Drupada learns who had won Draupadi

Learning the identity of the men, Drupada was excited. He somehow managed to spend the night. The next day he got up early and asked a priest to go to the house of the brahmanas and find out who they really were.
The priest went to the house of the Pandavas. He met Yudhistira who greeted. The priest said he would be asking a few questions and would need the truth as the answer. He said Drupada had given his daughter to them, while he had wanted to give away his daughter to a son of Pandu. With the death of the sons of Pandu, Drupada had been compelled to hold the swayamvara. Vyasa had said that only Arjuna had the skill to shoot the target.
Yudhistira then said there was no need to give their identity. He told the priest to tell the king that only a person of regal bearing had won his daughter.
When the priest said what he had heard, to the king, Dhristadyumna got six chariots ready. He went where the Pandavas were. He asked them to accompany him to the palace. The five brothers climbed on to the five chariots, while Draupadi and Kunti climbed onto the remaining chariot.

The king himself greeted all of them when they arrived. Kunti and Draupadi went into the inner quarters. The king asked the five brothers to accompany him.

The king sat down and asked the brothers to sit. He asked them to disclose their identity.

Yudhistira then told the king who they really were. The king was very glad and hugged the brothers. He then wanted to know what had happened to them since the burning of the house in Varnavrata. Yudhistira told the king everything.

He then told the king that as per his mother's orders, all five brothers would be getting married to Draupadi.

Drupada then said he would discuss with his priests and let the Pandavas know.

Draupadi goes with the Pandavas

Krishna and Balarama bowed down to Kunti, their father's sister. Kunti was very glad to see them and wanted to know how things were. For twelve years since she had been out of Hastinapura, she had no news of anyone.
Krishna said when Vasudeva had heard of his sister perishing in the fire along with her sons, he went into a deep shock. He went into a deep shock. He wanted to know what had happened.
Krishna said when he had met Vidura, he had learnt what had actually happened. He said the day of hardships were nearly over. He then went and bowed down to Yudhistira who was elder to him. Yudhistira hugged him. They all sat together and spoke about the house of lac and the hardships that the Pandavas had been through.
Krishna said In love for his sons, Dhritarashtra had turned evil. His sons were evil and soon they would get what they deserved.
Yudhistira asked Krishna how he knew they were in this hut. Krishna said what had happened in the court and arena was possible by only two people, Bhima and Arjuna. Yudhistira said he was afraid Duryodhana would discover where they were hiding. Krishna told him not to worry.

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In Panchala, Drupada was worried for his daughter. He had no idea to whom he had given away his daughter. He was brooding when Dhristadyumna arrived. Drupada wanted to know how his daughter was. Who was the brahmana who had taken his daughter? He said Vyasa had said only Arjuna would be able to shoot the target and now a brahmana had taken away his daughter.

Dhristadyumna said there was no cause for worry. Draupadi was in good hands. Dhristadyumna said how was it possible for a brahmana to single handed fight the great kings. Vyasa's words were not futile. In the fight there was an archer and a strong man. Draupadi had left them. They were later joined by three others.  They all went to a brahmana's house. There was a lady there, who was extremely beautiful. She was the mother of the men.
Keeping Draupadi with their mother, the men had gone out to beg. The food they got was given to Draupadi who quickly cooked that. The mother then asked Draupadi to divide the food into two parts. One part was given to the strong man. The other part was divided into five parts. Four of the brothers were given a part each. The fifth part was divided into two, of which one part was for Draupadi and the other for the mother.
One of the men, who was hungry and ate Draupadi's portion too.
After food, they went to sleep. The youngest one got the bedding ready.
The mother slept on the top.
The five men then slept below her feet and Draupadi slept below their feet.
Then they started talking and that is when Dhristadyumna said he discovered who they really were. 

