A quesiton from Mahabharata?

Question

How can Yudhishthar maharaj bet Draupadi on gambling , when he already lost himself including all pandavas,with his indraprashta in bet with duryhodhana and shakuni?

Answer 1

As the dice game is considered as 'sacred' (in twisted sense, as it is), as a combat, then the question of virtue and valor comes to play in winning and losing. You lose a combat and still keeping your honor of never escaping from it. You are supposed to lose a dice game with honor as well! And Dharmaraj Yuddhishthira did, until the end.

When he had lost everything, including his own freedom, Dharmaraj Yuddhishthira *knew* that he was no longer have rights over Draupadi, who is not even his wife alone, she is a common wife of all five Pandavas. However, as a person who had lost his freedom, he did not have the privilege to play anymore either! And he did stated, "I have lost everything, including myself, could we stop now?" - or to that effect. And Shakuni and Duryhodhana were not "satisfied" yet, and ordered him to keep playing. This time to stake Draupadi.

With his status now was as an indentured person to Duryodhana and Shakuni, Dharmaraj Yuddhishthira, literally, had no other choice but to obey the order of his then-masters. THIS is I know, extremely hard for westerners to understand. But for those who understands the Hindu values of those days and has decent grasp of the concept of maryada, this is not really that 'striking.'
Yudisthira gambles away all his possessions, his kingdom, his brothers, and then himself, losing them all to Duryodhana (who is coached by his uncle Sakuni). Finally, Yudisthira gambles away Draupadi.

Draupadi is dragged out into the public hall despite being half-dressed and menstruating. As she is stripped of her clothes, her sari unrolls endlessly so that she is not exposed. She makes a legal argument that since Yudisthira gambled himself away, he did not have the right to bet her freedom. (presumably since slaves can't own property/other slaves/wives).

Draupadi looked at all elders in the court - Dhritarashtra, Bheeshma, Drona, Kripa and Vidura - with her eyes shouting for help. But all elders were silent. The subjects were stunned. Her husbands sat with their heads bowed. Draupadi had a marvelous blend of intensity that suits kshatriyas and forgiveness that fits devotees. She was very intelligent and knowledgeable. She had a brilliant mind, was utterly "one-in-herself" and did not hesitate in reprimanding the Kuru elders for countenancing wickedness. When Dusshasana was dragging her by the hair to the court, she ridiculed him to show his prowess against her husbands. She also boldly reprimanded the elders present in the court and appealed to them to do justice. She cried out to her silent husbands. But nobody came for help. Finding no response, with quicksilver presence of mind she seizes upon a social ritual to wrest some moments of respite from pillaging hands.

Her speech drips with sarcasm. The elders whom she ceremoniously salutes, deliberately using the word "duty", have remained silent in the face of Vidura's exhortation to do their duty and protect the royal daughter-in-law. At last Duryodhan's brother Vikarna supported Draupadi but Karna derided him and questioned his support for her. Thus, despite being humiliated, Draupadi won morally. Nobody could refute her logic. She said "where righteousness and justice do not exist, it ceases to be a court; it is a gang of robbers". In response to Draupadi's volley of harsh words, Dusshsana grinned and uttered wicked words. Bheema (the third Pandava) exploded like a volcano now. He thundered in anger, and promised to burn the hands of Dusshasana. Dusshasana should have respected Draupadi, his sister-in-law, like his own mother. But instead, the wicked Dusshasana began to pull at her saree. Draupadi's weeping and wailing would have moved a stone to mercy. Draupadi turned to Lord Krishna as her husbands bowed their heads in shame. She threw out both hands and with both hands in salutation she cried to Krishna, and miraculously the more Dusshasana pulled her robe, the more it was still there on her person. Several meters of the robes he pulled, yet it was still there. Dusshasana was tired drawing her saree but he could not find the end of it. This shows us the bond between a brother and sister or the promise of security. Draupadi gave to Lord Krishna one small strand from her saree to tie on his injured finger, during a duel with the cruel Shishupala. At that moment, Krishna had promised Draupadi of constant security. Lord Krishna kept his promise during this trying moments of Draupadi and gave her an endless saree, one which could never be removed and thus protected her honour.

