Letter to Draupadi

By: Devanshi Tyagi

3r𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛, 𝙱𝙰(𝙷𝚘𝚗𝚜.) 𝚂𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢

Design and edited by: Ragini

𝙰𝚜 𝙸 𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 — 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍. 𝙶𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝙳𝚊𝚜'𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎.

𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙺𝚞𝚛𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚝, 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚞𝚜𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔. 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚊. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 — 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚜.

𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗’𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚖; 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜, 𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚜. 𝙳𝚒𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚕𝚜? 𝙳𝚒𝚍 𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝? 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚝𝚘𝚘, 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 — 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍.

𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐, 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎.

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