Pandavas go to Kunti along with Draupadi

The Pandavas along with Draupadi decided to leave the palace of Drupada. They asked the brahmanas to give way and let them go. The brahmanas said they would stay with them. Arjuna said they would meet again. Along with Dhaumya, the Pandavas left from there with Draupadi.
Dhristadyumna followed the Pandavas in disguise.
It was a night of the dark phase of the moon and the sky was cloudy.
Yudhistira along two of his brothers looked around to see if any one was around, and then went inside the house of the brahmana.
Kunti had been waiting there the whole day. She was worried that her sons had left in the morning and had not yet returned. Restless she would go to the door and come back to see if her sons were coming.
Pandavas then walked into the house. They said they had a busy day and had got into a fight also, which delayed everything. They asked her to see what they had got.
With her back towards her sons, Kunti said, whatever you got, divide it among yourselves. Come inside and let me have a look at you, my sons.
She kissed the foreheads of all her sons and then in the end she saw the daughter of Drupada.
Kunti asked who was this beautiful woman.
Bhima said this the daughter of King Drupada of whom you had heard in Ekachakra. The fights that had mentioned earlier, had happened in her palace. She is what we got.

Kunti said It was by mistake that I had asked her sons to divide what they had got among themselves. You could have told me that the princess of Panchala was with you. Then I would not have said what I did.
Going to Yudhistira, she said You are the righteous one. Please let me know what I should do.
Yudhistira remembered what Vyasa had said earlier about Draupadi destined to have five husbands. He wanted to know what Arjuna felt. He said You have successfully hit the target and defeated kings. Quickly call Dhaumya and get married to the princess.

Arjuna said that was not possible. The eldest should get married first.

When the Pandavas had come home, Krishna and Balarama had been following them also. They then entered the house.

Arjuna and Bhima fight

Arjuna and Karna's fight was ferocious. It was as if Rama and Ravana were fighting. Arjuna shot an arrow which produced thousands of snakes. Karna shot the Garuda weapon and all the snakes were destroyed and the fiery birds, produced by the weapon, came to attack Arjuna. Arjuna shot the Fire weapon. The birds were burnt and a rain of fire started. Karna invoked a weapon to create torrents of water to come down and extinguish the fire. Arjuna then invoked the Vayu weapon and the rain dried up.
Thus exchange of weapons happened between Karna and Arjuna. Karna wanted to know who Arjuna really was. Arjuna said he was a poor brahman having a fight with a king.
Karna then invoked an arrow and shot that, which Arjuna cut off. Whatever weapons Karna shot were cut off by Arjuna. Arjuna then cut off the chariot of Karna. Seeing Karna defeated, the other kings rushed to Karna's rescue but could not stand in front of Arjuna.
The kings accepted defeat and Arjuna and Bhima embraced each other.

While Arjuna was fighting, Bhima was carrying on his battle.

Dhristyadyumna fought with Kichaka. Kichaka was able to over power him, and he fled.

Draupadi afraid of the consequences of the war, appealed to Krishna to do something. Krishna blew his conch shell. All became quiet. Krishna asked his followers to help Drupada's family. The Yadavas who had come with Krishna, wanted to join Arjuna. Krishna stopped them.

Having won their battle, the Pandavas decided to leave the place with Draupadi. 

The kings attack Arjuna

The kshatriyas decided to attack the brahmanas. The brahmanas started shouting at Arjuna. They said a brahmana should know his position. Trying to do what a warrior does will not help, but will bring trouble. Desiring a princess has brought trouble for all of them.
Saying they all started running.
Seeing this, the kings started shooting weapons, which were easily combated by Arjuna. Bhima joined the fight. The two brothers started defeating the all the kings. Lifting kings, Bhima started hurling them around.

Seeing this, the big warriors like Jarasandha, Duryodhana, Karna etc. who had been waiting, started preparing to join the fight.

Scared Draupadi said what would happen now, that a swarm of kings would descend on them. Arjuna asked her not to worry but just watch. Draupadi said he was alone, what could he do.
Arjuna said a lion alone can control all animals; an eagle can control all birds; alone Indra can control all Gods; alone Hanumana could burn Lanka - so he being alone should not be looked down upon.

Arjuna got ready for war. Drupada, Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhani also joined him. Yudhistira asked Bhima to help Arjuna.

Arjuna alone fought along. Yudhistira then told Bhima, who was eagerly waiting, to go and help Arjuna.

Bhima uprooted a tree and hurled that at the kings. Bhima then dashed towards the kings and started hitting out at them. The brahmanas who had watching all along, followed Bhima. The said the contest was open to all and the kshatiyas cannot believe that a brahmana had won.

Arjuna stopped the brahmanas and asked them to stop. He asked to stop and watch the fun.

