Pandavas_with_Draupadi_OR_ayudhapurushas_facing_Madhu_Kaitabha.jpg
Description Pandavas with Draupadi OR ayudhapurushas facing Madhu Kaitabha.jpg |
Deogarh. Here you see the five Pandava princes- heroes of the epic Mahabharata - with their shared wife-in-common named Draupadi (although some had their own wives too). Vishnu, incarnated as Krishna , was advisor and their charioteer in battle. The central figure is Yudhishthira ; the two to his left are Bhima and Arjuna . Nakula and Sahadeva , the twins, are to his right. Their wife, at far right, is Draupadi . These heroes are themselves incarnations: Yudhishthira manifests Dharma, the Sacred Order of Life. Bhima represents the Wind God, Vayu. Arjuna is Indra. Nakula and Sahadeva incarnate the twin “Horseman Gods” (The Greek Dioscuri). Draupadi is Indrani , the queen of the gods and wife of Indra- a very old Vedic (Pre-Hindu) god.
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Source | originally posted to Flickr as 2716_PandavaDraupadifk.jpg | ||
Author | Bob King | ||
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