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laughter but Draupadi could not control her laughter. She could not use the brakes of wisdom to check her laughter. She said, “Even the children of the blind become blind” and laughed.
Duryodhana was furious because what she said was an irsult to him and his father. Angrily he vowed, “You have insulted me. I will take revenge against you by making you sit upon my thigh, in my court in the presence of all my courtiers. If I do not do so, I am not Duryodhana.” On hearing this, Bhima also vowed, “Oh ! Draupadi, I will hit the thigh of Duryodhana with my club welded by my strong and pouncing arms, and with the blood that oozes from his thighs, I will smear your hair." Thus Draupadi with her unwise words increased the enmity between Duryodhana and Bhima. The great Kurukshetra war took place. Thousands of soldiers were killed and the vows of the two great heroes were also fulfilled.
Sometimes on account of unwisdom even good doctrines are abused. The following amusing incident illustrates this point :
The Dasara celebrations were going on near a village. There was a well nearby. On account of the heavy rush of people there, one fell into the well. He did not know swimming. He somehow managed to keep his head above water. He cried out, “Please save me. I am drowning.”
A mendicant came there. Hearing the man's cry, the mendicant said, "My dear man, in life sorrows are larger in number than joys. Hence, what is the use of my saving you ? In your previous life (Poorva janma) you must have pushed somebody into a well and so in this life, you have fallen into the well. Every one must taste the fruit of his actions (Karmas). So, taste the fruit of your Karma peacefully. You will be freed from your Karma and you will attain Nirvan.” After drinking scme water, the mendicant went away.
Some time later, a leader came there. He was searching for an opportunity to deliver a lecture and to give
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