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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|King of Panchala in the Hindu epic Mahabharata}}<br />
{{About|a mythological character|a form of Indian classical music|Dhrupad}}<br />
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| image = Upyaz showing his elder brother to Drupada.jpg<br />
| alt = Drupada<br />
| caption = Upayaja showing his elder brother to Drupada<br />
| family =Prishata (father)<ref name = "VM" >Puranic Encyclopedia: a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature, Vettam Mani, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1975, [https://archive.org/stream/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft#page/251/mode/2up 251]</ref><br><br />
| spouse = [[Prishati]]<br />
| children = [[Shikhandi]]<br>[[Characters in Mahabharata#Satyajit|Satyajit]]<br>[[Dhrishtadyumna]]<br> [[Draupadi]]<br />
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'''Drupada''' ([[Sanskrit]]: द्रुपद, lit. ''firm-footed'' or ''pillar''<ref name="spokensanskrit">{{cite web|url=http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?script=HK&beginning=0+&tinput=+drupada&trans=Translate&direction=AU|title=Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit|publisher=spokensanskrit.de|access-date=2015-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015205444/http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?script=HK&beginning=0+&tinput=+drupada&trans=Translate&direction=AU|archive-date=15 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>), also known as '''Yajnasena''' ([[Sanskrit]]: यज्ञसेन, lit. ''he whose army is sacrificial''),<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hiltebeitel|first=Alf|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U4NF8pYxdvIC&q=yaj%C3%B1asen%C4%AB&pg=PA490|title=Dharma: Its Early History in Law, Religion, and Narrative|date=2011-08-17|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-539423-8|language=en}}</ref> is a character in the [[Mahābhārata]]. The son of King Prishata, he was the king of the land of Southern [[Panchala]].<ref name="sacred-texts">{{cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01132.htm |title=The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section CXXXI|publisher=sacred-texts.com|access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref> His capital was known as [[Kampilya]].<ref name="urday">{{cite web |url=http://www.urday.in/swayamvar.htm |title=Mahabharat - Draupadi'S Swayamvar |publisher=urday.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310002431/http://www.urday.in/swayamvar.htm |archive-date=10 March 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Drupada was killed by [[Drona]] in the [[Kurukshetra War]].<br />
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== Conflict with Drona ==<br />
Drupada, son of King Prishata, and [[Drona]] study together under the tutelage of [[Rishi]] [[Bhardwaja]], Drona's father. They become great friends and Drupada assures Drona that once he becomes king, he will share half of his kingdom with Drona. While Drupada becomes a king after the death of his father, Drona lives a life of poverty. Drona approaches Drupada for help; Drupada, now conscious of the difference of status between them, refuses to acknowledge Drona's friendship and shuns Drona, calling him a beggar. Drona is later employed by [[Bhishma]] to train the [[Kuru Kingdom|Kuru]] princes. After the military education of the [[Kauravas]] and the [[Pandavas]] ends, as his ''[[gurudakshina]]'', Drona asks the princes to defeat and capture Drupada. Firstly, all the Kauravas and [[Karna]] attack Drupada, but Drupada defeats all the Kauravas and Karna.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01141.htm|title=The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section CXL|website=www.sacred-texts.com|access-date=2018-01-15}}</ref> Then the Pandavas led by [[Arjuna]] defeat Drupada, binding him in ropes and bringing him to Drona. Drona sets Drupada free, but retains half of the kingdom that had been promised to him.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mani|first=Vettam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mvXsDwAAQBAJ&q=arjuna+defeated+drupada&pg=PA252|title=Puranic Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Work with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature|date=2015-01-01|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=978-81-208-0597-2|language=en}}</ref> Humiliated, Drupada seeks vengeance but he realizes that he cannot match Drona's might. So, Drupada performed the [[Putrakameshti]] yajna to beget a son who could slay Drona. From the fire of the yajna, twins [[Dhrishtadyumna]] and [[Draupadi]] are born. Years later, Draupadi married Arjuna and later in the [[Mahabharata]] war, [[Dhrishtadyumna]] beheaded Drona.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sargeant|first1=Winthrop|last2=Smith|first2=Huston|title=The Bhagavad Gītā|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=COuy5CDAqt4C&pg=PA16|year=2009|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-1-4384-2841-3|page=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bonnefoy|first=Yves|title=Asian Mythologies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4I-FsZCzJEC&pg=PA56|year=1993|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-06456-7|page=56}}</ref><br />
