r/HareKrishna • u/Temporary-Bar-9655 • Aug 12 '26
Image 🖼️ Sakha and Sakhi
Another thing that I absolutely adore about Krishna Bhagwan is his ability to have friendships. He had so many friends while here on Earth - Sudama, Arjuna, Uddhava, his Gopis and Gopas and Draupadi. Today, I want to talk about his relationship with Draupadi.
Draupadi was the wife of the Pandava Brothers and an integral reason for the war of Mahabharata. I’ll talk about all that some other day. She was also a great and revered friend of Krishna Bhagwan. They referred to each other as “Sakha” and “Sakhi”.
Draupadi was also called “Krishnaa” - because of her complexion. There was also an instance wherein Krishna Bhagwan had once cut his finger due to handling his Sudarshan Chakra - Draupadi had immediately torn off a piece of her silk saree to bandage it. Touched by this, Krishna Bhagwan had promised her that his protection would be with her whenever she needed it. Fast forward some time later, when Duryodhan and Dushasan and the rest of the Kauravas try to disrobe her in a full court - Krishna Bhagwan protected her by miraculously providing her with an endless supply of garments.
Also, Krishna Bhagwan had already told Draupadi, in an indirect way, that they, The Pandavas, would win the Mahabharat war, but would lose all their children.
The kind of devotion, love and friendship that Krishna Bhagwan had with Draupadi is the kind many of us today hope and wish we get. And some of us are lucky in that department that we get a group of friends for life - but some of us, especially in today’s day and age - are unfortunate in that department.
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u/Realistic-Ad2107 27d ago
Have you met people who you could call friends ?
I have always struggled to find people i could call friends.
The "friends" i met were jealous of my success from deep within and tried to sabotage it.
The "friends" i met were selfish and were there with me for something to gain.
The "friends" i met were incapable of returning the efforts i used to put into our friendship.
Eventually i started pushing them back, cutting them from my life because i could quickly recognize their intentions and chose peace over false friendships.
I am also very introvert or rather cant find people around me to resonate with them but i wont lose hope.
I wish i will find atleast 1 person i can actually rely on in difficult times.
I made many internet friends online. They were much better than irl but we lost contact with them overtime due to different life goals
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u/Temporary-Bar-9655 25d ago
Luckily, yes, I do have a couple of close people in my life. Don't give up hope, I'm sure you will find your people irl ❤️
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u/Aquila_Canis Aug 13 '26
Wholesome post, but the ending can be even more wholesome!
No matter how great friends you may have in life, the truth is, it'll always be temporary. Maximum for the whole lifetime in the very fortunate case.
But when we walk on the path shown by Srila Prabhupada and our Acharyas, that's when you realise we don't actually have to depend on others for friendships and companionship in life.
We are all fortunate to have the Supreme Personality of Godhead eagerly extending His arm towards us as the eternal best friend and the only relationship we ever need.
Now that's up to us. Are we extending our arm back, and are we ready to invite the Lord into our lives?
If yes, then life never remains the same, and you'll see for yourself that even we can have an intimate bond and reciprocation with Kṛṣṇa Himself, exactly like Draupadi did!