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*Today I am going to tell 3rd story where the Virata govt and the people failed to weigh the dharma by which Kichaka was killed for practicing illegal desires to protect the villainy of a few of the Kings. Do I have to tell Keechaka and other Virata people?. * *Kichaka Vadha Parva* There are 11 chapters in this section. Ten months passed since the Pandavas had come to stay in disguise in the city of Virata. Draupadi had been staying in the queen’s apartments, serving the queen Sudheshna. Only a little time remained for the completion of ajnatavasa, staying in disguise. One day Kichaka, the general of the king of Virata, saw Draupadi and became infatuated with her. He came to his sister Sudheshna to reveal his mind and found out that Draupadi was her maid. He approached Draupadi and having expressed his desire, said that he would abandon all his former paramours. They would become her servants. He also would become submissive to her like a servant. On listening to those words, Draupadi chided him saying that it was not appropriate for someone like him to beseech a lowly servant. Besides, as she was the wife of another person, it was not proper to desire her. Even though she thus tried to convince him, he did not change his mind. Moreover, he started to speak lustfully. Then Draupadi warned him saying that five terrible Gandharvas always protected her. They were her husbands. If he behaved improperly with her, they would kill him. Thus rejected by Draupadi, the lovesick Kichaka gave vent to his feelings in front of Sudheshna. The latter also tried to convince him but in vain. However, because of her affection for her brother, she thought of a plan to send Draupadi to him and said to him that he should brew liquor and prepare food on any festival occasion. And she would send Sairandhri to his palace under the pretext or bringing liquor. Thus promised by his sister, Kichaaka went away. On one festive day, having got food and others prepared, Kichaka called Sudeshna and asked her to send Sairandhri to him. Sudheshna returned immediately and ordered Draupadi to go to the house of Kichaka to bring some liquor. Draupadi took a tumbler and weeping with doubt, praying to the sun mentally to protect her, reached the abode of Kichaka. The latter was very much delighted to see her. He touched her right hand and tried to drag her towards him. Draupadi pushed him on to the ground and ran towards the Royal court where Yudhishthira was present. Kichaka got up and having pursued Draupadi caught hold of her hair. Even while the king was looking on, he threw her on the ground and kicked her. Meanwhile, the Rakshasa who was appointed by the sun to protect her lifted Kichaka up and flung him away. Kichaka fell on the ground unconscious. Bhima was also present in the court at that time. Fearing that their secret might be revealed, Yudhishthira controlled Bhima from becoming angry. Draupadi prayed to the king of Matsya to save her. *But the king could not punish Kichaka*. So he tried to appease her. But Draupadi condemned the king with her words. She said that Kichaka did not know dharma. The king was also not a knower of dharma*. Anyone who stayed with him also did not know dharma*. On listening to her words the king said that a quarrel took place between those two, not in his presence. So he could not do justice without knowing the facts. The members of the assembly started to denounce Kichaka and praise Draupadi. As per the words of Yudhishthira, Draupadi went hurriedly to the palace of Sudheshna. She then took a vow for the death of Kichaka. Reflecting on the plan for the death of Kichaka, Draupadi went into the quarters of Bhima and woke him up from sleep. Bhima asked her to tell quickly the reason why she had come and gone back to her sleeping chamber so that no one would know about her arrival. Draupadi expressed her sadness over their plight and blamed herself as the reason for all the misfortune. Taking her life by drinking poison was better than getting into the clutches of Kichaka. Saying so she placed her head on the chest of Bhima, and started to cry pitifully. Bhima hugged her to his heart and consoled her saying that he would kill Kichaka along with his kith and kin that very day. He advised her to tide over her sorrow, and to go to Kichaka early in the night of the next day and invite him to the dance hall. Once Kichaka entered the dance hall, Bhima would take care of him. At that, Draupadi went away from there. When the night passed, Kichaka woke up in the morning, went to the palace and told Draupadi that he was the general of the army there. No one could save her. The two of them should have a relationship together. Remembering what Bhima had told her, Draupadi put the condition that no one should know that he came to meet her. If he agreed to that, she was his property. Kichaka accepted her condition and told her that he would come alone to meet her that night at the dance hall. *That foolish one did not know that Death had come to catch him in the form of Sairandhri.* Draupadi conveyed the message of Kichaka’s visit to the dance hall to Bhima The latter went there first and lay down on a bed there. Kichaka arrived there to meet Draupadi and thinking that it was Sairandhri, laid a hand on him. Bhima, who was burning with anger at the insult done to Draupadi, stood up immediately. A terrible fight took place between the two. At last Bhima killed Kichaka and pacified himself. Having taken leave of Draupadi, he went away. Draupadi also was happy at the death of Kichaka. She went to the guards of the palace and told them that the lustful Kichaka was killed by her Gandharva <https://vedicfeed.com/the-origin-of-gandharvas-and-beautiful-apsaras/> husbands at the dance hall. Hearing that news the relatives of Kichaka went there and wailed over his state. They found Sairandhri there standing behind a pillar. With the permission of the king, they took Draupadi to the burial ground to set fire to her along with the dead body. On hearing her cries, Bhima, disguised in another attire, came there and killed the one hundred and five Upakichakas to release Draupadi and comfort her. The king got the news from the citizens and became very much afraid. At his command, queen Sudheshna requested Draupadi to go anywhere else. Draupadi requested her to grand her time for thirteen more days. Then Sudheshna told her that she could stay there as long as she wished, but she wanted her husband and children should be well protected. NB Katradhanaal aaya payan enkol?. What is the use of learning all these under a clan stamp?. 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