IN THE FOREST, IN THE STILLNESS OF HTE MORNING, YUDHISHTAR, CUSTODIAN OF
MORALITY, OBLIVIOUS TO SCALE OR BALANCE, UNTHINKING, MADE LOVE TO THIS WOMAN,
HIS WIFE DRAUPADI. A long poem in rhymed sonnets, Yudhishtar and Draupadi is and
imaginative retelling of the encounter between the Pandavas and the Yaksha of
the pool, which finds Yudhishtar, the eldest Pandava, answering fundamental
philosophical questions about existence and the lives of his brothers hang in
the balance. Unknown to him, also at stake is his relationship with Draupadi,
who is still furious with him for having wagered her at the game of dice with
Kauravas ('he hadn't won her; she