Jayadratha is released

Jayadratha is released Meanwhile, the Pandavas, the foremost of bowmen on the face of the earth, having wandered separately and ranged in all directions, and having slain plenty of deer and buffaloes, at length met together. Observing that great forest, which was crowded with hosts of deer and wild beasts,…

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Jayadratha abducts Draupadi

Jayadratha abducts Draupadi The Pandavas, the great warriors of the race of Bharata sojourned like immortals in the great forest of Kamyaka, employed in hunting and pleased with the sight of numerous wild tracts of country and wide reaches of woodland, gorgeous with flowers blossoming in season. The sons of Pandu,…

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The conversation between Vyasa and Yudhishthira

The conversation between Vyasa and Yudhishthira Dwelling in the woods, the high-souled Pandavas spent one and ten years in a miserable plight. Although deserving of happiness, those foremost of men, brooding over their circumstances, passed their days miserably, living on fruits and roots. That royal sage, the mighty-armed Yudhishthira, reflecting…

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Danavas assure the despondent Duryodhana

Danavas assure the despondent Duryodhana Duryodhana’s Prayopavesh Dismissed by the king Yudhishthira, Suyodhana, bending his head down in shame and afflicted with grief and melancholy, set out slowly. The king, accompanied by his four kinds of forces, proceeded towards his city, his heart rent in grief and filled with thoughts…

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