She explained, Draupadi's rejection is not only later addition, but also an unrealistic situation, given the patriarchal era, when women had little choice in political alliances, especially in those Swayamvars or 'self-choice ceremony', where she was nothing more than 'Viryasulka' or a prize to be offered to the winner of the contest.
Mehendale published an article in the book 'Annals of Bhardarkar Oriental Research Institute', named 'Interpolations in the Mahabharata', found in public domain, where she shed more light into the matter.
It appears that the rejection scene became a mainstream incident only after published his famous commentary Bharatabhavadipa in the later half of 17th Century AD.
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