- Pandavas decided to go to the tournament for Draupadi (but disguised as brahmins)
- Men needed to look into a bowl of oil and shoot a fish through the eye with an arrow
- No one could even lift the bow, except Arjuna did and shot the eye effortlessly
- Karna also attended the tournament- son of a charioteer
- He attempted the challenge but Draupadi humiliated him for not being worthy
- Krishna was there (not for the challenge)
- Returned to their hut, Kunti announced that whatever they brought back they should share (not knowing it was a woman) she realized when she saw Draupadi that she had made a mistake, she was worried that her beauty would separate the brothers
- Sage told them that Draupadi prayed for a husband 5 times in her previous life, so it was meant to be.
- Her brother hears and tells Drupad (father) what happened, Drupad was upset (was happy about who they actually were though, they were disguised before)
- Duyodhana heard they were alive, mad- council and Kauarvas decided to send someone (Vidur) to have them return to Hastinapura
- Yudhisthir was crowned king by Dhritarashtra and given the kingdom of Khandavaprasth
- They didn't stay in Hastinapura because of the tension with the cousins
- The land was baron- wastelend with nagas, rakshkas
- Krishna invited Vishvakarama- divine architect
- Became beautiful city- Indraprasth
- people from Hastinapura started coming there
- Duryodhana was pissed
- Narad visited them. told them of 2 brothers that killed each other over a woman
- They should take yearly turns, and if one brother walked in on another, he would be exiled for 12 years
- Arjun fetched his bow in Yudhisthira's place, walked in on him and Draupadi- 12 years of exile- was trying to help a Brahmin with some thieves
- Arjun leaves with a group of Brahmins- towards Himalayas
- They stayed by lake that formed Ganga river- built shelters- stayed for months
- Arjun was bathing in lake and something pulled him into the water- women- Ulupi
- Wanted to marry Arjun, but he told her of Draupadi and he promised to be a Brahim
- Spent months together in the lake
- Returned to friends then went on long journey- ending up in Manalur
- Married Chitragandha while there
- Returned to Indaraprasth
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| Arjun Feeling Shameful of Walking in on Draupadi and Yuhishthira, Still from Youtube. |
The Mahabharata: Karmic Revolution, Epified TV, Youtube.
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