Kings Learn the Pandavas Survived and Married Draupadi

After the svayamvara, trusted spies moved through the crowds of assembled kings and brought them the news. The beautiful and fortunate Draupadi had gotten the Pandavas as her husbands. The great-souled archer who had strung the impossible bow and pierced the target was Arjuna. The immensely strong man who had lifted King Shalya and whirled him around, terrifying the assembly while fighting with a tree, was Bhima. The rulers of men were greatly surprised. They had assumed the grooms were peaceful Brahmanas. More shockingly, they had all heard the earlier report that Kunti and her sons had been burnt alive in the house of lac. To learn they were not only alive but present felt like a rebirth. Remembering the extremely cruel deed of Purochana — the man sent to burn them — the assembled kings turned their anger toward the Kuru court. They cursed Bhishma and the Kaurava Dhritarashtra for allowing such an act. With the ceremony over and this transformative knowledge now public, all the kings who had come to win Draupadi's hand learned the Pandavas had been chosen. There was nothing left for them there. They returned the way they had come, carrying with them the certain knowledge that the sons of Pandu had survived assassination and secured a powerful alliance with Panchala.