Namuchi

Arjuna sets out on the divine chariot that Indra once used to vanquish the greatest asuras. The roar of his departure alerts the gods, who assemble and ask what he intends to do. He tells them his mission, receives their blessings, and accepts the conch shell Devadatta — the very one Indra used to conquer the worlds.

Yudhishthira sits in the forest, weighed down by exile and loss, when the ancient sage Markandeya finds him. Instead of empty comfort, Markandeya offers a series of comparisons — Rama’s endurance in the wilderness, Indra’s victories won through allies, and the Pandavas’ own recent rescue of Draupadi from Jayadratha — to argue that Yudhishthira has no reason to despair.