Definitions for "Pândava"
in the Mahâbhârata epic, the five Pandu sons (the Pândava) are Yudishtira, Bhîma, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva. Their common wife is the beautiful Draupadi. After a long series of events, they have to mercilessly fight against their cousins, the hundred Kaurava, of whom the chief is Duryodhana, in order to recover their realm, because they had been despoiled from it in the past. The Pandava leader in the battle is Arjuna; the divine Krishnâ gives assistance to Arjuna, driving his chariot. This very famous story is narrated in the Bhagavad Gîtâ, one of the chapters of the Mahâbhârata, when Krishna explains to Arjuna the various Yoga principles