Subhadra
Family: Yadavas · Role: Arjun's wife; Krishna's sister · First appears: Book III (The Imperial Sacrifice) · VII. Yudhishthir Emperor
In Book III (The Imperial Sacrifice) · VII. Yudhishthir Emperor, Subhadra is named as Arjun’s wife and Krishna’s sister as they part from her. In Book VI (Cattle-Lifting) · V. Warrior's Guerdon, Arjun says that Subhadra bore their son, Abhimanyu. At Virata’s palace, in Book VI (Cattle-Lifting) · VI. The Wedding, Arjun takes Virata’s daughter as Abhimanyu’s bride. In Book VII (The Preparation) · III. Satyaki's Speech, Satyaki recalls that the wedding brought them from Dwarka; in Book IX (Fall of Drona) · III. Abhimanyu's Death, Subhadra mourns her dead son.
Relationship record
Life events
- Arjun speaks of Abhimanyu as the son whom Subhadra bore.(Book VI (Cattle-Lifting) · V. Warrior's Guerdon)
- Arjun takes Virata's daughter as the bride of Abhimanyu, his son by Subhadra.(Book VI (Cattle-Lifting) · VI. The Wedding · 📍 Virata's royal palace)
- With: Arjun Virata the princess of the Matsya house Abhimanyu
- “Arjun from the Matsya monarch takes the princess passing fair, For his son by fair Subhadra, nursed by Krishna's loving care, With a godlike grace Yudhishthir stands by faithful Arjun's side, As a father takes a daughter, takes the young and beauteous bride, Joins her hands to Abhimanyu's, and with cake and parched rice, On the altar brightly blazing doth the holy sacrifice.”
- Satyaki recalls Abhimanyu, whom Subhadra bore, and whose wedding brought them from Dwarka.(Book VII (The Preparation) · III. Satyaki's Speech)
- Subhadra mourned her dead son Abhimanyu.(Book IX (Fall of Drona) · III. Abhimanyu's Death)
- With: Abhimanyu
- “Long bewailed the anguished mother, fair Draupadi tore her hair, Matsya's princess, early widowed, shed her young heart's blood in tear!”
Book III (The Imperial Sacrifice) · VII. Yudhishthir Emperor
- married with Arjun “From Yudhishthir's queen Draupadi parts the chief with many a tear, And from Arjun's wife Subhadra, Krishna's sister ever dear,”
- siblings with Krishna “From Yudhishthir's queen Draupadi parts the chief with many a tear, And from Arjun's wife Subhadra, Krishna's sister ever dear,”
Book VI (Cattle-Lifting) · V. Warrior's Guerdon
- child: Abhimanyu “Krishna's sister, fair Subhadra, bore the child of princely grace!”
- siblings with Krishna “Krishna's sister, fair Subhadra, bore the child of princely grace!”
Book VI (Cattle-Lifting) · VI. The Wedding
- married with Arjun “And his sister fair Subhadra, Arjun's loved and longing dame,”
- child: Abhimanyu “Arjun from the Matsya monarch takes the princess passing fair, For his son by fair Subhadra, nursed by Krishna's loving care,”
Book VII (The Preparation) · III. Satyaki's Speech
- child: Abhimanyu “Abhimanyu, son of Arjun, whom the fair Subhadra bore, And whose happy nuptials brought us from far Dwarka's sea-girt shore,”
Book VIII (Fall of Bhishma) · I. Pandavs routed by Bhishma
- child: Abhimanyu “Abhimanyu, son of Arjun, whom the fair Subhadra bore,”
Book VIII (Fall of Bhishma) · III. Bhishma and Arjun meet
- child: Abhimanyu (The line identifies Abhimanyu as Subhadra's boy.) “By my warlike Abhimanyu, fair Subhadra's darling boy,”
Book IX (Fall of Drona) · III. Abhimanyu's Death
- child: Abhimanyu “Dost thou lie on field of battle smeared with dust and foeman's gore, Child of light and love and sweetness whom thy hapless mother bore?”
- siblings with Krishna “Krishna's fair and honoured sister, Arjun's dear and loved wife:”
- married with Arjun “Krishna's fair and honoured sister, Arjun's dear and loved wife:”
Book X (Fall of Karna) · III. Fall of Salya
- child: Abhimanyu “Fair Subhadra morn and evening weeps her dear departed son,”
Book XI (Funeral Rites) · V. Oblation to Karna
- child: Abhimanyu “Not the death of Abhimanyu from the fair Subhadra torn,”
Conclusion
- child: Abhimanyu “This is gallant Abhimanyu whom the fair Subhadra bore,”
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Extracted from the original text of Maha-bharata, The Epic of Ancient India. Made with Rho MD.