Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1711

c8.1711

3) Marriage. After escaping from the lac palace the Pāṇḍavas reached a village named Ekacakrā after walking a long time through the forests. There they stayed in a brahmin's house. Every morning they went in disguise for begging and return with the alms in the evening. This was their daily routine and one day while they were in their daily round they saw a group of brahmins and they said they were going to the Svayaṃvara of the daughter of the King of Pāñcāla. The brahmins invited them also to come along with them describing in detail the beauty of the girl and the elaborate and festive arrangements made for the marriage. The Pāṇḍavas went to Pāñcāla along with the brahmins. On the way they met Vedavyāsa and receiving blessings from him they went to the capital city of Pāñcāla and took their abode in the house of a potter. Nobody knew who they were.