Reading Notes: Mahabharata B

Arjuna and Ulupi

• the brothers made an agreement not to enter a room where one of them was sitting with Draupadi 
• A farmer comes to Arjuna begging for his help, and he rushes into the palace to retrieve his weapons
• In his haste, Arjuna accidentally walks in a room where his brother and wife were sitting
• Arjuna finished his mission, saving the farmer's cattle, then returned to the palace
• Because of his mistake, Arjuna knew he had to go into exile for twelve years
• Yudhishthira begged Arjuna to stay, but Arjuna was honorable and decided to serve his sentence
• Arjuna traveled around the jungle and holy places with a group of brahmins 
• While he was bathing in the Ganges, he met the beautiful princess Ulupi 
• Ulupi and Arjuna lived in her father's palace
• Ulupi gave Arjuna the power of invisibility in water
• They had a son named Iravat

Ulupi and Arjuna

Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913).