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 Draupadi sprang furl grown from the fire but no
other heroine in Hindu mythology was as earthy as
she. .
Her birth. sought by King Drupada presaged a
purpose. Her steely will. which often gleams through
her hapless married life, was shaped by the power
and plenty that she knew as the beloved daughter
of the wealthy king of Panchala. · But for this. her
tale would have been as passive as that of any other
woman of that era, which was less than kind to
women.' Even as she lived as a woman typical of
her times, her fiery personality lent a glow to every
thing that she did.
Though won by Arjuna she had to be the wife to
all the five Pandavas. Her success in this task was
notable enough to bring Satyabhama . seeking
counsel on married happiness.
When dragged into the assembly of gaming men, at _
Hastinapura her query in jurisprudence left the grave
elders there speechless.
A dutiful wife, she followed her husbands in exile
and kept house for them in the forest. An intelligent
woman, she plied Yudhishthira with questions on
morality.
When Subhadra came in, as Arjuna's wife, Draupadi
was jealous. But she controlled it under her regal
bearing.
She knew that Keechaka was dead. But her live
wrath would
. not be satisfied. till she watched the
corpse on its way to be burnt.
Draupadi was the total woman; complex and yet
feminine.

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 ORUPADIi .KING OF P/fNCHAL!i,
WA5 PER-FOR.MIN6 Ii 6RliND
YAGN,<J. TO OBTilIN A MI6Hry
SON.

A5 THE FL..AM£5 OF THE SliCRIFIClAL AND FORTHWITH F.eDkf THE FIRE

FIR.E LEAPT HI@H- SPleANG A YOUTH,HAND5OME~
5T/i?ON6AND
MAY AN EXCELLENT
50N EMER6E FROM
THIS FIRE! LET THE
BOY BE
CALLED
DHRI5#-fTJ\-
DYUMNA .

,
- . THEN TO THE /tM/iZEMENT OF ALL,THER.E AROSE FROM THE SrftME FIRE
fl OAR);;;: MIiIDEN. TOO, WliFTIN6 THE FRA6RflNCE OF THE BLUE LOTUS
IN BLOOM. ,---l
THI5 GIRL 15 AN
EXCEPTIONAL WOMAN.
SHE WILL BRING
ABOUT THE
DESTRUCTION OF
THE KAURAVA5.

THE BRAHMANS CHOSE A NAME FOR HER.. FROM THE MOMENT HE

RECEIvED THE UNEXP£C.TED
lA'IRK lIND CELESTIAL 61FT OF THIS
BEAUTIFUL UNMATCHED C!>tRL AS HIS
AS SHE 15, DAU6HTER,ONE THOU6HT
LET HER BE OBSESSED DRUPliDfl-HEI2
NAMED · MliRRIA<!JE.
KRISHNAA. ARvUNA, THE
VALIANT PANDAVA 'M?ULD
HAVE BEEN AN IDEAL
HUSBAND FOR MY lA'IU6H-
TEF2..IFONLY HE,HI5
MOTHER, AND BROTHERS
HAD SuRVIVED
THAT F,;:rEf'~%~
FIRE AT
VARANA-
VATA.

A5THE
DAU6HTER
OfDRUPADA
5HE
SHALL BE
CALLED
DRAuPADI.

,
HE PONDERED FOR A WHIl..E. THEN- THE PANDIlVA5. YUDHI5HTHIRA,
BHEEMA.IiRJUNfi.NAKULfi AND
I SHALL HAVE A
SAHADEVfI, HOWEVER. WERE NOT
HEAVY BOW MADE
OEAD. THE PLAN OF THEIR COUSINS,
WHICH ONLY AN
THE ENVIOUS KFJURfWAS,
ARJUNA OR HIS
7D "'ILL THEM HIID ,.-...,.,,/..'
PEER CAN WIELD.
THEN A ' FAILED.
'TA"6E,T TO
CHALLENGE
ANAC£
ARCHER..
. '
LIKE HIM .

AT THAT MOMENT
DI56UISED AS
8R.IIHMflNS THEY
WITH THEIR MOTHER
K..UNn, WERE AT
E*'I1CHII"'R.flPUR.l1.

