would make Arjuna kill him that moment itself. Even Krishna had told Arjuna that Aswathama deserved no mercy from him.

But Draupadi astonished every one by asking Arjuna to set him free. She said she knows what “Putra Dukham” means to a mother, so let Kripi (Aswathama’s mother) be spared from that unbearable pain.

Note – What a great lady Draupadi was. The character of Draupadi is unique in world literature itself. As a wife of five brave husbands, as a queen still forced to become a slave to Duryodhana, as a hurt woman determined to take revenge on him, as the constant inspiration for her husbands, as an efficient housewife even in the forest and exile and as the most dearest friend to Krishna – what all roles she played beautifully.

But the true mother in Draupadi, who, even while experiencing the most unbearable pain, showing compassion to another mother can wet the eyes of a cold-hearted man too!

This Indian woman was such a diverse, multi faceted, rare personality…