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Draupadi is a princess who is the daughter of Drupada and who eventually becomes the co-wife of all five Pandava brothers. She is a famously dignified and loyal wife, and one of the inciting incidents for the Kurukshetra war is when Duryodhana wins Draupadi in a gambling competition and treats her like a slave. Although Draupadi is modest and well-mannered, she can also be vengeful, like when she urges the Pandavas to kill Aśvatthaman after his night raid. She represents an ideal version of womanhood, motivating the Pandavas to fight in her honor.
Draupadi Quotes in Mahabharata
The Mahabharata quotes below are all either spoken by Draupadi or refer to Draupadi . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1. Beginnings
Quotes
But even as the priests talked, some saying one thing, some another, Arjuna stood next to the bow, unmoving as a mountain. The afflicter of his enemies walked around it in respectful circumambulation, bowed to it with his head, then took hold of it in joyful excitement. In the time it takes to blink, he strung it; and he took up five arrows and swiftly pierced the target through the opening. It fell to the ground.
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Chapter 10. The Night-Raid
Quotes
‘Here is the jewel, and here am I.’
Chapter 17. The Great Journey
Quotes
‘Great Indra,’ said Yudhishthira, ‘abandoning one who is devoted is considered an extreme sin in the world, equal to that of killing a Brahmin. Therefore for my own well-being today I shall certainly not abandon him.’
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Draupadi Quotes in Mahabharata
The Mahabharata quotes below are all either spoken by Draupadi or refer to Draupadi . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1. Beginnings
Quotes
But even as the priests talked, some saying one thing, some another, Arjuna stood next to the bow, unmoving as a mountain. The afflicter of his enemies walked around it in respectful circumambulation, bowed to it with his head, then took hold of it in joyful excitement. In the time it takes to blink, he strung it; and he took up five arrows and swiftly pierced the target through the opening. It fell to the ground.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 10. The Night-Raid
Quotes
‘Here is the jewel, and here am I.’
Chapter 17. The Great Journey
Quotes
‘Great Indra,’ said Yudhishthira, ‘abandoning one who is devoted is considered an extreme sin in the world, equal to that of killing a Brahmin. Therefore for my own well-being today I shall certainly not abandon him.’