ONE OilY 11 PANCHALA , THE KIN~DOM o BRAHMAN! .

BRJtHMllN , COME FROM IS A006 WHO 15
CflME THERE. WIT H EXCITEMENT. IT -'5 DRAUPADI?
5WA'IAMVARA FOR. _
DRAUPADr OUR.
PRlNCE55 .
AS THE PRINCES LISTENED TO HIS STORY, KUNTI WATCHIN6 THEIR. FACEs
(bUE55ED THE STATe OF HER SoNS'MINDS.

EACH ONE Off THEM

5EEMS 10 BE KEEN ON
WINNING THE CHASTE
DRAUPI\DI AT THAT
5WAYAMVARP, .

LATER SHE CALLED THEM TO HER. WHAT 00 MY

"1', BROTHERS
LET U5 PROCEEQ TO SAY'?
THE KIN6DOM;OF
PANCHALA . DRUPADAtS
CHAR.ITY TO
BRAHMANS
KMOWSNO
BOUND5.

•
THOU6H 8EFlUTlFUL, YE/iRS OF PENANCE I""A, UNCONTROLLED
CHIlSTE IlND /lCCOM- 8ROU6HT THEIR REWARD. ER6ERNESS THE
PUSHED SHE WIlS FIlTED APPEARED BEFORE GIRL Re.PERTED
TO UNMARRIED. II HER.. HER. REQUEST
FIVE TIMES:'
WITH SEVERE WHAT FAVOUR
PENANCES TO DO YOU AN ACCOMPLISHED
LORD SHIVA ' SEEK FROM r"'- HU.58AND... AN
5HAl.:L ME'? 1
I TRIUMPH HUSBAND... AN ...
OVER MY
FATE.

SHIVA "T.HE 0/RL WAS

SMILED" CONFOUNDED. ..

LORD I I.. .I ... IT WAS

ONLY ONE HUSBAND
THAT I WANTED.

'--'~
50 BE"';:,T;:".
YOU 5HALL THE EVENT CAN
HAVE FIVE BE POSTFONED.
HU5B1\ND5 FROM YOU WILL HAVE THE
AMONG THE FIVE HUSBANDS IN
8HARATA PRINCES, ANOTHER LIFE.
,
•
')oU, THE FIVE
Pf.\NOAVA5, AR.E THE
FIVE HUSBANDS
DRAUPADI IS ..DEsTINED
TO HAVE . DESTINY
AWAITS 'YOU IN
PANCHALA .MAKE
HER. YOURS.

f
H I5WAY.

FULL OF HOPE.
THE PRINCES AND
THEIR. MOTHEI2.
PROCEEoED 70
PIiNCHIiLIi •

THE CNVTIfL CITY OF PlfNCHIfLIi WAS HUMN/IN6 WITH EXCITEMENT.

TH EY 5 fW THAT
DURYO DHANA AND
TI-iE KAURAvA5
WITH 5HAlCUNI,IHEIR
UNCLE. AND KARNA
THEIR FRIEND,
ARE HERE .

KUNT/ /tNO HER LET US 60 TO THE

SON S CHO SE A 6wAYAMVARA AND-
POTTE£'S TAKE OUR PLACE
HOUS E TO LIVE AMON6THE
IN . AFTER. ~,6RAH:::::: MAN 5 . ,.,.~
RESTlN6 FOR.
SOM E \01£ -

•• •
 THE 6REIiT PAY {;:)fqWNEO. HEAR a KJN6S ! THIS
WHEN /iLL WERE I'lSSEMBLED. 15 THE BOVv.~THE
DHR/SHTADYUMNIi CAME NOBLEMAN WHO

l
~ro~R~"'~""'~D~L~E~A~0l~N~6~--1~'
DR/IUP/iOI.
HITS THE MARK
S HALL TODAY WED
MY SISTER.

KI'lRNA W/IS AMONG THE

FIRST TO TRY. THE PliN[)AvA5
WERE DISM/WED. IT'S
KARNA! WE "
MAY CONSIDER.
THE MARKA5
/lLREADY
HIT.

