Dis karna say that? I dont remember reading that 😕 And of course it wouldnt be easy for a woman as for a man in a polygamous relation as it was a patriarchal society! Women were treated as properties or means for political alliances and instrument for producing babies ( heirs to throne) and as a means of pleasure rather than as an equal human being.Even though, Krna saida a woman would be happier if she had multiple husbands, I am finding what you say is all true. As you all say, it was not easy for Draupadi in her life with five husbands. And things for her was not the same as is the case of a polygamous king. Probably the king with more than one wife could decide on any day, with whom he would spend the night and no one would care what he did. Whatever way his other wives felt, they would have no voice. Especially he would show partiality towards the woman who gave ,ale heir. But this luxury was not given to Draupadi. She had rules to follow that she had to spend equal time with her husbands and also she had the responsibility to see that there was no dissension among the brothers. Again the epic indicates in more than one place, she had to be the 'mother' of Nakula and Sahadeva. All this is something very difficult. And after all this, what happened in Duryodhana's sabha. She would have definitely found it painful if she was forced to accept Karna also as her husband which the other Pandavas could have foced her to do if it were known he was their elder brother. Interestingly we are not told how she felt, when it was known to her husbands that Karna was their elder brother.
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