Why Draupadi Went to Hell?

Before long, Draupadi falls down dead much to the perplexation of Bhima. Yudhishthira, who by now had realised his folly, explains that the reason she died was that she was disproportionately in love with Arjuna when, in fact, she was supposed to love her five husbands equally.

Why was Draupadi suffered?

An old Buddhist story explains that Draupadi was the epitome of a lustful woman, who even cheated on her five handsome husbands with a hunchbacked dwarf. Jain stories recount the evil deeds she is said to have performed in the past that led to her suffering as well as her polyandry.

What was Draupadi curse?

One story goes that in her past life she was a sage's wife; her insatiable sexual appetite led him to curse her that in her next life she would have five husbands. ... A folklore states that Krishna had sent the perfect husband for her - one who would love and protect her all her life and be faithful to her.

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