Swayamvara

Mbh.1.2.297	The next is called Swayamvara selection of husband by Panchali, in which Arjuna by the exercise of Kshatriya virtues, won Draupadi for wife.
Mbh.1.2.363	The high-souled Vyasa composed these hundred parvas of which the above is only an abridgement: having distributed them into eighteen, the son of Suta recited them consecutively in the forest of Naimisha as follows: In the Adi parva are contained Paushya, Pauloma, Astika, Adivansavatara, Samva, the burning of the house of lac, the slaying of Hidimba, the destruction of the Asura Vaka, Chitraratha, the Swayamvara of Draupadi, her marriage after the overthrow of rivals in war, the arrival of Vidura, the restoration, Arjuna's exile, the abduction of Subhadra, the gift and receipt of the marriage dower, the burning of the Khandava forest, and the meeting with the Asura-architect Maya.
Mbh.1.2.370	The birth of Ghatotkacha; the meeting of the Pandavas with Vyasa and in accordance with his advice their stay in disguise in the house of a Brahmana in the city of Ekachakra; the destruction of the Asura Vaka, and the amazement of the populace at the sight; the extra-ordinary births of Krishna and Dhrishtadyumna; the departure of the Pandavas for Panchala in obedience to the injunction of Vyasa, and moved equally by the desire of winning the hand of Draupadi on learning the tidings of the Swayamvara from the lips of a Brahmana; victory of Arjuna over a Gandharva, called Angaraparna, on the banks of the Bhagirathi, his contraction of friendship with his adversary, and his hearing from the Gandharva the history of Tapati, Vasishtha and Aurva.
Mbh.1.184.9349	Then those kings of men, having had benedictions uttered upon them by that Brahmana, resolved to go, accompanied by him, to the Swayamvara of the Princess of Panchala
Mbh.1.185.9350	SECTION CLXXXVI Swayamvara Parva Vaisampayana said, Then those tigers among men, those brothers, the five Pandavas, set out for Panchala to behold that country and Draupadi and the festivities in view of her marriage.
Mbh.1.185.9357	A great Swayamvara takes place there, on which a large sum of money will be spent.
Mbh.1.185.9366	And to that Swayamvara will come from various lands kings and princes who are performers of sacrifices in which the presents to the Brahmanas are large: who are devoted to study, are holy, illustrious, and of rigid vows; who are young and handsome; and who are mighty car-warriors and accomplished in arms.
Mbh.1.185.9368	And taking all they will give away and witnessing the Swayamvara, and enjoying the festivities, we shall go wheresoever we like.
Mbh.1.185.9369	And there will also come unto that Swayamvara, from various countries, actors, and bards singing the panegyrics of kings, and dancers, and reciters of Puranas, and heralds, and powerful athletes.
Mbh.1.185.9374	On hearing these words of the Brahmanas, Yudhishthira replied, Ye Brahmanas, we will all go with you to witness that maiden's Swayamvara, that excellent jubilee
Mbh.1.186.9375	SECTION CLXXXVII Swayamvara Parva continued Vaisampayana said, Thus addressed by the Brahmanas, the Pandavas, O Janamejaya, proceeded towards the country of the southern Panchalas ruled over by the king Drupada.
Mbh.1.186.9387	Vaisampayana continued, With these words king Drupada proclaimed the Swayamvara.
Mbh.1.186.9389	And there came also many illustrious Rishis desirous of beholding the Swayamvara.
Mbh.1.186.9393	Desirous of beholding the Swayamvara, the citizens, roaring like the sea, all took their seats on the platforms that were erected around the amphitheatre.
Mbh.1.187.9418	SECTION CLXXXVIII Swayamvara Parva continued Dhrishtadyumna said, Duryodhana, Durvisaha, Durmukha and Dushpradharshana, Vivinsati, Vikarna, Saha, and Duhsasana; Yuyutsu and Vayuvega and Bhimavegarava; Ugrayudha, Valaki, Kanakayu, and Virochana, Sukundala, Chitrasena, Suvarcha, and Kanakadhwaja; Nandaka, and Vahusali, and Tuhunda, and Vikata; these, O sister, and many other mighty sons of Dhritarashtra, all heroes, accompanied by Karna, have come for thy hand.
Mbh.1.188.9425	SECTION CLXXXIX Swayamvara Parva continued Vaisampayana said, Then those youthful princes adorned with ear-rings, vying with one another and each regarding himself accomplished in arms and gifted with might, stood up brandishing their weapons.
Mbh.1.189.9454	SECTION CLXL Swayamvara Parva continued Vaisampayana continued, When all the monarchs had desisted from stringing that bow, the high-souled Jishnu arose from among the crowd of Brahmanas seated in that assembly.
Mbh.1.190.9488	SECTION CLXLI Swayamvara Parva continued Vaisampayana said, When the king Drupada expressed his desire of bestowing his daughter on that Brahmana who had shot the mark, all those monarchs who had been invited to the Swayamvara, looking at one another, were suddenly filled with wrath.
Mbh.1.190.9496	The Vedic declaration is well-known that the Swayamvara is for the Kshatriyas.
Mbh.1.191.9517	SECTION CLXLII Swayamvara Parva continued Vaisampayana said, Then those bulls among Brahmanas shaking their deer-skins and water-pots made of cocoanut-shells exclaimed, Fear not, we will fight the foe'
Mbh.1.192.9575	SECTION CLXLIII Swayamvara Parva continued Vaisampayana said, Then those illustrious sons of Pritha, on returning to the potter's abode, approached their mother.
