I was amused to read in DV (April 1, 1991) that the Govt. of India has banned Ms. Elaine Arone’s book, Samraj, on: the ground that Draupadi of the Mahabharata epic is depicted in a vulgar and obscene manner. Mahabharata itself is mainly a story full of obscene affairs. In fact, the great revolutionary saint poet of Karnataka, Sarvang, of the 14th century refers to Hindu epics as stories of prostitution (Hardrada Kathe). The Hindu epic literature has a lot to be ashamed of, said Dr. Ambedkar.
Nazi leader L.K. Advani and Arun Shourie, a Nazi journalist, did shed profuse tears over the denial of freedom of expression to that notorious Salman Rushdie when his book containing blasphemous writings on Islam was banned in India. How is it that these self-styled votaries of freedom of expression have not come out in defiance of Ms. Elaine Arone who has exposed the characters of Mahabharata?
Sex teacher: Applying the same standards, the 400- page Kannada novel, Parva, wherein the Aryan novelist, S.L. Byrappa, some 15 years ago retold the story of Mahabharata ought to have been banned. On reading it one gets a feeling that this author must have had first-hand knowledge of such details which only a ward boy or midwife of a maternity home could have come to know. In this book, Draupadi reflects on the sex experiences with her five different husbands. The Dasi women or female slave-servants of the palace teach sex matters to the blind king Drita Rashtra. The sick and impotent brother of the blind king, Pandu, sends his first wife, Kunti, to the adjoining kingdom of Devas said to be situated close to Himalayas, so that she may spend nights with the Devas until she is impregnated. Some days after the birth of her first son, Dharmaraja, she craves for sex life and the considerate husband again and again sends her for this neighboring kingdom and the obliging members of this royal family satisfied her lust until she becomes pregnant. This is how Bheema and Arjuna were born. The younger wife, Madri, jealous of the elder wife who had enjoyed conjugal company of three men, pleads with her husband that he should also arrange for her pleasure. The noble husband readily obliged twice. That is how Nakula and Sahadeva were born.
Five husbands of Draupadi: S.L. Byrappa narrates that whenever epic heroes went for wars, cartloads of female slaves also used to accompany the warriors for meeting the lust of these warriors. The problems faced by the blind king, Dritarashira, and the blindfolded queen, Gandhari, relating to their conjugal plays in their bedroom are also dealt. The perverse Aryan concept of wife’s devotion to husband demanded that she cannot see the world which her husband was not destined to see out of blindness 7 pe ‘from birth. So, she always remained blindfolded since’ the day of her wedding. The blind king is assisted by the female slaves whenever he went to toilet.
The author was certainly very wise in selecting the Mahabharata to display his pornographic skills, as the story is rich with obscene instances. Even according to the orthodoxy, Draupadi who had five husbands had been nursing a grievance that she did not have the opportunity of sharing her bed with Karna, the eldest brother of her five husbands. Kunti had given birth to Karna even before she was married to. Pandu. While Bheema and Arjuna were husbands of Draupadi, each of them had their own wives i.e. Hidimba and Subhadra respectively. It is utterly foolish to pretend when it is well known that Rama, Lakshmana and their brothers, Pandavas, Anjaneya or Hanumanth and Ganesha were not born to the husbands of their mothers. Sugreeva marries the widow of Vali, his brother, whom Rama had killed – treacherously. Dritarashira, Pandu and Vidura who often played the role of a jurist, were also not born to the husbands of hell mothers.
