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The great hall, the game of dice, Draupadi's question to the elders, and the road into exile.
Starts at 27 Oct, 6:00 am IST
Every verse in this lecture can be checked against these texts.
Mahabharata, Sabha Parva
2.61.41
Mahabharata, Sabha Parva
2.63.34
Mahabharata, Sabha Parva
2.60.5-2.61.24 (Draupadi's question, Bhishma's reply, Vikarna, paraphrased)
Mahabharata, Sabha Parva
2.61.40-2.61.46 (the cloth and Bhima's oath, paraphrased)
Mahabharata, Sabha Parva
2.63-2.68 (the boons, the second game and the exile, paraphrased)
Mahabharata, Sabha Parva
Draupadi's prayer to Krishna and Krishna's cloth: popular and vulgate telling only, not in the Critical Edition text (which has only the cloth appearing, 2.61.41)
This lecture was narrated from texts reviewed by our scholar reviewers. The teacher character is an artistic interpretation.
The Sage Narrator is an artistic character, not a historical person. Where a story comes from later tradition rather than the critical text, he says so.