Draupadi

With her hair untied,

Draupati stood firm, with an unbending will…

Nothing would suffice her,

But the end of Kauravas,

A virtuous woman she was

When dishonored in presence of her elders,

She wanted Duryodhana killed,

Vowed she would tie her hair washed in Dushassana’s blood

For the unpardonable offence he did.

The daughter of King Draupada and sister to Dhristadyumna

The crowned queen of the Pandavas,

Sri Krishna called her “Sakhi”,

A woman who had no equal in beauty and grandeur,

Draupadi is the symbol of woman’s strength and power,

She was the force behind the Kurushetra war,

She went through trouble and insult

She had spent long years in agony,

Her strength was her devotion for Krishna….

Who stood by her in all trials of life

Draupati got justice in the end,

Dharma won in the Kurukshetra battle,

She tied her hair smeared in Dushasana’s blood….