write a piece of plot on the sequel of dicing
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Answer:The dice game was an important turning point in the Mahabharat. While the game started with smaller stakes like pearls, golds, animals, etc., It turned into a nightmare for Pandavas at the end. But even when the initial loss looked fully material in nature, Vidura had already suspected foul play from the side of Duryodhan.
When still in the middle of the game, Vidura spoke to Dhritrashtra. He told the king that he had already warned him against Duryodhan when he was born and the omens were not good. He mentioned various examples to Dhritrashtra where kings had abandoned their own kids for the welfare of society. He quoted, “ For the sake of a family a member may be sacrificed, for the sake of a village a family may be sacrificed, for the sake of a province a village may be sacrificed and for the sake of one’s own soul the whole earth may be sacrificed.”
Duryodhan responded to Vidura in anger and blamed him for being biased towards Pandavas. All the arguments of Vidura went in vain. Shakuni continued the game with Yudhisthira. When Yudhisthira lost all his wealth, he gambled away his animals, servants, land, and country. He should have stopped there. But the hope of winning back everything kept him going.
When nothing remained Yudhisthira put on stake Nakul and then Sahadev. When he lost them, then Shakuni provoked him by mentioning how he had already lost the children of Madri. Shakuni pointed out that Bhima and Arjun seemed more dear to Yudhisthira. This infuriated Yudhisthira, who believed that Shakuni was trying to create a division between them. Finally, he put on stake Arjun and Bhima and lost them too. Then he put on stake himself and lost that one too.
The wicked Shakuni said that Yudhisthira had one more stake to play for and hence losing himself would be a sin. He provoked the eldest Pandava to play on Draupadi. Yudhisthira blinded by his loss and hope for the victory didn't look it through and put on stake the beautiful Draupadi.
As soon as he did that all the elders sitting in the hall went in shock. No one could believe what had happened. Vidura holding his head went speechless. Bhisma, Drona, and Kripacharya were sweating in fear of what would happen next. Only Dhritrashtra was glad and kept asking, “ Has the stake been won?” And finally, the stake was won.
The nightmare was not going to end for the Pandavas and it was just beginning for Draupadi. Duryodhan asked Vidura to bring Draupadi to the chambers and force her to live in the servant quarters.
Vidura got furious and said that Duryodhan was calling his own destruction to himself. Also, he believed Draupadi could not be a slave given that she was put on stake by Yudhisthira when he himself had lost himself.
This very question was raised again and again in that hall. When Duryodhan sent Pratikami to fetch Draupadi. Draupadi returned him the first time with the same question that Vidura had raised, “Go ask that gambler present in the assembly, whom did he lose first, himself or me?”
The messenger went back to the assembly and repeated Draupadi's question. Yudhisthira remained silent. The messenger was sent back to fetch Draupadi but she again sent him back to the hall saying that she would obey the command of elders if that was their wish.
Duryodhan got agitated. Yudhisthira sent one messenger to Draupadi to warn her and request her to come in the hall weeping in front of her father-in-law. He knew Draupadi was in one cloth waiting for her seasonal bath and Duryodhan would make it worse for her. But Draupadi's misfortune followed her and that last time Dussasana went to bring Draupadi. Draupadi tried to escape by running towards the women quarters. Because of her season, she was alone in the room. Watching her run, Dussasana chased her and held her by her hair and dragged her into the assembly hall.
It is sad how the ego clash between the brothers of the Kuru dynasty took such a dark form and how it became a tragedy for a woman who was protected by the best men of that time. She was not just insulted but was hurt physically and mentally before the people who were her guardian.
One important thing to note is that everyone in that assembly was sad and distressed except Duryodhan, Dussasana, Shakuni, and Karna. Only these four people were laughing mercilessly. Even the other Kaurava brothers were silent. It was an act beyond enmity.
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