BUT liS KA RNA 5 !RUN6 THE )QU

BOW fIND 7OG\t: AIM- SHOULD
NOT HAVE
I WILL NEVER MARf<'/ HUMIUA-
ONE OF THE TED ME
.. 5UTA CASTE! \ 50.
DRAUPADI.

·5UTIi - AN INFERIOR KSHAT'RI YIi •

•
 ONE BY ONE THE OTHeRS TJ€lED AND FAILED. WHEN ALL OF THEM HAD
€>!VEN u~ ARJUNIi STEPPEO FORWIiR~D~.r---------
A HUMBLE BRAHMAN. YET HOW
NOBLE AND CONFIDENT 15
HI!> 8EARIN0 .

HE HA5
SUCCEEDED! !

•
•
MEANWHILE KUNTI wAS
WORRIED.
MY SONS ARE LOOK
LATE. HAVE THEIR SEE WHAT WE
COUSINS HAVE 8ROU6HT
REC06NIZED TODAY!
THEM AND
KII..~LED THEM?
WA5 VYASA
MISTAKEN
IN ...

WHATEveR IT
15, SHARE IT I

EOUALLY AND
ENJO'Y rr.

1'1 MOMENT ARJUNA

LATeR. SHe WON HER.IT
CflMeOUT 15 PROPER
AND 511W THAT HE
OR,AUPIIOI. MARRy
HER.

AND COMMIT THE NO YUOHI5HTHIRA,

SIN OF IGNORING wE SHALL, EACH
M'Y MOTHER'S ONE OF US MARRY
ORDERS,? HER:. YOU THE
ELDEST FIRST, THEN
BHE5MA,THENMYSELF
AND THEN THE TWIN6.

ALL RJ6HT!
THEN DRAUffil2l
SHALL8EA
WIFE TO
ALL OF US.

,
 By THEN DURYODHIlNIl HAD LEIiR/VT THAT IT WAS THE P~NDrWAS WHO HAD
WON DRAUP/jOl. BACK AT HASTINAPURA HE WENT 7D HIS FATHER, THE BLlNl
. --------""""':-~
DHRITHARASHTRA. , - - " " "
ALAS! THE PANDAVA5 HAVE
ESCAPED. AND THEY HAVE THE
MI6HTY DRUPADA AND HIS
SON AS ALLlE5.

/3UT THE KUR.U ELDERs ADvISED DHRITHARfiSHTRIi AGAINST THIS.

IF 'YOU WANT TO BE
JUST. 5E~O FOR
. THE PANDAVA5
6lVE THEM HALF
THE KIN6DOM.

00
VIDURA.
8RIN6
THEM BAcK.

. .
WHEN THe PIWDAV~S RETURNeD 70 HASTINAPURA-

THE HEROIC SONS

OF PANDU THE VJRTUOU5
ARE" AtIVE! ONES HAVE.A6REED
TO RETURN TO
THE CITY.

'0 ..
"--. -
WHEN THEY CIlMe 70 PIlY HIlVIN0 OBTlllNeD THEIR RI6HTFUL
THEIR. TO OF THE K.IN6DOM THe. EVER-TRUTHFUL
YUDHISHTHl teI! IlND H IS BROTHeRS
RULeD VIRTUOUSLY oveR IT.
I GRANT YOU HALF THE
KIN0DOM.00 TO
KHANDAVAPRASTHA AND
RULE FROM THERE. MAY
PROSPERITY BE YOUR5.

WE SHALL DO
AS YOU SAY.

