Friendship is one of the most beautiful relationships ever. this has been depicted in the Hindu religion so many times. One of the beautiful examples is the friendship between Krishna and Draupadi.
Draupadi was the daughter of King Dhrupad. Hence her name "Draupadi". But her real name was "Krishnaa", meaning the dark one. Now Dhrupad wanted to marry his daughter to Krishna.
Krishna was a great statesman and the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Even though he was God himself, He used to keep minimum intervention and only manipulated the events to acquire the desired situation. He knew the future course of events of the Mahabharata and could not have gotten married to Krishnaa. So he talked to her and said you are Krishnaa and I am Krishna, that makes us siblings by name. Besides that, he promised her that they would be friends and that he would be there for her whenever she needed him.
Now there are 3 historic times when Krishna came to her aid. First time, the Draupadi Vastraharan incident. The second was during vanvas, when Durvasa came and there was no food. And by eating a grain of rice he filled the stomachs of the entire universe with one meal. And the third was when he took Draupadi to Bheeshma's tent in the enemy camp at night during Cease Fire and got her the boon of "Saubhagyavati Bhava" meaning may your husband have a long life. And later learning the strategy to defeat Bheeshma from Bheeshma himself.
Friendship sometimes is beyond all other relationships. It is chosen. All other relationships are either inheritance or maybe forced. But friendship can never be forced. We live it without malicious intent. We help our friends just for the pleasure of helping them.
