Episode#35 They spent last year of living incognito disguised as servant with assumed names at the court of king Virata of Matsya Kingdom. Yudhishtira as the learned Brahman (Kanaka); Bhima as a cook (Ballava); Arjuna as a female dance tutor (Brijanalla); Nakula as a horse groom (Damagranthi); Sahadeva as the V eterinary Doctor of cows (Tantipala); and Draupadi as a beautician (Sairandhari). Duryodhana proficient net-work of intelligent spies had spread their dragnet all over to spot the Pandavas but their efforts were in vain. King Virata was least aware that these employees were none other than the Pandavas with their wife Draupadi. All of them took utmost care not to speak or look to each other, they behaved as perfect strangers to each other, and this was the secret of their success, failure would have meant repetition of exile for thirteen years. The Queen's brother Kichaka, attracted by Sairandhari (Draupadi) beauty, openly expressed his thoughts to his sister, he told her...

Episode#34 As Pandavas drew close to twelve years of exile, one day Draupadi was roaming in the garden, she saw a jambun hanging low on the tree, she plucked it and voice came from the tree "what have you done? This jambun is hanging here for past twelve years, behind this tree a Rishi is performing tapasya from last twelve years, today is the final day, in the evening he will open his eyes and eat this fruit, his first meal after twelve years, now you polluted the fruit by touching it, now what he will eat, he will remain hungry, the sin of leaving him hungry will be yours." Draupadi was regretting and she called her husbands and asked them to fix that jambun back on the tree but all showed their inability to do so? Tree roared "if you are faithful Draupadi, you could have done it with the power of your chastity" Draupadi replied "I am faithful although I have five husbands, I am faithful to one brother who is allowed to share a bed with me for a year."...

Episode#33 Later when Pandavas lived in the forest, Jayadhrata married to Dusshala to the only sister of Kauravas visited Draupadi when she was alone; she offered him fruits and milk and asked him to wait till her husbands returned. She had no inkling of his purpose of his visit but felt uncomfortable when he said, "I came here to see you" Draupadi was shocked by the audacity of the man when he offered her to join him to Sindhu, since he could provide her much better life than the forest life, with righteous rage, she replied "I am the queen of Indraprashta, the wife of Pandavas, how dare you speak to me like this?" Jayadhrata sneered at her "When you have no kingdom, so you cannot be queen, you are just beggar, a whore of five husbands, you are publicly disrobed by the Kauravas" humiliating her, he grabbed her and drove her in his chariot, Draupadi screamed "My husbands will kill you" but her wailings fells on deaf ears." A passerby who...

Episode#32 Duryodhana was heartbroken when he received the news that Subhadra married Arjuna, suddenly he went into depression; lost all interest in his kingdom and the materialistic world! Crestfallen as he was, he decided to opt for renunciation but with great difficulty, Sakuni and Karna consoled him and advised him to forget and move ahead in live. The cunning Sakuni blamed Vasudev Krishna for planning the abduction (Duryodhana remembered to what Subhadra said to kidnap her that is her destiny) Balarama was not happy with the idea of sharing Draupadi among five brothers, he also was not happy the way Yudhishtira gambled away his kingdom and his wife Draupadi, according to him Pandavas are biggest fools on the earth. Duryodhana was very angry and he decided to take a revenge on Arjuna as well on Vasudev Krishna. Soon after Subhadra's marriage, Duryodhana got married to Princess Bhanumati the daughter of King Chitranagada of Kalinga. The only pre-requisite for the groom in he...

Episode#31 According to the conditions set, Pandavas had to live in the forest for twelve years and remain incognito for one year. In the first year of exile, Arjuna went to Dwarka to meet Vasudev Krishna, he fell in love with Krishna's sister Subhadra. Vasudev Krishna gladly relented to his wishes lest she marry Duryodhana (who according to Balarama was right choice). As planned by Vasudev Krishna, Arjuna kidnapped Subhadra and got married. During exile, Bhima got a son Ghatokacha from his marriage to Hidimba while Arjuna married three women - Chitragandha, Ulupi and Subhadra. Draupadi accepted only Subhadra since she was Vasudev Krishna's sister but not the others. During their exile, Subhadra stayed in Dwarka with her cousins and her son Abhimanyu grew up under the guidance of Vasudev Krishna and Balarama. However she could not forget her first love Duryodhana. Every night she cried for him and every morning she waited for him remembered meeting him at the bank of Yamu...

Episode#30 Gandhari enters Hall of Dice, and pleaded King Dhritarashtra to execute justice; she cautioned him that negative omens and spiteful curses coming from pious woman should not be connived as they may lead to downfall. It was Gandhari request and also the fear of retribution of Panchala made king Dhritarashtra inclined towards humanity, he told Draupadi to forget everything, he asked her for three wishes and he assured it will be fulfilled, Draupadi first wish was to free her five husbands and that they would no longer be slaves; second wish was to return their weapons back to them and with outstanding dignity she refused to avail third wish reminding that "a kashatriya lady is eligible to only two wishes and not more; and that her husbands were capable of gaining what they have lost in the game of dice." Thus it was none other than the wise Draupadi who was instrumental in winning back dignity and freedom from slavery for her crestfallen husbands. Karna, who silen...

Episode#29 Pandavas as removed their uttariya, shawls and their arm-lets but Draupadi being in single cloth - ekvastra couldn't do the same! The lusty minded Dusshasana moved towards Draupadi, she tried to prevent her modesty, Karna remembered his insult in Swayamvara he passed a remark "she is no better than a prostitute - does it really matters whether she is dressed or naked for a woman who co-habits with five husbands at any given time, it hardly matters!" This rubbed further salt in her wounds and she screamed with pain and fury - "if ever my father King Drupada came to know about his daughter's humiliation, he will tear Hastinapur in pieces the very same moment!" Dusshasana snatched her sari and pulled it, Draupadi was getting stripped in front of all the elders and Noble kings but no one dare to stop such crime not even king Dhritarashtra. There was no one to help she thought of Krishna, he was the only one who will come for her rescue, she closed ...