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So, some people seem to be freaking out over the fact that Arjuna ki chaar-chaar biwiyaan hain!!
Even Starbharat has confirmed that Arjuna has four wives. I know it seems funnily ironic that he went on an exile for breaking a marriage rule, but ended up marrying three more times as well during the same exile. But vo to aap Bhagwan Ved Vyasa se hi poochhiye ki unhone Arjun se exile mein teen aur shaadiyaan kyun karwaaye...only Bhagwan Ved Vyasa can answer all your queries.
Anyway, my topic is "Wives of the Pandavas (other than Draupadi)". This is just to give a reassurance that within the family itself, Arjuna has wonderful company as far as multiple marriages are concerned. Fortunately for him, he is not alone - yes, ALL his brothers had multiple wives too.
I am repeating this statement for the nth time on the forum - Draupadi NEVER banned the Pandavas from having multiple wives. The ONLY condition was that these "other" wives shouldn't come to Indraprastha. That's it. Which is why Draupadi freaked out when Subhi came to IP after her shaadi to Arjuna. But she accepted her completely on account of being Govind ki behen.
So, who are these "other" wives of the Pandavas? Let's take a look, each Pandava separately, oldest to youngest -
Yudhishthira - Devika, daughter of Govasana of the Saivya tribe. They had a son called Yaudheya.
Bhima - Hidimbi (Hidimbaa), a rakshasi, and they had a son called Ghatotkacha; Valandhara, daughter of the King of Kashi, with whom he had a son called Sarwaga.
Arjuna - A nagkanya called Uloopi, their son was called Irawan; Arjuna fell in love with Chitrangada, the princess of Manipur, and they had a son called Babruvahana; Arjuna's last biwi was none other than Krishna's own priya behen Subhadra, who became mother to the heroic Abhimanyu.
Nakula - Chedi ki raajkumari Karenumati with whom he had a son, Niramaitra
Sahadeva - Vijaya, daughter of the Madra king, Dyutimat. They had a son called Suhotra.
My source of information is the KMG translation, the link of which is given below -
There are various other versions which state that the Pandavas had wives OTHER than the ones mentioned above. Can someone please share more information regarding this? The KMG translation mentions only the above wives. I have read that Sahadeva also married the daughter of Jarasandha, the king of Magadha.
P.S. - If the DTs think that this topic can be merged with the Pandava AT, please do so.
Indian Mythology