DURYOOHANA,MOR£ ENVIOUS THAN EVER, THERE 15. By A

PLOTTeD WITH . GAME OF DICE.
H IS UNCLe 0 UNCLE. YUDHISHTHIRA
SHAK.UNI. IS THERE IS AN ADDICT
NO WAY AND I AM
TO RUIN SHARP. WE
MY WILL WIN.
COUSINSr

WHeN THe I AM UNWILLlN0

INVITATION GAMBtE WITH
TO PutY 5HAKUNI WHO,
REIlCHeD IT 15 KNOWN,
YUDHISHTHIR.I1- CHEATS AT DlCE .
BUT I MUST
ACCEPT THE
ROYAL
CHALLEN0E.
 fiT THE GAME YUDHISHTHI!?fi STAKED /iLL HIS WEALTH. THEN HIS BROTHER
AND THEN HIMSELF,
AND LOST ALL. 0 KIN6,THE12E 15 STILL
ONE DEAR STAKE
YOU HOLD ON TO -
DRAU PADI. STAKE HER.
AND WIN YOUR.SEL F
BACK.

J'L.""'! ALAS! FOR TH IS i

THE KURU:;:, WILL I
DESTROYEr

0O,BR'N~
DRAUPADI
HERE.
,

•
PRIlTIKIlMI VENTURED 01N6ERLY INTO DRIlUPflDI'S PRESENCE. HE HAVE
NOTHIN0 ELSE
I HAVE COME TO A KIN0 STAKING HI S WIFE. 10 STAKE '?
TAKE YOU 10 AWAY! ALAS HE WAS
DURYODHANA. SURELY INTOXICATED WITH DICE .
YOU HAVE BEEN
5TAKEDAND
L05T BY
YUDHI5HTHI

HE DIDN'T. HE WHEN PRATIKAMI CARRIED

STAKED AND DRIlUPADI'S QUERY TO
LOST RLL, DUR-YODHANA-
EVEN
HIMSELF.

SHE 5HALL
GO BACK AND 0ET HER
FIND OUT ANSWERS
WHOM HE LOST HERE. GO,
FIRST - HIMSELF DUH5HA5ANA.
OR ME'?THEN BRIN0 HER
COME TO TO US.
TAKE ME.
IJUHSHASANA BROKE INTO OR/1UPADI's CHAMBER.

CAST ASII?E YOUR MODESTY,

COME,YOU HAVE BEEN
WON BY US. ACCEPT
THE. KURUS AS YOUR
LORDs.

ORAUPADI TRIED
70 RUN AWRY COME HERE,
BUT RDARIN6 YOU SLAVE ...
WITH ANGER.
DUHSHAS/lIVA
RAN AFTER HER..

Yl:lDHISHTHIRA IS BOUND BY
THE RULES OF 0AMBl.IN0.
HE IS BLAMELESS. BUT 0 WRETC
MY OTHER .HUSBANDS WILL NO
F0R6IVE. YOU.
AS DUHSHASANA DRAGGED ORAUPADI IN, NOT A WORD OF PROTEST ROSE
FROM THE ASSEMBL Y. JC;:iQ()5j~;Nc;:n:;ER
. - - _ CHOOSE
HUSBAND NOW
WHO WILL NOT
MAKE 'YOU A
SLAVE B'Y
I

THE KURU ELDERS HflVE

LOST THEIR REASON.
WHY ELSE Do THEY LOOK
SILENTL'Y ON THIS GREAT CRIME?

WHILE CR.Y/N6 THUS IN DISTRESS SHE fiT THIiT MOMENT-

CAST A 6LANCE AT HER. HELPLESS
HUSBANDS. r---------------------~ THE VERY CLOTHES
r---------' YUDHI5HTHIRA, LOOK AT SHE IS WEARING
HER GLANCES FULL OF MODESTY BELONG TO US!
AND ANGER AND KNOW THAT YOUR SHE IS OUR
ACT A HIGHLy IMPROPER ONE. SLAVE'_"_ 4

o
KRISHNA,
5AVEME!
THEN LO! A5 ONE 6ARMEIVT WfiS REMOVED,ANOTHER. MlR.ACULOUSLY
COVERED HER.~.S--:J;;;;~;--iT

FRUSTRIiTED liND ASH/tMED OUH5HASANIi SAT THEN ALL THE

OOWN. BHEEMA, BLED K.INGS
QulVERIN6 WITH I SHALL,IN THE ED THE SONS OF
IWGER., TOOK. BATTLEFIELD. TEAR.
AN OATH . . , OPEN THE BREA5T
OF THIS VILLAIN OF ALAS! THE KURt
THE 6HARATA HAVE NOT YET
RACE. AND DRINK ANSWERED THJ
HIS LJFE PUT
BLOOD. THEM.

