Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.326

v1.c5.326

In consonance with this rule it comes about that the five sons of Pāṇḍu in the order of their ages take Draupadī to wife on five following days (i, 191.8 ff.; 198.13).¹ If, on the other hand, the elder brother has been expelled from his caste (patita), or has become an ascetic (pravrajita), then the younger brother is free to wed (xii, 34.27).²