[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c5.1188 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.1188 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.1188 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1188](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1188) 5) Duryodhana invited the Pāṇḍavas back to Hastināpura. Duryodhana and his brothers were living very happily under the impression that the Pāṇḍavas had been burnt to ashes along with the ‘lac Palace’. Then it was that the Pāṇḍavas, disguised as brahmins and in the presence of all the Kings, won Pāñcālī, the daughter of King Drupada, in svayaṃvara, for their wife. After the marriage the Pāṇḍavas stayed in Drupada’s palace and the Kauravas returned to Hastināpura. Duryodhana and others felt all the more jealous at the Pāṇḍavas’ becoming more powerful as a result of their marriage. Again it was decided that the Pāṇḍavas should be destroyed anyhow and at any cost. But, how to effect the destruction? Duryodhana wanted to attract the Pāṇḍavas to destruction through women and to create differences and divisions among them. But, Karṇa attacked the plan as impracticable, and instead he wanted to defeat Drupada and render the Pāṇḍavas impotent. At this stage Bhīṣma and Droṇa argued that it was most preferable to give half the Kingdom to the Pāṇḍavas and receive them with grace. Dhṛtarāṣṭra supported the proposal as a result of which the Kauravas went to Pāñcāla and escorted the Pāṇḍavas back to Hastināpura. Dhṛtarāṣṭra partitioned the country between the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas and the latter shifted their residence to their part of the country with Khaṇḍavaprastha (Indraprastha) as its capital. When the Pāṇḍavas went to Indraprastha Maya built for them an exceptionally beautiful palace where King Dharmaputra performed rājasūya. Duryodhana and others earnestly participated in it. After the rājasūya the Kauravas wanted to have a look at the palace and in the course of surveying it they placed themselves in ridiculous situations due to visual illusions. Taking the bright floors of glass for watery tanks they pulled up their clothings and measured with caution every foot of theirs. Then they mistook actual pools for floor and fell into them and got wet. At the consequent discomfiture of the Kauravas Bhīma clapped his hands and roared with laughter. Draupadī hid her face with hands and smiled. Altogether the Kauravas cut a very ridiculous figure, and they returned to Hastināpura. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 202, Sabhā Parva, Chapters 35, 85). - [Previous: c5.1187](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1187) - [Next: c5.1189](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1189) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1188](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1188) · Pramāṇa