"
 DUHSHASANA TRIED TO DRfi6 DRItUPADI
AWAY BUT SHE RESISTED.

a KURU ELDERS,
I CANNOT BEAR
TH IS PER5ECUTION,
ANY LON6ER. AM I
WON OR. NOT?
I SHALl- ABIDE
BY YQUR
; :..:)..,.,V<RDICT.

f fiT THAT MOMENT JACKALS HOWLED,

flS5£s BRAYED AND BIRDS OF PREY
SHRIEKED. DHRITHARflSHTRA WAS
ALARMED BY THESE EVIL PORTENTS.

o CHASTE DRAUPADI,
ASK FROM ME ANY
BOON YOU DESIRE. ~""-

MY WORD5,
OURYODHANA ,
I SHALL BREAK
THAT THIGH IN
BATTLE. •.•
LET YUDHI5HTHIRA BE FREED
FROM SLAVERY. LET NOT
POSTERITY SPEAK OF OUR SON
AS BORN OF A SLAVE.

AND THE TWINS

BE FREED FROM
SLAVERY, TOO.

"
o DAUGHTER, I DO NOT COVET
I'\SK FOR 1\ BOONS. M'1 .
THIRD BOON. HUSBANDS WILL
ACHIEVE THE
REST.

LATER WHEN YUDHISHT.HIRA APPROACHED DHRITHItRffSHTRR TO TffICE

LEffVE a~
F!!..~::;

TAKE YOUR
WEALTH AND
REIGN AT MY
COMMAND. LET
THERE BE BROTHERLY
LOVE BETWEEN YOU
AND YOUR COU5INS.

WHEN DURYOOH/iN!i J,...EItRNT OF THIS HE WENT TO DHRITHFIRASHTR/I.

o FATHER,THE P.RNOAVA5 WILL NEVER

FORGIVE THE IN5ULT TO DRAUPADf. WITH
RE0AL POWERS THEY WILL ANNIHILATE
PERMIT us TO EX.ILE THEM BY
GAME OF~~_ _...

,. ••
YUDHISH7HIRA WAS AWARE OF SHAKUNI'S DECEPTION, STILL HE CAME
BACK 70 THE DICE. ~~~

THE LOSERS MU5T GO INTO EXILE TO THE

FOREST FOR TWELVE YEARS,A"'ID PAS5 THE
THIRTEENTH YEAR IN SOME INHABITED
PLACE - UNRECOGNISED. IF REC06NISED
THEY 'MUST RETURN TO AN EXILE OF
ANOTHER TWELVE YEARS. ON THE
EXPIRY OF THE THIRTEENTH
YEAR THE LOSER WILL GET
BACK HIS KIN.6DOM.

YUDHI5HTHIRA AGREED AND AS DR/lUPADI/lND THE

SHAKUNI CAST TH£;£~::.~... LEFT THE HALL-

LOOK I o DRAUPADI,THE DARK

I HAVE FORE5TS AND HUSBANDS
WON. IN RAGS ARE NOT
FOR '{OU . CHOOSE
ONE AMONG US
AND 5TA'{ HERE

DRAUf'IlDi UTTERED NOT A WORD.

 AFTER CCJlVSOUN6 THEIR WEEPIN6 LORD SLlRYA BR.OUGHT A 61FT
MOTHER KUNTI, DRAUPADI liND THE F O R THE VIRTU OUS PANDAVAS
PANDAVAs SET OUT AS THEY
FOR THE FOREST. I VOW THAT THE FOREST. FOOD COO kED
THIRTEEN YEARS IN TH IS
HENCE THE VESSEL WILL BE
WIVES OF INEXHAUSTIBLE
THOSE VILLA INS AT EACH MEAL
WILL LANGU ISH TIL L D RAUPADI
IN DESO LATE EATS.
WIDOWHOOD.

k RI6HNA DlVININ6 THE SliD PLl0HT OF

THE PANDAVAS,CAM£ TO THEM. WHEN
OR/tUPlfDI SAW THE' COMPASSIONATE
ONE, 5HE POURED our HER. HEART
TO HIM.
MY BIRTH WAS N O BLE AN D
UNIQUE. MY HusBANDS
ARE MI6HTY MEN. YOU
ARE MY FRIEND. STILL
I A M ABU5 ED THU,; AND
yOU WATCH IN· ",,~
S IL E NC E.