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== Svayamvara of Draupadi ==<br />
[[File: The Swayamvara of Panchala's princess, Draupadi.jpg|thumb|The Swayamvara of Panchala's princess, Draupadi]]<br />
King Drupada arranges a [[svayamvara]] for his daughter [[Draupadi]]. To win Draupadi's hand, the king's invitees, all of them royalty themselves, have to string an enormous bow and shoot five arrows simultaneously through a revolving ring onto the eye of a revolving fish. All the kings including [[Shalya]], [[Karna]] and [[Jarasandha]] fail to even string the bow. In some later versions, [[Karna]] succeeded in stringing the bow but Draupadi rejects him in the name of Suta Putra.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/mbs/mbs01179.htm|title=The Mahabharata in Sanskrit: Book 1: Chapter 179|website=www.sacred-texts.com|access-date=2018-01-15}}</ref> The [[Pandavas|five sons of the late King Pandu]] of [[Hastinapur]] is present at the Svayamvara, dressed as brahmins. [[Arjuna]] succeeds in the event and Draupadi accepts him as her husband, with Drupada somewhat reluctantly giving his permission. When Draupadi is taken back to [[Kunti]], they decide to play a prank on her by announcing that they had brought some alms. Kunti asks her sons to share whatever had been brought. The imperative of acting on their mother's words and the propriety of marriage to five husbands is discussed at Drupada's palace, with Drupada and [[Dhristadyumna]] fiercely opposed to Draupadi marrying anyone other than Arjuna. However, sage [[Vyasa]] and Lord [[Krishna]] support Kunti's proposal and sanction the marriage, assuaging Drupada's fears.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kapoor|first=Subodh|title=The Indian Encyclopaedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Ukyp-gbtHcC&pg=PA6894|year=2002|publisher=Cosmo Publications|isbn=978-81-7755-257-7|page=6894}}</ref><br />
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== Family ==<br />
Different versions of the Mahabharata portray Drupada's family differently. Most versions name [[Satyajit]], [[Dhristadyumna]], [[Shikhandi]] (or Shikhandini), and [[Draupadi]] as his children. In some versions, [[Uttamaujas]] and [[Yudhamanyu]] are often mentioned as two sons of Drupada who are the protectors of [[Arjuna|Arjuna's]] chariot. The Chatahurduri compilation mentions that Drupada has twelve sons, naming in addition to the aforementioned children: Kumar, Vrika, Panchalya, Suratha, Shatrunjaya.<ref name="sushmajee">[http://www.sushmajee.com/biographies/bio-C-D/drupad.htm Story of Drupad<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628190609/http://www.sushmajee.com/biographies/bio-C-D/drupad.htm |date=28 June 2012 }}</ref> Janmejaya is the nephew of Drupada, and father-in-law of [[Upapandavas#Prativindhya|Prativindhya]]. Notably, Satyajit's eventually ascends to [[Panchal|Panchal's]] throne having eschewed the [[Kurukshetra War]] (some versions have Satyajit fighting and dying in the war with Prativindhya's or Sutasoma's son ascending the throne), Shikhandi was instrumental in the death of [[Bhishma]], and Uttamaujas and Yudhamanyu protected Arjuna's chariot throughout the war. Dhrishtadyumna, Shikandi, Yudhamanyu, and Uttamaujas are killed by [[Ashwatthama]] on the last day of the war.<ref name="sushmajee"/><br />
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== Role in Kurukshetra War ==<br />
Drupada fights on the side of the [[Pandavas]] in the [[Kurukshetra War]]. He killed [[Shakuni]]'s relatives Keturaja and Ketusena of [[Kosala]] on 11th day of war. Bhishma names him a maharathi.<ref name="urday2">{{cite web |url=http://www.urday.in/mpermission.htm |title=MAHABHARATA - Yudhistra's Permission |publisher=urday.in |access-date=2015-05-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531041757/http://www.urday.in/mpermission.htm |archive-date=31 May 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He along with [[Virata]] fought and were killed by Drona on the 15th day of the war.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=The Mahabharata, Book 7: Drona Parva |author=Ganguli, K.M.|date=2014|publisher=Netlancers Inc|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HLLrAgAAQBAJ }}</ref><br />
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