Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s3.102

v1.c17.s3.102

Duryodhana’s plots against the Pandu and his partisans were so numerous that the five brothers determined to leave for a while their ancestral abodes on the Ganges. They sought shelter in foreign countries about the Indus, and were first protected by Drupada, king of Panchala, at whose capital, Kampilanagara, the surrounding princes had arrived as suitors for the hand of his daughter, Draupadi.¹ But the prize was destined for the exiled Pandu, and the skill of Arjuna in archery obtained him the fair, who “ threw round his neck the (barmala) garland of marriage.” The disappointed princes indulged their resentment against the exile ; but by Arjuna’s bow they suffered the fate of Penelope’s suitors, and the Pandu brought home his bride, who became the wife in common of the five brothers : manners ² decisively Scythic [49].