Having failed in his efforts to disrobe Draupadi, Duryodhana's patted his thighs and ordered Draupadi to sit on his lap, since she was supposed to obey his orders as she was now a slave to him after her husband, Yudhishtira had lost him in the game of dice. On hearing this, Draupadi cursed Duryodhana of a death with a broken thigh. Draupadi also took a vow that she would not oil or tie her hair until she could wash her hair with the blood of Dusshasana, after he was killed. At such a moment, Bheema, the third Pandava, lashed out and vowed to avenge the insult that Draupadi was subjected to. Bheema killed Dusshasana in the war of Kurukshetra and Draupadi eventually washed her hair with the blood of Dusshasana. Bheema also broke the thigh of Duryodhana in the final battle of Kurukshetra. Eventually convinced by Vidur, Dhritharashtra scoffed at Duryodhana and asked Draupadi for any three boons. But Draupadi simply sought that her husbands should at once be freed from slavery and as the second boon she asked for their weapons. When Dhritharashtra asked her to ask for more. She replied that her husbands were strong and capable to win all the rest that they had lost by themselves.-

What Yudishra did was not correct, though many say that he did for Keeping Dharma, as he is Dharmaraja himself.

But this incident was the turning point in the EPIC and whatever happened afterwards were possible, only because of Draupadi Vastraharan. From the epics we should take only the morals and should not see the bad side of it... -

Answer 2

This is the effect of being involved in the four evil acts, viz., meat eating, intoxication, gambling and illicit sex, which destroys the four pillars of religion, viz., austerity, mercy, truthfulness and cleanliness.

Thus, it is naturally expected that Yudhisthira Maharaja would be bewildered in the outcome of the gambling events.
Yudhisthira Maharaja is well known for his truthfulness, so much so that he even declined telling a lie when Krishna told in the incident with Aswatthama, but even such a great personality was bewildered because of being engaged in the gambling match. What to speak of Draupadi, he should not have bet even the other four brothers who are individual living entities and not the property of anyone.

Therefore gambling along with meat eating, intoxication and illicit sex should be given up every one for one's own and others spiritual benefit.

Answer 3

yudhisthar gambles everything except Droubhathi. a wife is aprcisous posession of a man in those days - why een in these days it is like that only.in loosing himself in bet , he does not loose all his possession. There is no rule like that even in gambling . Inthat case , his brothers not being his slaves ,he would not have had the right to bet them in gambling .But he was allowed to bet them and his brothres also did not say anyting ,Neither did anyone ask the consent of his brothers when he offered them as bet .so was Droupathi a possession that he had not bet as yet .He has offeered himslef in bet . But not all the possession that he had .he stillhad a possession.evn if he happened to be slave consequent on his being lost in bet , the slaves wife does nt become the wife of the master .and the slae is not prenented from having his wife or any possession tha the master has not given him.Sohe had the right to give his wife in bet .the opponetnt had accepted the bet and so the rule in force at that time did not preclude the slave from offereing his wife in bet.What right have we tochnge the rulkes that were in force some 10 80000 years 9 a yuga )ago? If we were present in th ecourt of dhuriyodhana at that tiome . we might perhaps advised him not to accept tha bet and teold him that that yudhisthar ws already deemed to have bet his wife also when he offeered himself as a bet and lost .Now no chance to amend the rules .pf the past .

Answer 4

Yudhishthar became mad about the game, he lost his sense of thought. Dice game is such a game in which anyone can go mad. It is game of chance and a fertilizer of greed.
He knew that before the game, that Kauravas are going to trick him that way, but being a Shatriya he could not back out from the chellenge at the start.
However as Duryodhana used Sakuni to throw dice Yudistra could have Called Lord to thorw dice for him but he did not. Thats fate.

Answer 5

It was supposed to happen like that! Everything happens with a divine order. Everything happens as a play, the script of which is already made. So it was supposed to happen. For Draupadi to know the true value of the lord, to have true, unshaken faith in the lord, Dussasana was needed to put his hand on her 'vastra'. So it was inevitable. 'Vastrakshepa' was needed for the lord to remove all the 'Adharma' from there. It happened as his plan.

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1. The asker know the answer, and he want to check the knowledge of others.
2. The asker wish to know the answer sincerely.
3. Asker want answer, but question is totally different.

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Answer 6

Gambling is not a fair game / work, and you know while doing wrong one is diverted from his sense "budhi bhrast ho jati hai" and in such condition any thing is expected.

Answer 7

dfas

Answer 8

whhooaa - how do you keep these names straight?