aruna was the only kaurava who protested the unveiling of draupadi.
aruna was the only kaurava who protested the unveiling of draupadi.
who was the only kaurava who protested the unveiling of draupadi?
aruna
in order to provoke the pandavas further, duryodhana bares and pats his thigh looking into draupadi's eyes, implying that she should sit on his thigh. the engraged bhima vows in front of the entire assembly that he would break duryodhana's thigh, or else accept being duryodhana's slave for seven lifetimes. at this time vikarna, a brother of duryodhana asks the kings assembled in the court to answer the question of draupadi. he gives his opinion that draupadi is not won rightfully as yudhishthira lost himself first before staking her. besides, no one has right to put a woman on bet according to shastras; not a husband, father, or even the gods. hearing these words, karna gets angry and says that when yudhishthira lost all his possession he also lost draupadi, even specifically staking her. karna calls draupadi "unchaste" for being the wedded wife of five men, adding that dragging her to court is not surprising act whether she be attired or naked. he orders dushasana to remove the garments of draupadi. after her husbands fail to assist her, draupadi prays to krishna to protect her. dushasana attempts to disrobe her, but she is miraculously protected by krishna, and dushasana finds that as he continues to unwrap the layers of her sari, the amount of fabric covering her never lessens. dushasana is eventually reduces to exhaustion, as the awed court observes that draupadi is still chastely dressed. at this point, a furious bhima vows to drink the blood from dushasana'schest, at the pain of not seeing his ancestors/entering heaven. this vow unsettles the entire court.
draupadi
draupadi is the heroine of "mahabharata". she is common wife of the five pandava brothers and queen of hastinapur, in their reign. born from a fire-sacrifice of king of panchala - drupada, draupadi was prophesied to lead to the end of drona and kauravas. though the middle pandava arjuna - disguised as a brahmin - wins her in her swayamvara, draupadi is compelled to marry all the five brothers on command of her mother-in-law kunti. pandavas agree to the plan that draupadi will always be the chief consort of all brothers and always the empress. she will be in personal union with one brother every year and may bear him a child. anyone of the other 4, who interrupts them during a private time within that one year, must go on a 11-month prilgrimage. she insults kaurava general karna in the swayamvara and laughs at duryodhana - the leader of kauravas - when he falls in her pandava palace at indraprastha. she mothers five sons from each of the pandavas, regaining her virginity after every year. the kauravas take their revenge when the eldest pandava yudhishthira loses her to kauravas in a game of dice. kaurava dushasana tries to disrobe her in the royal court, however divine intervention saves her dignity by making her wrapped cloth infinite in length. draupadi pledges to keep her hair untied till they were drenched by dushasana's blood and mocks her husbands and all present in the court. pandavas and draupadi finally accept 13-year exile for losing the game. while in exile in the forest, her second husband bhima rescued her from various demons and jayadratha, who abducted her. she also instructed krishna's queen satyabhama on the duties of a wife. in the 13th year of exile, draupadi and her husbands spent life incognito in virata's court. she served as the maid of the queen and is harassed by the queen's brother kichaka, who she desires to be killed by bhima. after life in exile, a war breaks between the kauravas and pandavas, in which the kauravas are slain and her insult avenged, but draupadi also loses her father, brothers and sons. yudhishthira became the emperor of hastinapur with draupadi as the chief consort. at the end of their lives, draupadi and her husbands set off to the himalayas to walk to heaven; but draupadi falls in the middle as she loved arjuna more than her other husbands. she is venerated as a village goddess and described at times an avatar of the fierce goddess kali, in the ancient festival of bangalore karaga draupadi is worshipped as an avatar of adishaki and parvati.
panchakanya