A page from
Mahabharat
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…..