Reading guide: Week 14

This starts with a lot of the same how Draupadi is won by Arjuna and is taken as the wife of the five pandavas. Arjuna takes his punishment and goes into exile away from his brothers and wife and embarks on a pilgrimage. Arjuna visits the holy places and goes to find that Subhadra's betrothed to Duryodhana. He decides he will take her as his wife instead. He is instantly stuck by Subhadra's beauty and krishna tells him to run away with her. Arjuna takes Krishna chariot to find Subhadra and takes her off into the forest. their is a search party to get the wife of Duryodhana  but before they left they asked for the advice of Krishna. Krishna tells them of what happens and tells the party that subhadra would rather be with Arjuna and to welcome them peacefully to their village. Arjuna exile is over and wants to go home to the Pandavas royal city but is worried about what Druapadi will do. She is mad at first but ends up taking in Subhadra as a sister peacefully.

the Beautiful Subhadra

Subhadra