MOVED BY H ER THE WIVE,; OF THO';

DISTRESS, k.R/SHNA WHO HAVE IN,JURED
TOOK. fiN OATH. YOU WILL &UFFER
THI5 AGONY. YOU
SHALL YET REIGN
A5 THE QUEEN . M"
WORDS SHALL
NOT BE IN VAIN.

.......
- .,- ------------------------ '"
DEAR DRAUPADI, BE
CONSOLED. YOUR
H UMILIATIONS
WILL BE
FOURTEEN
Y EARS FROM
N OW.

BUT DRIiUPADI '5 RA6E SMOULDERED ON. O NE DAY IN THE FOREST-

DON'T ALL THES E

INSULTS HEAPED O N
US EVER MAKE YOU
AN0RY? N OW IS
THE TIM E TO
USE OUR A:\10HT.

fiT THfiT MOMENT BHEEMfi SIGHED IN -DO NOT BE IMPETUOUS. iT

WRfl TH . r---------~--------~ WOULD BE A6AINST
-------' DRAUPADI IS RI0HT. T H E DHARMA, WHICH IS
KAURAVAS MISTAKE YOUR MORALITY DIVINE AND SUPERIOR
FOR COWARDICE. L ET US WA0E A TO liFE ITSELF. I
WAR FOR OUR KI N 0DOM. A0REED TO THE
STAKES THOU0H
I KNEW SHAKUNI
TO BE DISHONEST.

•
MANY WERE THE SA6ES WHO VISITED THE THE H/fPPIHES5 OF TrtE
fflNDI1VAS IN THE FOREST. DRAUP/iDI FED ALL P/'INDAWtS IN EXILE
OF THEM rRKIN6 CARE TO BE THE LAST TO EAT. ROUSED THE ENVY OF
DURYODHANA.HE
PLOTTED A~AIN5T THEM
DURVASA THE ILL
TEMPERED 5A0E
WILL SOON
BE HERE.
IC.OULD
U5E HIM.

DURVA5.A CAME ANO WAS PLEASED WITH OURYOOHANA'S HOSPITftLlT:

o KING, WHAT CAN PLEASE GO WITH YOUR

I DO FOR YOU 10,000 DISCIPLES AND
IN RETURN? 5EEK THE HOSPITALITY
- ;' -.:O~.F YUDHI5HTHJRA,
WH.EN DRAUPADI
HAS FINISHED
EATrN~ HER
MEAL.

WELCOME,O WE. WI LL COME. LET

REVERED SAGE. DRAUPADI HAVE
COME BACK A GOOD MEAL
APTER. YOUR READY FOR
ABLUTIONS
AND PRAYER
AT THE.
RIVER
YONDER .
 •
ORElUPIlOI WIlS IlcSHIlST. KRlSHNIl, THE IlLL -KNOWIN6, /lPPE/lI<EO.

KRISHNA, YOU
MUST SAVE [)RAUPADI, I AM
ME FROM HUN6RY. LET ME
DURVASA'S EAT FIRST. THEN
WRATH. I WILL 5EE WHAT
I CAN DO.

OR/lUPllOl THIS IS NO TIME

FOR JOKES; I AM
I HAVE JUST TIRED AND
TOLD YOU- HUN6RY.60.FETCH
THERE IS THE VESSEL '
NO FOOD! AND SHOW
IT TO ME.

WHEN C>R/1UP/lO/
BROU6HT THE
WHAT IS THISr
A PARTICLE OF
VESSEL - RICE AND
VE6ETABLE
STUCK.
HI'RE?

MAY THE
SOUL OFTHE
UNIVERSE. BE
SATIATED WITH rr.
 •

MEANWHILE AT THE RtVER.-

NOTA
51N0LE MORSEL
FORME.NO!

