But Draupadi would be furious, IMO.Indulata Das belongs to those sentinels of traditions of excellence who are at the vanguard of defending the quintessential aspects of the great Indian culture against the growing influence of alien culture. (Note: Not that this was forbidden by the rules of a swayamvar in general Krishna’s parents got together because Vasudev’s friend won Devaki on his behalf. Married to some dude who tried and failed to fulfil the conditions of her swayamvar?=nope. Being married to four other brothers, who she canonically checks out=sure, whatevs. Which–#3 is possible on Karna’s side, yeah, but anon, I think Draupadi would throw a fit or just straight up murder Duryodhana. (Also, those two, in my mind, really are destined to always loathe each other. Famously, the Pandavas’ other wives (except Subhadra) all lived elsewhere, and I think Draupadi would be annoyed to always find Duryodhana underfoot.
For her part, Draupadi I think would hate Karna’s loyalty to Duryodhana–not even out of romantic reasons, but because given her set up with the Pandavas, she does seem the sort who wants to be the first priority in her relationships. (Bhima, for example, shares these traits, and he and Panchali get along just fine!) But Karna is both sarcastic and thin-skinned, and Draupadi, despite her extraordinary birth, terribly casteist which would not help. To be honest, I think Draupadi and Karna would annoy each other–they’re both pig-headed and hot-tempered and desperately loyal, but even that isn’t enough to destroy their relationship. The number of Karna’s wives is a great question! Gandhari in the Stri Parva only refers to wives, plural, so we at least know it’s more than one but the number, and even the names (Vrishali, Supriya, Padmavati, etc.) are all fanon/regional variations.
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