And Valandhara the third
Originally posted by: india2050
In a five year cycle the Pandavas would have spent 4 years with their individual wives and a year with Draupadi. It might be a bit natural to prefer their individual wife over Draupadi, the converse might also work though😊.
Some scholars feel that Draupadi never allowed the other wives bar Subhadra to stay in Indraprasta. It seems a bit far fetched though. More likely is that the year in which for e.g it was Bheema's turn with Draupadi he would probably have sent Valandhara away to Kashi.
The incident that caused Arjun to go into exile for 12 months/years happened when Draupadi was spending her time w/ Yudisthir. Following that event, Arjun left, and Draupadi would have had a year to serve him.
The MB reading is somewhat nebulous, as I once pointed out in the thread 'Pandava Parivar' that we had in DBSK, later moved to MM. There, one can either read Abhimanyu as being the first son, or one can read those 2 statements independently. Chances are that in the first year that Arjun was in exile, Draupadi was pregnant w/ Prativindya, while Bhima probably spent the time getting Valandhara to marry him, since Hidimbi wasn't allowed to live in Indraprastha, being a rakshashi.
Arjun's exile may have been at least 12 months, but may not have had a strict requirement that he return on the 366th day. So, while his stay w/ Uloopi was a 1 night stand, he probably stayed w/ Chitrangada long enough to see Babruvahana born & do his namkaran ceremony b4 leaving. In the meantime, Bhima would have married Valandhara & returned to Indraprastha.
Following Prativindya's birth, it would have been Bhima's turn w/ Draupadi, so the 2nd year could have been one where their son Satsoma was born. In the meantime, Yudisthir would have turned to Devika, while Valandhara wouldn't have gotten Bhima until Satsoma was born.
Following that, Draupadi would have had to wait for Arjun, but I'm sure Prativindya & Satsoma kept her busy w/ childrearing. Then Arjun returned w/ Subhadra, and in Arjun's case, it's likely that he had Abhimanyu first, and then Shrutakarman/Shrutakirti (Vaisampayana uses different names in different places).
For all this time, poor Nakul & Sahadev would have had to wait, since the deaths of Jarasandha & Sishupala happened well after that. Therefore, they neither got Draupadi, nor did they have other wives to serve them. They probably might have just kept busy babysitting Prativindya & Satsoma 😆
Edited by .Vrish. - 11 years ago
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