The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country

Note 13 — THE GIFTED BROTHERS.

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When the five Pandavas, the heroes of the Maha-Bharata, were returning victorious from an expedition during which Arjuna had won the princess Draupadi in a contest with the bow, their mother, hearing them coming, but not knowing what had happened, cried out, "Share equally what you have brought." Upon which it was arranged that she should become the joint wife of the five brother princes.

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