Some (including Karna) were disqualified on grounds of low birth. Although the Pandavas and their mother were in hiding at that time, Arjuna had dressed as a high-caste snaataka Brahmin and was allowed to compete. It was Arjuna, the peerless archer, who alone was able to accomplish the set task.
All the five Pandava brothers had attended the tournament without informing Kunti, their mother. They returned home in triumph, bringing the princess Draupadi with them. From outside the house, they called out: "Mother, you will never believe what we have got here! Make a guess!" Busy with her work, Kunti refused to be baited.
"Whatever it is, share it between yourselves equally, and do not quarrel over the matter," she said. So seriously did the brothers take even this casual statement of their mother, that they resolved upon making Draupadi their common wife. It says something about the magnanimity of Arjuna that, having won his bride single-handedly, he 'shared' her with all his brothers willingly
Despite marrying all five brothers, Draupadi loved Arjuna the most and always favoured him, and he preferred her of all his wives.
Legend has it that Draupadi had requested of Lord Shiva, in a previous life, that she would have a husband with five desireable husbandly traits in this one. Despite being warned by Lord Shiva that this wasn't possible she insisted and the result was the separate embodiment of each of the five qualities in the five Pandava brothers. Initially Draupadi's parents didn't agree to her marriage to all the Pandavas, but when he was told of this boon, King Drupada agreed.
Despite marrying all five brothers, Draupadi loved Arjuna the most and always favoured him, and he preferred her of all his wives.
Legend has it that Draupadi had requested of Lord Shiva, in a previous life, that she would have a husband with five desireable husbandly traits in this one. Despite being warned by Lord Shiva that this wasn't possible she insisted and the result was the separate embodiment of each of the five qualities in the five Pandava brothers. Initially Draupadi's parents didn't agree to her marriage to all the Pandavas, but when he was told of this boon, King Drupada agreed.
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