Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1730

c8.1730

After a fierce battle for eighteen days the Kauravas were defeated and their tribe annihilated. Pāṇḍavas took hold of Hastināpura and Pāñcālī was one among those who persuaded Dharmaputra to take charge of the administration of the state as its ruler. Dharmaputra performed an Aśvamedhayajña and Pāñcālī gave presents to Citrāṅgadā and Ulūpī who were present for the function then. After the Aśvamedha Draupadī lived in Hastināpura serving Kuntī and Gāndhārī alike for a long time. It was at that time that Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Kuntī went to the forests and Draupadī expressed her desire to go along with them to be of help to them. But they did not allow her to do so. While the Pāṇḍavas were living in Hastināpura as the rulers of the country eminent ṛṣis from different parts of the country visited them and some of the Siddhas (realised souls) among them saw Pāñcālī as the Goddess Mahālakṣmī herself. (Śloka 9, Chapter 25, Āśramavāsika Parva).