The youngest Pandava, Madri's other son, who serves Virata as a cowherd and is the first of the brothers to fall on the road north.
Appears in
The yaksha's questions — Four brothers drink before answering and fall beside the lake, and the fifth is asked what a man must be before he may drink
Entering Virata's court — To survive the year of hiding, the gambler becomes a dice-player, the archer a eunuch dance-teacher and the queen a maid.
Yudhishthira's grief — The victor wants to give the kingdom away and live in the forest, and his brothers, his wife, Vyasa and Krishna argue him onto the throne.
The night the dead came back — Vyasa calls the dead of Kurukshetra out of the Ganga for a single night, and they come without anger, Karna and the Pandavas among them
The great journey — Six walk toward Meru and five fall, and at heaven's door Yudhishthira refuses Indra's chariot unless the dog that followed him may come
Embodies
Kinship and enmity — The war is a family quarrel: across the field stand cousins, teachers and elders, all owed reverence.
Questions to explore
Why does Sahadeva fall first after Draupadi on the great journey?
How do the twins' disguises in Virata's court suit them?
