Pandavas

Janamejaya said: O Holy One (Brahman), having thus slain the demon Baka, what did those tigers among men, the Pāṇḍavas, do thereafter?

The Pāṇḍavas—every one of them, together with you, O Kṛṣṇa—were as if not to be slain, since they were delivered from Droṇa and Bhīṣma, from Karṇa Vaikartana, and from Kṛpa.

“Surely this was arranged by Duryodhana, the agent of wrongful conduct, for the destruction of the Pāṇḍavas”—thus the people cried out.

And, O Pārtha, we tell you what is pleasing: all those for whom you wish well are safe and flourishing—both the Yādavas and the Pāṇḍavas alike.

O son of Kuntī, where you were born—along with your brothers, as the son of Pāṇḍu—there also the most fortunate Kumārī, the virtuous one, abides at Stambhatīrtha.

I shall relate to you here a tale I heard from Dvaipāyana himself. Long ago, the Pāṇḍavas won the daughter of King Drupada.

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Akrūra went to Hastināpura, the city distinguished by the glory of the Paurava rulers. There he saw Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Bhīṣma, Vidura and Kuntī, along with Bāhlika and his son Somadatta. He also saw Droṇācārya, Kṛpācārya…

How did it so happen that King Parīkṣit met this great sage, making it possible for this great transcendental essence of the Vedas [Bhāgavatam] to be sung to him?

When the respective warriors of both camps, namely the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas, were killed on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra and the dead warriors obtained their deserved destinations, and when the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra fell down lamenting…

The middling (Madhyama) is war born out of deep-seated enmity, like that of the Pandavas with their enemies. The lowest (Adhama) is fighting without any reason, in mere quarrels and disputes.

O excellent Brahmanas! Thus, those five Pandavas, born of the wives (Kshetraja) but sons of the gods, were born in that forest at intervals of years.

Suta said: Draupadi was the wife of the five (Pandavas). She was honorable and devoted to her husbands. She had five extremely handsome sons from her husbands.