Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Draupadi

द्रौपदी · draupadī

Princess of Panchala; wife of the five Pandavas

Her question in the dice hall was never answered, and the war was the result.

Draupadi was born from a sacrificial fire lit by her father, King Drupada. Arjuna won her hand, and she became the wife of all five brothers. When Yudhishthira lost her at dice she was dragged by the hair into the assembly, and the elders sat silent. She never let her husbands forget it. The Gita names her only through her five sons, who stand in the Pandava army.