Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century v2.c19.250

v2.c19.250

**Mahābhārata; the unveiling of Draupadī.** The blind Kuru King Dhṛtarāṣṭra seated in darbar, with Karṇa and others to the proper right, and Bhīṣma, Droṇa and others to the proper left. Foreground, to the left, the five Pāṇḍavas in deep distress, Bhīma grasping his mace in anger; in the centre Duryodhana egging on Duḥśāsana; to the right Duḥśāsana dragging Draupadī's garments from her body. The veils accumulate upon the floor, leaving her still covered, a miracle wrought by Kṛishṇa of Dvārakā in response to her prayer. The whole assembly stared astonished, (asking) ‘Whether is the woman in the cloth, or is the cloth in her, or is she made of clothing, or is it (nothing but) the woman's dress ?’