5/28/2023 0 Comments Pandu mustikaKirīṭī (किरीटी) – one who wears the celestial diadem presented by the King of Gods, Indra.Bībhatsu (बीभत्सु) – one who always fights wars in a fair, stylish and terrific manner and never does anything horrible in the war.Shvetavāhana (श्वेतवाहन) – one with milky white horses mounted to his pure white chariot.Savyasāchī (सव्यसाची)– one who can shoot arrows using the right and the left hand with equal activity Ambidextrous.Vijaya (विजय) – always victorious, invincible and undefeatable.Guḍākesha (गुडाकेश) – one who has conquered sleep (the lord of sleep, Gudaka+isha) or one who has abundant hair ( Guda-kesha), like an ascete keshin.Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय) – one who conquered wealth and gold.He is known by many other names, such as: At the end of the epic, Pandavas, accompanied by Draupadi, retired to the Himalayas,when everyone slowly died and came into heaven, including Arjuna.Īccording to Monier Monier-Williams, the word Arjuna means white, clear or silver. Despite being a warrior, Arjuna was also skilled in music and dance. During his second exile, Arjuna gained many celestial weapons. From his four wives, Arjuna had four sons, one from each wife - Shrutakarma, Iravan, Babhruvahana and Abhimanyu. During the first exile Arjuna married Ulupi, Chitrāngadā and Subhadra. Arjuna is twice exiled, first for breaking a pact with his brothers and secondly together with them when his oldest brother was tricked into gambling away the throne. Arjuna is depicted as a skilled archer, winning the hands of Draupadi, who became the common wife of the Pandavas. Arjuna excelled in archery from an early age and enjoyed the favour of his preceptor, Drona. Īrjuna was the son of Kunti-the wife of Kuru King Pandu-and the god Indra, who fathered him due to Pandu's inability to bear children. Before the beginning of the war, his mentor, Krishna, gave him the supreme knowledge of Bhagavad Gita to overcome his moral dilemmas. In the Mahabharata War, Arjuna was a key warrior from the Pandava side and killed many warriors including his own elder brother Karna unknowingly and his grandfather Bhishma. In the epic, he is the third among five Pandava brothers, from the royal line of the Kuru Kingdom.
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