";s:4:"text";s:4754:" His wanderings took him to ancient Manipura, an almost mystic kingdom renowned for its natural beauty. [10], When Arjuna, his siblings, mother and Draupadi returned to Hastinapura, Dhritarashtra determined to avoid a rivalry developing for control of Hastinapur by splitting the kingdom, with half of it being left to his own eldest son, Duryodhana, and half to the eldest son of Pandu, Yudhishthira. [31], When Arjuna was in deep meditation, a wild boar ran towars him. Instead he called her “mother”. Babruvahana also killed Karna’s son Vrishaketu in the battle. Arjuna’s death in the battle is also attributed to the curse of the Ashta-Vasus. Arjuna is happy with what Ulupi did. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. [10][21] The brothers agreed that none should intrude if Draupadi was alone with one of the others, the penalty for doing so being a year to be spent in exile during which the culprit must remain celibate. Uloopi was the naga princess who abducted him and married him. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. He is known by many other names, such as:[2][3], The story of Arjuna is told in the Mahabharata, one of the Sanskrit epics from the Indian subcontinent. [21][28] He and his brothers only obtained their freedom because Draupadi offered herself to the Kauravas in exchange. The word Arjuna refers to the character having white skin and clean hands. Learn More{{/message}}. He felt obliged to go into exile despite Yudhishthira's attempts to dissuade him. Arjuna followed the horse to the land of Manipura and encountered Babhruvahana, one of his son. He was thus secretly a half-brother of Arjuna and contrasted with him by being of low status. The oldest parts in the surviving version of the text probably date to about 400 BCE. He taught song and dance to the princess Uttarā. Repenting of his deed, he determined to kill himself, but he obtained from his stepmother, the Naga princess Uloopi, a gem which restored Arjuna to life. Agni's hunger can only be sated by consuming the entire forest and everything in it but his previous attempts to do this were thwarted by Indra, who is protector of the forest and sent down rains to quench the fire. Arjuna wakes up and is happy to see both Ulupi and Chitrangada and Ulupi explains about the cause for his death. However, Pandu was under a curse whereby he would die if he had sexual relations with a woman and thus his sons were born using a mantra given to Kunti by sage Durvasa during her maiden days. According to Richard H. Davis, .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, The conversation deals with the moral propriety of the war and much else as well. Except for the sections containing the Bhagavad Gita which is remarkably consistent between the numerous manuscripts, the rest of the epic exists in many versions. Vrishaketu had accompanied Arjuna in the Ashwamedha Yagna and was consequently killed. This happened when he was on the tour of the country after breaking a rule. The Pandavas, though, managed to escape the house of lac with the help of Vidura through a secret tunnel. Babruvahana defeated Bhima and killed Vrishaketu without knowing that they were his relatives and he was the son of Arjuna.