After the death of Pandu and Madri, Kunti brought the Pandavas back to Hastinapur. As children, Pandavas and Kauravas often played together. However, Bhima (the second of the Pandavas) was always with the Kauravas, especially Duryodhana, who refused to accept the Pandavas as his kin. This usually caused a lot of tension between the cousins. Insecure and jealous, Duryodhana harbored an intense hatred for the five brothers throughout his childhood and youth and, following the advice of his maternal uncle Shakuni, often conspired to get rid of them to clear his way to the hegemony of the Kuru dynasty. hatched.
Journey of Pandavas with their Mother
The plot took a serious turn when Dhritarashtra had to rely on the will of the public and appointed his nephew Yudhishthira as the crown prince. This went against the personal ambitions of both father and son (Dhritarashtra and Duryodhana) and made Duryodhana so enraged that he enthusiastically agreed to a wicked ploy by Shakuni to kill Yudhishthira. Shakuni started the construction of a palace in Varnavarta, which was built by secretly adding inflammable materials like oil, ghee etc. to the structure, especially the lac known as lac. This palace was known as Lakshagraha. Duryodhana successfully persuaded Dhritarashtra to send Yudhishthira to represent the royal house in Varnavarta during the celebration of the Shiva festival. The plan was to set the palace on fire during the night while Yudhishthira was probably sleeping. Yudhishthira left for Varnavrata with his four brothers and their mother Kunti. The plan was discovered by his uncle Vidura, who was very loyal to him and an exceptionally intelligent man. Furthermore, Yudhishthira was warned about this conspiracy by a sage who had come to him and was talking of an imminent calamity. Vidura secretly arranged to build a tunnel for the Pandavas to escape safely after the palace caught fire.
After escaping from the palace, the five brothers lived in the forests for some time in the guise of Brahmins. He heard from a group of traveling sages about a competition (swayamvara) being held in the Panchala kingdom, in which the winner was offered the hand of Princess Draupadi. Swayamvar turned out to rely on archery skills, and Arjuna, a unique archer, entered the competition and won. When the brothers took Draupadi to meet their mother, they announced to Kunti that they had brought excellent alms. Kunti was busy with some work and responded without looking at Draupadi (who was referred to as alms) and ordered the brothers to share the alms equally among the five of them. Even when said incorrectly, the word of his mother to the Pandavas was supreme, and they agreed to share the princess, who was later married to all five brothers They live 12 years in same situation.
How do Pandavas get clothes during vanavasam of 12 years?
Pandavas get cloths during vanavasam from different sources from different kindom. Pandavas spent 12 years of exile wearing cotton clothes. The Virata Parva, also known as the "Book of Virata", is the fourth of the eighteen books of the Indian epic Mahabharata. The Virata Parva also traditionally has 4 sub-books and 72 chapters. The critical edition of Virata Parva consists of 4 sub-books and 67 chapters.
It discusses the 13th year of exile that the Pandavas must spend in secret to avoid another 12 years of exile in the forest. They do this in the court of Virat. They hold a variety of identities. Yudhishthira recognizes sports entertainment for the king and calls himself Kanka, Ballava's Bhima, a cook, Arjuna teaches dance and music as the eunuch Brihannala and dresses as a woman, Nakula as Gandhika. The horses were kept, Sahadeva herded the cows as Tantipal, and Draupadi passed the name of Malini to Queen Shudeshna as Sairandhri.
1. Pandava Pravesha In Festival:
The Pandavas discuss the ways in which they can hide their identity for a year, and thus fulfill the vow they made during their exile. While the Pandavas grew up in a princely family, they must now take up non-princely occupations to escape recognition. If they are traced, the terms of their deportation pledge will extend the deportation for another 12 years. He decided to spend the last year in exile in disguise in the kingdom of King Virata. Yudhishthira presented himself to the king as Kanka, Bhima as a cook and Vallaba as a wrestler, Arjuna wore a sari as an eunuch by the name of Brihannal, Nakula as the keeper of the horses. Named in. Grantika, Sahadeva as Tantipal as the keeper of the kin, and Draupadi as the female artisan by the name Sairandhri. The festival describes the life of the Pandavas as laborers in the kingdom of Virata, with King Virata as a famous cow trader. Adhyay 13 is sometimes referred to as the Samaypalan Parva.
