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6) Other details.  
(i) Sāmba was present at the Svayaṃvara marriage of Draupadī. (M.B. Chapter 185, Verse 17).  
(ii) Among the Yādavas, who brought the dowry, when Arjuna married Subhadrā there was Sāmba also. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 220, Verse 31).  
(iii) Sāmba learned archery from Arjuna. After this he was a member of the court of Yudhiṣṭhira. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 34).  
(iv) Sāmba was one of the seven great chariot-fighters of Dvārakā. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 14, Verse 57).  
(v) Sāmba was present at the Rājasūya (royal consecration-sacrifice) of Yudhiṣṭhira. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 34, Verse 16).  
(vi) Sāmba was defeated in the battle he fought with Kṣemavṛddhi the minister of Sālva. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 16, Verse 80.)  
(vii) Sāmba killed the asura Vegavān in a battle. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 16, Verse 17). (viii) Sāmba participated in the marriage of Abhimanyu conducted at the city Upaplavya. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 72, Verse 22).  
(ix) Sāmba came with Śrī Kṛṣṇa to Hastināpura and took part in the Rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira. (M.B. Aśvamedhika Parva, Chapter 66, Verse 3).

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