Madri

Kotikashya, the foremost of the Shibis, arrives at the hermitage and asks a question — but finds only Draupadi there, alone in the forest. With no one else to reply, she must speak for herself, revealing who she is, naming her five husbands, and explaining where they have gone.

After Draupadi is abducted, the Pandavas leave Kamyaka forest and settle in Dvaitavana at Markandeya's hermitage, living frugally on fruit and rigid in their vows. There, while devoted to brahmanas and controlled in their conduct, they experience a great calamity that eventually ends in happiness — beginning with a brahmana's desperate plea for his lost kindling.

Yudhishthira finds his four brothers dead beside a forbidden lake, struck down by a mysterious yaksha who demands he answer questions or join them. With patience and humility, Yudhishthira faces a relentless interrogation on the nature of dharma, life, and wisdom — and his answers will determine whether his brothers live or die.