Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.74

v2.c18.74

² Probably after Sītā's celebrated example, Draupadī, when she is alone once in the forest of banishment, is carried off, and by King Jayadratha. But the Pāṇḍavas very quickly follow him, he lets go his fair booty, and flees. Yudhishṭhira advises Bhīma and Arjuna, who follow up the pursuit of the insolent fellow, to spare his life. This arouses the utmost fury in the injured Draupadī, and she hotly demands his death (iii, 271.43 ff.).