Story: Draupadi's Life

One day, Draupadi was exploring her new home in the forest. Although this is not where she ever imagined herself, she was happy here. She was trying to make the most of her time that she will be sending here. Luckily, she had good company in her five husbands. Sure, she would miss real life in civilization, but she was happy. Surrounded by the green of the forest, she was excited to see what the next thirteen years held for her.

Speaking of where Draupadi imagined herself, lets be real...it's nothing like where she's at now. As a girl she dreamed of getting the perfect house with the perfect husband and eventually raising a perfect family. This is what she saw in her dreams every night when she went to bed. Instead, she did have a perfect house, but then she was forced to move out to the forest. Instead of one husband, she got five. She wondered how in the world things ended up the way they did. However, she realized that she didn't have it all so bad. Sure, she was in the forest now, but in thirteen years she'll be back in civilization where she belongs in a beautiful house, ready to raise a family. Maybe it's odd that she has five husbands, but better to be loved five times as much than to not be loved at all.

Back to our time with Draupadi in the woods. One thing about Draupadi is that she was gorgeous. Easily one of the most beautiful women in the town she once lived in, the envy of all women. The women wanted to be her while the men simply wanted her. So, it came as no surprise when Jayadratha saw her that he immediately fell in love. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest, the butterflies in his stomach. How am I going to talk to a woman so beautiful he asked himself. 

He finally gained the courage and walked up to Draupadi while passing her in the woods. He asked for her name and he eventually told her that he loved her. She was shocked as she just met this stranger...how could he love me she thought. Loyal wife to many as she is, Draupadi shut down all of Jayadratha's advances. She was kind about it in the beginning, politely telling him no and that she was already married. He wasn't getting the picture. He kept telling her how she was the most beautiful woman he'd ever laid eyes on and that she was his one true love. He became more and more aggressive and Draupadi decided it was time to leave this man she had just met. 

As Draupadi was turning to walk away, Jayadratha caught her wrist and picked her up. Draupadi put up a good fight. She screamed and yelled, calling for her husbands. Surely one must come to her rescue. As Jayadratha carried Draupadi away, Draupadi's husbands heard her cries for help. They ran to Draupadi's defense and saw all that had occurred. They knew that if they fought Jayadratha together, they could easily defeat this man in a matter of seconds. Almost without any struggle, the Pandavas defeated the evil Jayadratha and Draupadi was safely returned to her husbands. This was the moment when Draupadi truly fell in love with each of her husbands. She realized that they are the key to a happy and perfect life, and she wouldn't trade it for the world.

Author's Note:

For this story, I decided to go into detail about Draupadi's thoughts on her life and also when Jayadratha kidnapped her. I felt as though there is very little detail about her kidnapping the story so I chose to expand on that. There is also very little detail into Draupadi's thoughts, so I wanted to write about her and how she felt about her life while being in exile married to five men.

Bibliography

Public Domain Mahabharata, Online Source

Death of Jayadratha, Web Source