2. kichka-wadha festival :
The commander of King Virat's army, Kichak, sees the maid Sairandhari (Gupta Draupadi), lusts for her. Kichak goes to Rani, and asks about Sairandhari. The queen does not know the true identity of Sairanandhari and arranges a meeting. Sairandhari tells Kika that she is married, and that it is unfair and against religion to pursue her. Kichaka offers to free her from the life of maid and luxury. Sairandhari says that it is wrong for her to continue chasing him. Kichak gets desperate, wants Sairandhri even more. Queen Shudeshna asks Siranandhari to bring liquor from Kichak's house. Sairindri goes to Kikaka's house to get liquor out of fear. Kichak meets her there, tries to molest her, Sairanandhari pushes her and runs to the court of King Virata. Kichak chases him, catches him and kicks him in front of the king in Virat's court. Sairanandhari (Draupadi) demands justice from the king. Virat and Kanka (Yudhisthir) console Sairanandhari, promising a proper investigation of all facts and then justice. Sairandhari, upset by her humiliation, delaying justice, scolds both Raja and Kank. Rani learns of Sarindri's misbehavior, promising Kichak to be killed. Draupadi meets Bhima, describing her humiliation by Kichak, as well as how disheartened she is by the 12 years of exile to suffer the suffering of her husband Yudhishthira. Draupadi explains why Kichak is evil, explains that she repeatedly rejected Kichak, and demands Kichak's death. The next day, Kichak again goes to the maid Sairanandhari and harass her. Sairandhari asks him to meet her at the hiding place. Instead Bhima meets Kichak and kills Kichak. Kichak's friends and family blame the maid Sairanandhari, for Kichak's death, hold her and try to burn her. Bhima gets upset, attacks and kills all those who are trying to burn Sairanandhari. Draupadi is saved. The story presents the interrelationship of crime to the victims and perpetrators, their feelings and how people take sides. The Kikak story from the Mahabharata is one of them that is dramatized in Indian classical dances such as Kathakali. Here Draupadi had donned a cotton sari, because of working in the royal family, she used to get clothes to wear and food to eat.
3. Jo-Harna Feast :
Dhritarashtra and Duryodhana revealed that their spies were searching for the Pandavas in forests, villages, provinces and cities, unsuccessfully. There are two more weeks left of the 13th year of exile. Karna suggests that they be more capable spies, fans within their own kingdoms, among ascetics in holy places and work in distant kingdoms. Drona recommended that instead of sending spies, Dhritarashtra should seek peace and welcome the Pandavas. Bhishma agrees with Drona, advising Dhritarashtra to find the brothers and bring them back. Bhishma speculates that good and high spirited people like the Pandava brothers always create prosperity, peace, cheer and health of all beings, wherever they go. Look for them in places where prosperity and happiness have increased recently. Kripa agrees with Bhishma's speculations, but suggests Dhritarashtra to prepare for battle to kill the Pandavas, as they are likely to be weak and without soldiers at the end of the exile. King Susharma of Trigarta, present during this discussion, suggested that the Virata Empire fits this profile. Susharma recommends Virata's attack on the Matsya kingdom, the confiscation of his cows' (cow) property and recent prosperity. Susharma's army attacked Matsya, robbed her family and money, took King Virata captive. Bhima recommended immediate retaliation and war. Yudhishthira advises caution and careful response. Bhima frees Virat, takes the injured Susharma captive. Yudhishthira advises that Susharma - the prisoner of war - be pardoned and freed, not killed. Virat, along with Yudhishthira and Bhima, leaves his kingdom to bring back the kin and wealth from Susharma. Duryodhana guessed that the Pandavas were hiding in the Matsya. A host of Kaurava warriors attack Virat, possibly to steal their cattle, but in fact, out of a desire to pierce the Pandavas' veil of oblivion. Brave, Virat's son Uttar himself attempts to fight the army while the rest of the Matsya army is lured to fight Susharma and the Trigartas. As suggested by Draupadi, Uttar takes Brihannal with him as his charioteer. When he sees the Kaurava army, Uttar loses his courage and tries to escape. There, Arjun reveals the identity of himself and his brothers. Changing places with Uttara, Arjuna takes Gandiva and Devadatta. Arjuna enlisted an army of Kaurava warriors to protect the land which had given him refuge. All the warriors including Bhishma, Drona, Karna, Kripa and Ashwatthama attacked together to kill Arjuna but Arjuna defeated them all several times. During the battle, Arjuna also killed Karna's foster brother Sangramjit and instead of avenging his brother, Karna took a heroic flight to save his life from Arjuna. Arjuna invoked the hypnotic weapon which made them all fall asleep. Uttar asked Arjun why he couldn't kill them instead of putting them to sleep. Arjuna then told Uttara that the clothes of the dead would become impure. Arjuna asks Uttara (his sister) to get her clothes to decorate his doll. He asked Uttara to take Duryodhana's red clothes; Karna's pink clothes and Dushasan's blue clothes. Prince Uttara returns victorious with wealth and Arjuna. When the king heard the news of Prince Uttara's victory, he was filled with joy and played a game of dice with Kanka. Kanka starts appreciating the skill of Vrihannal (Arjuna) for his son's victory. King Virata, furious with anger, hit Yudhishthira with a die, and left. As soon as he said this, blood started flowing from his nose. Yudhishthira held his nose and cleaned it with water with the help of Draupadi. Meanwhile Uttara returns to inform the king of his victory at the court, where Arjuna was barred from entering by a guard according to Yudhishthira's words as he may have been furious at his brother's humiliation and his soldiers. He could have killed the king. Uttara criticizes her father's actions and the king asks for forgiveness.
4. Marriage Festival :
On the third day of Virata's victory, the Pandavas, dressed in expensive clothes, entered Virata's council-room and took their place on the throne reserved for the kings. Virat came there to hold his council and was watching his courtiers sitting in the royal seat, filled with anger. Arjuna told King Virata that he and his Pandava brothers lived in his kingdom in disguise in the 13th year of their exile. Virat begs forgiveness and hands his daughter, Princess Uttara, to Abhimanyu, Arjuna's son.
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