Krishna pointing to Balarama said, Remember what I told you earlier. Now watch what is going to happen. The kings have attacked Arjuna with army and he is alone. The kings want to kill the brahmana and give the princess away to Duryodhana. Arjuna is impossible to defeat. Even if, for some reason, Arjuna fails, then I will take my Sudarshana and join the fight.

Balarama was a bit hurt as Duryodhana had been a pupil of his. He said to Krishna, Let us not talk of joining. Let us watch Arjuna fight.

Arjuna hits the target

Arjuna bowed down at Yudhistira. Yudhistira asked the assembled brahmaans to bless him , which they all did.
Arjuna then asked what were the rules and what was he expected to do? Dhristadyumna pointed out to the reflection of the discus in the water. He said in the discus there was a small hole through which a fish was visible. The fish was made of gold and it had an eye made out of a Through the revolving disc, an arrow had to be shot which would go through the slot in the discus and pierce the eye of the fish.
Arjuna sat down. Looking at the direction, he pointed towards the target. Krishna then removed his Sudarshana. Arjuna let go an arrow which swiftly pierced the eye of the fish.
In the heavens, the Gods started showering flowers on Arjuna.
Draupadi went forward with her garland towards Arjuna.
The kings, who had failed, felt offended. They asked Draupadi to stop. They said the brahmana had said he had hid the target. As the fish was very high up, it was not possible to see if the arrow had really hit the fish. The reflection could playing tricks with the eye. If the brahmana was really powerful, he should be able to get the fish down with an arrow to show he had really hit the target.
Arjuna said there was no pint in arguing. He would bring the fish down.
He shot an arrow and the fish came down.
All started praising Arjuna, and Draupadi came and garlanded him.
Kings said Draupadi would now have to live as the wife of a poor brahmana, beg from door to door and feed on alms provided, unless her father decided to feed the brahmanas.

Duryodhana sent a message saying he would give a lot of wealth and a position in the court to him. In return, he would have give Draupadi to him. Arjuna angry asked the messenger to convey to Duryodhana, a message. The message said, The brahamana would give all the wealth in the world to him and his friends, if they gave over their wives to him.

This angered the present kings a lot. They said this brahmana was speaking too much, and a brahmana like this should not be alive. He should be killed.
Angry at the fact that Drupada had agreed to have his daughter wed a non kshatriya, they decided to have fight with the brahmana, Drupada and his son. 

Bhishma and Drona talk about Arjuna

Arjuna went where the bow was. He bowed down before the bow, and went around it three times.
He uttered a silent prayer to Shiva. He lifted the bow with his left hand, and bending the bow, strung it. He pulled the string, and the sound that it made was loud.
Before shooting the target, Arjuna wanted to take the blessings of Drona, his Guru. Doing that was difficult in front of all. He remembered an older saying of his Guru, where he had said if wanted to remember him, he was to shoot two arrows. One arrow was to go to the heaven, one to touch his feet.
Arjuna remembering this, took two arrows and shot them. One went skywards, the other fell at Drona's feet.
Drona wondered if his favorite disciple was somewhere, taking his blessings. He blessed the archer.
Arjuna then bowed before all, specially in front of Bhishma. Drona said the brahmana was asking for his blesseings.
Bhishma said a brahmana would give blessings and not take from him.
Drona said this did not seem to be a genuine brahmana but someone in the guise of one.
Bhishma said he was thinking the sane, the face looked familiar. Let me know if you know who this is., This seems to be someone dear to me.
Drona said I think I know who this is but I am afraid to take the name lest someone hear me say his name. I think the dead one, who got burnt, is alive.
Bhishma said no one would dare say anything, just take the name.
Drona said this form of shooting arrows to take blessings was known only to Partha.
Bhishma's eyes became wet thinking of the Pandavas who had died in the fire. Drona said he felt somehow the Pandavas were alive. Vidura had probably helped them escape.
Happy Bhishma said, if this was Arjuna, he would then definitely win the contest and the hand of Draupadi.
Arjuna then bowed down before Krishna. Krishna said to Balarama, Arjuna was asking for blessings. Balarama said Arjuna would surely win the princess. The defeated kings would attack him, how would he then defeat the kings? Krishna said, that is where he and Balarama would come in, and help the Pandavas.