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    Drupada was the king of Southern Panchala and son of King Prishata in the Mahabharata. He had a falling out with his childhood friend Drona after refusing to acknowledge Drona's friendship when Drona fell on hard times. He later arranged a svayamvara for his daughter Draupadi where Arjuna succeeded in a challenge to win her hand. Drupada begrudgingly allowed Draupadi to marry all five Pandava brothers according to their mother Kunti's command. He fought on the Pandava side in the Kurukshetra War.

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    Drupada was the king of Southern Panchala and son of King Prishata in the Mahabharata. He had a falling out with his childhood friend Drona after refusing to acknowledge Drona's friendship when Drona fell on hard times. He later arranged a svayamvara for his daughter Draupadi where Arjuna succeeded in a challenge to win her hand. Drupada begrudgingly allowed Draupadi to marry all five Pandava brothers according to their mother Kunti's command. He fought on the Pandava side in the Kurukshetra War.

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    Drupada was the king of Southern Panchala and son of King Prishata in the Mahabharata. He had a falling out with his childhood friend Drona after refusing to acknowledge Drona's friendship when Drona fell on hard times. He later arranged a svayamvara for his daughter Draupadi where Arjuna succeeded in a challenge to win her hand. Drupada begrudgingly allowed Draupadi to marry all five Pandava brothers according to their mother Kunti's command. He fought on the Pandava side in the Kurukshetra War.

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    Drupada

    Drupada (Sanskrit: पद, lit. firm-footed or pillar[1]),


    also known as Yagnasena (Sanskrit: य सेन, lit. father
    of Draupadi), is a character in the Mahābhārata. The
    son of King Prishata, he was the king of the land of
    Southern Panchala.[2] His capital was known as
    Kampilya.[3]
    Drupada
    Mahabharata character

    Upyaz showing his elder brother to Drupada

    In-universe information

    Family Prishata (father) and


    Vishakha (mother)

    Spouse Kokila Devi

    Children Shikhandi
    Satyajit
    Dhrishtadyumna
    Draupadi
    Conflict with Drona
    Drupada, son of King Prishata, and Drona study
    together under the tutelage of Rishi Bhardwaja,
    Drona's father. They become great friends and Drupada
    assures Drona that once he becomes king, he will share
    half of his kingdom with Drona. While Drupada
    becomes a king after the death of his father, Drona lives
    a life of poverty. Drona approaches Drupada for help;
    Drupada, now conscious of the difference of status
    between them, refuses to acknowledge Drona's friendship
    and shuns Drona, calling him a beggar. Drona is later
    employed by Bhishma to train the Kuru princes. After
    the military education of the Kauravas and the
    Pandavas ends, as his gurudakshina, Drona asks the
    princes to defeat and capture Drupada. Firstly, all the
    Kauravas, along with Karna, attack Drupada, but
    Drupada defeats all the Kauravas and Karna.[4] Then
    the Pandavas led by Arjuna defeat Drupada, binding
    him in ropes and bringing him to Drona. Drona sets
    Drupada free, but retains half of the kingdom that had
    been promised to him. Humiliated, Drupada seeks
    vengeance but he realizes that he cannot match Drona's
    might. So, Drupada performed the Putrakameshti
    yajna to beget a son who could slay Drona. From the
    fire of the yajna, twins Dhrishtadyumna and Draupadi
    are born. Years later, Draupadi married Arjuna and later
    in the Mahabharata war, Dhrishtadyumna beheaded
    Drona.[5][6]

    Svayamvara of Draupadi
    The Swayamvara of Panchala's princess, Draupadi

    King Drupada arranges a svayamvara for his daughter


    Draupadi. To win Draupadi's hand, the king's invitees,
    all of them royalty themselves, have to string an
    enormous bow and shoot five arrows simultaneously
    through a revolving ring onto the eye of a revolving fish.
    All the kings including Shalya and Karna fail to even
    string the bow.[7] The five sons of the late King Pandu
    of Hastinapur are present at the Svayamvara, dressed as
    brahmins. Arjuna succeeds in the event and Draupadi
    accepts him as her husband, with Drupada somewhat
    reluctantly giving his permission. When Draupadi is
    taken back to Kunti, they decide to play a prank on her
    by announcing that they had brought some alms. Kunti
    asks her sons to share whatever had been brought. The
    imperative of acting on their mother's words and the
    propriety of marriage to five husbands is discussed at
    Drupada's palace, with Drupada and Dhristadyumna
    fiercely opposed to Draupadi marrying anyone other than
    Arjuna. However, sage Vyasa and Lord Krishna
    supports Kunti's proposal and sanctions the marriage,
    assuaging Drupada's fears.[8]

    Family
    Different versions of the Mahabharata portray
    Drupada's family differently. Most versions name
    Satyajit, Dhristadyumna, Shikhandi (or Shikhandini),
    and Draupadi as his children. Uttamaujas and
    Yudhamanyu are often mentioned as two sons of
    Drupada who are the protectors of Arjuna's chariot. The
    Chatahurduri compilation mentions that Drupada has
    twelve sons, naming in addition to the aforementioned
    children: Kumar, Vrika, Panchalya, Suratha,
    Shatrunjaya.[9] Janmejaya is the nephew of Drupada,
    and father-in-law of Prativindhya. Notably, Satyajit's
    eventually ascends to Panchal's throne having eschewed
    the Kurukshetra War (some versions have Satyajit
    fighting and dying in the war with Prativindhya's or
    Sutasoma's son ascending the throne), Shikhandi was
    instrumental in the death of Bhishma, and Uttamaujas
    and Yudhamanyu protected Arjuna's chariot throughout
    the war. Dhrishtadyumna, Shikandi, Yudhamanyu, and
    Uttamaujas are killed by Ashwatthama on the last day
    of the war.[9]

    Role in Kurukshetra War


    Drupada fights on the side of the Pandavas in the
    Kurukshetra War. He killed Shakuni's brothers-in-law
    Keturaja and Ketusena of Kosala on 11th day of war.
    Bhishma names him a maharathi.[10] He along with
    Virata fought and were killed by Drona on the 15th day
    of the war.[11]

    References
    1. "Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit" .
    spokensanskrit.de. Archived from the original on
    15 October 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
    2. "The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava
    Parva: Section CXXXI" . sacred-texts.com.
    Retrieved 20 May 2015.
    3. "Mahabharat - Draupadi'S Swayamvar" .
    urday.in. Archived from the original on 10
    March 2014.
    4. "The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava
    Parva: Section CXL" . www.sacred-texts.com.
    Retrieved 15 January 2018.
    5. Sargeant, Winthrop; Smith, Huston (2009). The
    Bhagavad Gītā . SUNY Press. p. 16.
    ISBN 978-1-4384-2841-3.
    6. Bonnefoy, Yves (1993). Asian Mythologies .
    University of Chicago Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-
    0-226-06456-7.
    7. "The Mahabharata in Sanskrit: Book 1: Chapter
    179" . www.sacred-texts.com. Retrieved
    15 January 2018.
    8. Kapoor, Subodh (2002). The Indian
    Encyclopaedia . Cosmo Publications. p. 6894.
    ISBN 978-81-7755-257-7.
    9. Story of Drupad Archived 28 June 2012 at the
    Wayback Machine
    10. "MAHABHARATA - Yudhistra`s
    Permission" . urday.in. Archived from the
    original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May
    2015.
    11. Ganguli, K.M. (2014). The Mahabharata, Book
    7: Drona Parva: . Netlancers Inc.
    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
    title=Drupada&oldid=970283656"

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