The Pandavas Sent Away
Part 1 / Chapter 7 / 83 chapters
The Pandavas Sent Away
tempts the Pandavas to visit , and sends Purocana ahead to build a beautiful house made from lac, ghee, oil, and other flammable materials. warns in coded language, then secretly sends a miner to dig an escape tunnel beneath the house. After a year of pretending to trust Purocana, the Pandavas set the house ablaze first and escape with through the tunnel. Unbeknownst to them, a Nisada woman and her five sons, who had fallen asleep after 's feast, die in the blaze and are mistaken for the family. ferries the Pandavas across the Ganga, carries his exhausted family through the forest, and the man-eating sends his sister to seize them. falls in love with , and kills in single combat.
This guide follows Krishna Dharma's retelling as the source of truth. This panel notes broad edition-level framing or compression that helps a reader orient themselves.
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encourages the Pandavas to visit .
The festival of Pasupata becomes the pretext for removing them from .
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sends Purocana to build a lac house.
Purocana is ordered to make the mansion beautiful but highly flammable, then burn the Pandavas in their sleep.
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The Pandavas take leave while citizens protest their exile.
calms the people by honoring 's authority even though he suspects danger.
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warns in coded speech.
He speaks in a mleccha tongue about fire, hidden holes, alertness, and self-control so only understands.
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The Pandavas enter Purocana's Blessed Dwelling.
smells lac, ghee, and oil, confirming that the house is meant to burn.
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digs an escape tunnel beneath the house.
The miner proves his credentials by repeating 's coded warning and hides the tunnel under planks and a rug.
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The Pandavas pre-empt Purocana and set the lac house on fire.
lights the house while and the brothers escape through the tunnel; Purocana dies in the blaze. A Nisada woman and her five sons, who had come to 's feast, become drunk and fall asleep inside; the Pandavas escape without knowing they are there.
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believes the Pandavas have died.
Unbeknownst to the Pandavas, the six bodies of the Nisada woman and her five sons are mistaken for and the Pandavas, and messengers carry the news to .
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ferries the Pandavas across the Ganga.
carries his exhausted family through the forest until the boatman secretly helps them continue south.
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finds the sleeping Pandavas and falls in love with .
Sent by to bring human prey, she instead warns and begs him to flee with her.
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kills in the forest.
After a long wrestling battle, smashes the Rakshasa while his brothers and watch.