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Drupada (Sanskrit: द्रुपद, lit. 'firm footed or pillar' [ 1 ] ), also known as Yajnasena ( Sanskrit : यज्ञसेन , lit. 'he whose army is sacrificial', IAST : Yajñasena ), [ 2 ] is the king of the southern part of Panchala Kingdom , in the Hindu epic Mahabharata .
Drupada, the son of Prishata, used every day to come to the hermitage of Bharadwaja to play with Drona and study in his company. When Prishata was dead, this Drupada became the king of the Northern Panchalas. Once Drupada became the king, he forgot his friendship with Drona.
The word Draupadī (lit. 'daughter of Drupada') is a patronymic, derived from the word Drupada, which means 'pillar'. [8] [9] Like other epic characters, she is referred to by multiple names in the Mahabharata. Some of her other names and epithets are as follows: Krishnā (Kṛṣṇā) – 'one who has a dark complexion'. It is the birth name ...
Kampilya was ruled by Drupada during Mahabharata period. It is mentioned in Mahabharata that when the Pandavas were in exile and staying in Ekachakra , (Uttar Pradesh) they learned that Drupada, King of Panchala, had announced the Swayamvara of his daughter Draupadi. Then they went to Kampilya (Kampil, Uttar Pradesh), the capital of Drupada.
Dhrishtadyumna hosted his sister Draupadi's svayamvara and told its rules to the kings and princes. When a young Brahmin won Draupadi in front of all the princes and nobility, Dhrishtadyumna secretly followed the Brahmin and his sister, only to discover that the Brahmin was in fact Arjuna, one of the five Pandava brothers.
Arjuna successfully defeats Drupada and presents him before Dronacharya, fulfilling his mentor's wish. Humiliated by his defeat, Drupada vows revenge. Lord Krishna advises him to perform the Putrakameshti yagna , through which Drupada begets twins— Dhrushtadyumna , destined to slay Drona, and Draupadi , destined to marry Arjuna.
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India composed by Veda Vyasa.At its heart lies the epic struggle between the Pandavas and the Kauravas.The central characters include the five Pandava brothers—Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva—along with their wife Draupadi.
Two translations from 19th century, now in public domain, are those by Kisari Mohan Ganguli [1] and Manmatha Nath Dutt. [2] The translations vary with each translator's interpretations. Debroy, in 2011, notes that updated critical edition of Mahaprasthanika Parva, after removing verses generally accepted so far as spurious and inserted into the ...