I FEEL AS IF
I'VE EATEN
FOR SIX,
HOW CAN
WE FACE
ORAUPADJ~
LET US
SLINK-
AWAY.

THUS DRAuPADI WITH kRiSHNA'S

HELP THWARTED OURYODHANA'S

LA5T THE THIRTEENTH AND THE MOST DIFFICULT

eO AS A WE WILL TEND
WE 5HALL SPEND HIS HOR5E5 AND
THIS YEAR IN THE HIS COWS.
SERVICE OF KING
V1RATA.l WILL<OO
NO KANKA,AN
EXPERT IN DICE.
I WILL
&:)ASA
DANCE
TEACHER

I WILL GO A5 50 IN THEIR RESPECTIVE

SAIRANDHRI AND
SEEK SERVICE AS
QUEEN 5UDHESHNA'S
MAID.
~:~~~o.:~'RAUP!iDI AND THE
SOU(J)HTAIYD
seRVICE IN THE
PliLACE OF V/~TA.
TEN MONTHS HIID PIISSED WHEN BUT THIS DID NOT DIlMPEN
KEECHAKA THE QUEEN's 8fi!OTHER KE£CHAKII'S IlRDOUR.
~~~~~T.~H~E~ -It~lFlf~~~ THE
WHO
OWN5 WIFE OF FIVE
YOU ? MI0 HTY
GANDHARVAS. I AM A 5LAVE
TO YOUR
BEAUTY. BE
MY WIFE.

,
BEWARE!
o SON O F
A 5UTA. I AM
DEAR TO MY
HU5BANDS.
IF ENRA6 ED
TH EY WILL
K ILL YOU.

IT 15 EITHER
I
SAIRANDHRI
5HALL
OR DEATH,
TRY.
FOR ME. HATCH
A PLOT,
5uDHE5HNA ,
TO 5END /;ER
TO ME . .

KEECHIIKFt LEFT 00 10 KEECHAKA

liND 5I.JDc5l'lNII AND BRING ME
5£NTFOR SOME WINE.
ORl)UPflDI. I AM THIRSTY.
 DRflLlP~DI WAS AL~RMED . SENT BY ME
HE WON'T
o OUEEN. HE 15 DARE TO.6C
SURE TO MOLEST WITHOUT
ME. FEAR.

o 6ENTLE
ONE. LET
THE QUEEN HAS OTHERS TAKE
SENT ME TO YOU IT TO HER. YOU
FOR SOME COYlE AND SIT
WINE. NEAR ME . ..

OF WHAT
USE IS THE
PROWE5S OF
MY HUSBANDS
WHEN THEY
CANNOT-PROTECT
ME FRO"r'1 SUCH
IN5ULT5.

"
 k££CHI'tK/i CliU6HT UP WITH HER liND KICKED HER. IN THE PRESENCE 'OF
ALL. yuDHtSHTHIRfI AS KANKIi WAS HELPLESS.
THIS SUffERING
60 TO THE Q U EEN, SHOULD BE THEIRS .
•
SAIRANDHRI . THE THE ELDEST OF
GANDHARVAS THEM 6AM8L1N6
WILL LOOK AWAY WHILE
AFTER YOU. I PRACTISE PI ETY!

.
WITH YUDHI5HTHIRA
FOR A HUSBAND
I WILL NEVER BE
FREE OF GRIEF. .
THE INSULT RFTER
THE 0AME OF
DICE. STILL
<AM'(L£5IN ME. [

MY
PRIN-
BHEEMA! CESS,
YOU SLEEP YOU
LIKE A DEAD
ONE EVEN
WHEN YOUR
HUSH!
WIFE HAS
BEEN IN5UlT-
PATIENCE, DEAR ONE.
WE WILL SOON FREE )
ED BY A (.RD. YOU FROM "GRIEF.

27 r .
BUT EVEN
;AM~~,"',~"C~O~~6~E
AT THAT MOMENT DRAUPADI.
I CANNOT I WANTED TO FOR RENOUNCE
ENDURE, WHEN RAZ.E TH IS I 5AKE OF YOUR WRATH.
MY WEAK KIN6DOM TO THAT ADDICT IF 'fUDHISHTHIRA
HUSBAND5 THE GROUND, 10 DICE '? HEAR55UCH
WATCH ME BUT REBuKES FROM