Mbh.1.192.9602	The hero of the Vrishni race Krishna suspecting the five persons he had seen at the Swayamvara to be none else than the heroes of the Kuru race, came accompanied by the son of Rohini Valadeva, to the house of the potter where those foremost of men had taken up their quarters.
Mbh.1.193.9617	SECTION CLXLIV Swayamvara Parva continued Vaisampayana said, When the Kuru princes Bhima and Arjuna were wending towards the abode of the potter, Dhrishtadyumna, the Panchala prince followed them.
Mbh.2.67.2931	Vaisampayana said, Dragged with greater force than before, the afflicted and helpless Draupadi, undeserving of such treatment, falling down upon the ground, thus wept in that assembly of the Kurus, Alas, only once before, on the occasion of the Swayamvara, I was beheld by the assembled kings in the amphitheatre, and never even once beheld afterwards.
Mbh.3.12.723	O slayer of Madhu, Arjuna won me in the Swayamvara, having performed a feat difficult of achievement by others and having fought also with the assembled kings!
Mbh.3.54.2714	And the king, reflecting by himself that his daughter had attained to puberty, concluded that Damayanti's Swayamvara should take place.
Mbh.3.54.2715	And the monarch, O exalted one, invited all the rulers of the earth, saying, Ye heroes, know that Damayanti's Swayamvara is at hand, And all the kings, hearing of Damayanti's Swayamvara, came unto Bhima, agreeable to his message, filling the earth with the clatter of their cars, the roar of their elephants, and the neighing of their horses, and accompanied with their fine-looking battalions decked in ornaments and graceful garlands.
Mbh.3.54.2729	Her Swayamvara, O Sakra, will take place shortly.
Mbh.3.55.2751	Do thou inform Damayanti of our arrival, saying, The guardians of the world, consisting of the great Indra and the others, are coming to the assembly, desirous of beholding the Swayamvara.
Mbh.3.56.2810	O king, do thou, O foremost of men, come to the Swayamvara in company with all the gods headed by Indra.
Mbh.3.56.2821	And the maiden said, Let the gods, O tiger among men, come with thee to the Swayamvara, I will in their presence, choose thee.
Mbh.3.57.2825	SECTION LVII Vrihadaswa continued, Then at the sacred hour of the holy lunar day of the auspicious season, king Bhima summoned the kings to the Swayamvara.
Mbh.3.58.2877	And thereupon Kali replied unto Sakra, Going to Damayanti's Swayamvara, will I obtain her for my wife, as my heart is fixed upon that damsel'
Mbh.3.58.2878	Hearing this, Indra said with a smile, That Swayamvara is already ended.
Mbh.3.65.3273	Methinks, I suffer this severance from my husband through the potency of those celestial Lokapalas, who had come to the Swayamvara but whom I disregarded for the sake of Nala'
Mbh.3.70.3526	And after he had gone away, Damayanti oppressed with grief and distress, calling Sudeva, addressed him, O Yudhishthira, in the presence of her mother, saying, O Sudeva, go thou to the city of Ayodhya, straight as a bird, and tell king Rituparna living there, these words: Bhima's daughter, Damayanti will hold another Swayamvara.
Mbh.3.71.3534	If it pleases thee, I intend to go to Damayanti's Swayamvara in course of a single day'
Mbh.3.73.3662	And honoured by Bhima, king Rituparna looked about him again and again, but saw no traces of the Swayamvara.
Mbh.3.73.3667	Nor did he hear any talk relating to the Swayamvara, nor saw any concourse of Brahmanas.
Mbh.3.74.3692	Thus addressed, Vahuka answered, the illustrious king of Kosala had heard from a Brahmana that a second Swayamvara of Damayanti would take place.
Mbh.4.45.1759	And who was my ally, O child, while I encountered in battle innumerable kings at the Swayamvara to the princess of Panchala?
Mbh.5.35.1687	Once on a time, O king, there was a maiden of the name of Kesini, unrivalled for beauty; moved by the desire of obtaining a good husband, she resolved to choose her lord in Swayamvara.
Mbh.5.120.5350	SECTION CXX Narada said, King Yayati then, desirous again of disposing of his daughter in Swayamvara, went to a hermitage on the confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna, taking Madhavi with him on a chariot, her person decked with garlands of flowers.
Mbh.5.169.7674	Vanquishing on a single car all the assembled Kshatriyas of the world at the Swayamvara of the daughters of the ruler of Kasi, I abducted those maidens.
Mbh.5.178.7969	Along with her two younger sisters, O sinless one, she was in the midst of her Swayamvara ceremonies.
Mbh.7.10.387	That lord of battle, that foremost of bowmen, that hero of unbaffled aim and great strength, that tiger among men, viz, Yuyutsu, whom many wrathful kings battling together for six months at Varanavata from desire of slaying him could not vanquish, and who in battle at Varanasi overthrew with a broad-headed arrow that mighty car-warrior, viz, the prince of Kasi, desirous of seizing at a Swayamvara a maiden for wife, O, what hero of my army resisted him?
Mbh.7.141.7135	About this time, O king, occurred the Swayamvara.
Mbh.7.170.9199	The names uttered by the kings contending in battle, were heard, O monarch, there, like what happens, O king, at a Swayamvara or self-choice.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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