were haphazardly strewn around because of Draupadi’s resitance. They knew something bad has happened and Draupadi was in danger. Arjuna came out of the hut and with his hunter eyes started looking for telltale signs. He noticed the mark of chariot wheel on the ground and found out in which direction it had gone. He aimed his Gandiv and released a fire arrow or Agnivan in that direction.

This villain had no clue of the danger but then suddenly he finds fire falling from sky , embeds itself in the ground in front of the horses. The scared horses neigh wildly and stop suddenly on hind legs with front legs up.

Arjuna goes on shooting fire arrow in regular intervals in such a way that the arrows create a prison of fire around the charioit.

Our villain is now imprisoned and there was no way of his escape.

Panch Pandavas arrive and unties Draupadi and then drags the brute out by his hair. They were shocked to see the culprit. It was Jayadratha, the husband of Dushala, the only daughter of Dhritarashtra or sister of 100 Kaurav brothers.

Arjuna wanted to kill him but then Draupadi pleaded and asked him not to do that as then Dushala who was their cousin sister would become a widow.

But Pandavas wanted to punish him. They shaved off his hair in such a way that five parallel strands were running on his skull. This way Jayadratha was shamed and he had no face to show.

Pandavas went back leaving Jayadratha behind to his fate.

Jayadratha was enraged by the insult and stayed put by the side of river Saryu. Dushala got worried seeing her husband absent for a long time. Duryadhana found him by the side of river and requested his brother in law to return. Jayadratha said ,” I can’t go now. Let me meditate for sometimes.”

Here is the catch in this type of incidence, any bad or good person if does a tapsaya to Bholenath Shiva then he readily gives var or a wish full filling request.

He did penance for days, months directing the mental energy towards Shiva. Bholenath is happy and appears in front of him and asks Jayadratha what he wants.

“I want to take revenge on Pandavas.”

Shiva smiles and gives him var, “You can defeat all 4 pandavas but not Arjuna.”

Jayadratha is not happy he continues his tapasya of Shiva again.

Now the question is whether Shiva will grant him another var or not. What is the second var Jayadratha would ask……he can’t ask var to defeat Arjuna as in the first var itself Shiva has spelled that out. Let me read Mahabharat for further information on Jayadratha to know the next var…..