- Duryodhana's kinda being a pain
- He still has a vendetta against the Pandavas and caught a whiff of Arjuna's new weapons, so he decides to make a royal camp near them in order to shame/humiliate them
- The gods aren't having any of that; they send a gandharva who provokes Dur, and during the following battle they take him captive
- The Pandavas free him cause, apparently, they're not as petty. Unfortunately, that means Dur's plan has entirely backfired.
- The voice in the lake
- The Pandavas are living in a forest
- They are approached by a desperate brahmin who has had his staff and sacrificial kindling stolen by a mysterious giant deer
- They chase the deer, but to [no one's] great surprise - they can't catch it
- They're thirsty after actually putting some exercise in, so they look for water
- Nakula finds a lake, but a voice tells him that before drinking he must answer some questions. He ignores the voice, drinks, and dies.
- It must run in the family, cause one by one Sahadeva, Arjuna, and Bhima all do the same
- Yudhishthira comes up to find them all dead. He learns it was a test by his father Yama (god of death and Dharma) and the brothers come back to life and receive the "gift" (?) of unrecognizability for their 13th year of exile
- Stealth Mode
- For their 13th year of exile, they hid in the court of King Virata
- Yudhishthira was the king's companion and dice buddy, Bhima was a cook, Nakula was a stable boy, Sahadeva was a cowherd, Arjuna (now going by Brihannala) was a eunuch in the women's quarters, and Draupadi (now dubbed Sairandhri) was Queen Sudeshna's hairdresser
- Draupadi was raped by Kichaka (Queen Sudeshna's brother) so Bhima avenges her by squeezing Kichaka to death
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| The Pandavas and Draupadi (Wiki Commons, link) |
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