BEING 'YuDHISHTHIRA 't'OU.HE WILL
KICKED FORBADE ME 61VE UP
SYA BYA HIS LIFE.
SUTA GLANCE.

o BHEEMA! KEECHAKA 15
BENT ON VIOLATIN0 ME.
I ENTREAT 'YOU - KILL
THE WRETCH AND PROVE
MY THREATS TO HIM.
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OR!fUPADI DIO .As SHE WAS TOLD. BHEEMA
LAY IN WAIT. THE MOMENT.KEECHAKA EAm
DRAUPADI
WILL N O W
KNOW
PEACE..

THE FOURTEENTH YEAR SHAME ON THE SKIL L ED

OWE ROUND. B LIT ARCHER ARJUNA AND
DURYODHANA REFUSED SHAME O N TH E
TO SURRENDER EVEN M I6HTY BHEEMA THAT
FIVE VILLAGES . LEAVE DU RYODH ANA IS
ALONE THE KJN600M. STILL ALIVE.
WHILE THE PANOAVAS
WERE PLANNING
THEIR NEXT MOVE
DRAUPADI TURNED
TO KRISHNA .

mEN THIRTEEN Y EARS HAVE

SHE WEPT I WAITED KEEPING TH E
EMBERS O F REVENGE
•
o KRISHNA! THESE GLOWIN G IN
TRESSES WERE SEIZEb MY HEART!
BY DUHSHASANA. I
KNOW NO PEACE TILL
• HIS HANDS ARE
, RIPPED OFF.
KRISHNA WffS QUiCk TO AssuRE o ORAUPRDI, YOU
WILL SEE YOUR
ENEMIES KILLED
AND YOUR
HUSBANDS
REINSTFITED.

THIS FOR DRAGGING

DRAUPADI BY T'HE HAIR
AND ATTEMPTINe TO
DI5ROSE
o HER._ _,

THEN 8I1EEMA FULFILLED THE TERRIBLE OItTH HE HAD TAKEN

YEMS AGO.

I WILL ~ REDEEM
MY OTHER PLEDGE
BY SREAKIN6 THE
THI6t-i OF
DURYODHANA.

THE 8ffTTLE Rli<5ED ON. WITH mE SKlLFUL

ft1Nt.IOEUVR!N6 OF KRISHNIf, THE VICICWY
OF mE PNVDFlVI15 BECAME"" CERTN/VTY.

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 BHEEMIi HI'iO THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIS MACE rl6A/NST

YUDHI5HTHIRA MADE
A MISTAKE IN
&TAl<IN6 THE
VICTORY ON THI&
DUEL.

I F BHEEM.II
DOES NOT KILL
. HIM 5 0 0N
DURYO DHANA WILL
RETAIN THE KIN.GOOM .

I ;15 INTeNDED 8HEEM;I YOU CY\RED

H£ItRD THIS . THE INSULT
MEMORY OF THE DRAUPADI
6RE;lT OUTR;l6E IN THE
CflME VIVIDLY TQ ASSEMBLY
, HIS MIND. BECAUSE
I WA5
HELPLESS.
 HE LOOKED UP AND SAW KRISHNA SLAP HIS THIGH.
•

,
,\1
,
\
.

BHEEM/i TOOK
THE CUE.
.'

TODA'Y WILL
I BREAK THAT
THleH. TODAY
WILL I
FULFIL
MY VOW.

THEN THE VICTORIOUS YUOtiIS/iTHIRA THE EMPEROR AND

BLEW THEIR CONCHES. SHEEMA 's ORAUPIfDI ONCE MORE THE CHERISHED QUEEN
DftTHS HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT. OF
KRISHNA 5 PROMISE TO VlR.TUOUS
DRAUPADI WAS FULFILLED. KINGS.

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