In India, there is hardly anybody who knows perfectly about Hinduism and Hindu mythologies. It is highly doubtful whether anybody has read the Mahabharata carefully. This is a very sad reality that majority of Indians are Hindus but there is no Hindu University or Research Institute in India to study and research on Hinduism, Hindu mythology, Hindu epics like, The Vedas, The Upanishads, The Ramayan, The Mahabharata and other Hindu scriptures. Only ABCD (American Breed-ed Confused Desis) brand Communist, Muslims and Western scholars fabricate irrelevant things and stories about Hindus and Hinduism. It is the story about Draupadi and her five Husbands. Nobody knows anything about her and about her five husbands but all talk and talk nonsense. She is a much mocked and vulgarized lady by half-baked scholars.
Once there was an intense argument between the highest God of this universe Lord Shiva and King of Heaven Lord Indra about who would be the supreme God or authority in Heaven and subsequently in the Universe. Lord Shiva said, as He was the God of Gods, so he would naturally be the supreme authority. However, Lord Indra was not ready to accept this argument and He said, as He was the King of Heaven, so he would be the supreme authority of Heaven.
So nobody was ready to budge from their declared stand and authority and accept other as the superior. So ultimately, there was a fierce war in the Heaven. In that war, Lord Shiva defeated Lord Indra and in anger, Lord Shiva cut Lord Indra into five pieces.
Om seeing the dead body of her husband, His wife cried inconsolably. Listening to the cries of Lord Indra's wife, Lord Shiva was appalled and rushed to console the widow of Lord Indra. The widow of Lord Indra asked Lord Shiva to re-restore the life of her husband. But Lord Shiva expressed his helplessness and said He cannot revive Lord Indra as He Himself had killed Him.
On the insistence of Lord Indra's widow, Lord Shiva said that He could revive her husband but the new incarnation could not live in Heaven and it had to live on earth or Prithvi Lok and only after completing and fulfilling all the assign tasks and duties, it would return to Heaven.
Subsequently, five pieces of Lord Indra's body took birth in form of five men on Prithvi Lok. Lord Indra's head became Dharam Raj Yudhisthira, the expert in law, chest became Bhima, master of the mace, arms became Arjuna, best archer, abdomen and pelvic parts became Nakula, most handsome and master swordsman, and legs became Sahadeva, master swordsman and formidable in war.
Seeing this, the widowed wife of Indra said to Lord Shiva that she had to live like a widow, although her husbands were alive in form of five different men. So she instead of going with her husband to Prithvi Lok. King Drupad was performing a yajya. Lord Shiva made her appearance from the haven fire (haven Kunda), a girl appeared from the havenkunda of Raja Drupad, and this girl came to be known as Draupadi, the daughter of Fire, of the Mahabharata.
When this girl became of marriageable age, she prayed to Lord Shiva to bring back her husband Lord Indra. Again, Lord Shiva said that these Pandavas had not yet completed their age on Prithvi Lok and they had not yet completed all the allotted work. So Lord Indra cannot return to Heaven. Soon this Draupadi married Arjuna and later on due to Kunti's blessings, Draupadi got all the Pandava as her husbands with all the qualities, strength and powers that Lord Indra possessed.
Only Lord Shiva, Lord Krishna, Draupadi, and five Pandavas knew this secret. After completing their age on Prithvi Lok and completing all the allotted works, all the Pandavas and Draupadi again went back to Heaven.
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