Pandavas had been burnt to death in a fire in their palace in Varanavata. But then he had also heard
As the day of the swayamwara drew nearer, Draupadi became anxious. King Drupada had heard that the that they had escaped safely and were moving about in disguise.
King Drupada thought, "I wish the Pandavas come here for Draupadi's swayamwara."
On the day of the swayamwara. A big bow was kept in the open space where the swambara was to be held.
The target was a golden fish, which was fixed on a revolving disc on the top of a pillar in the middle of a artificial pond.
Draupadi would marry the man who could shoot an arrow and pierce the eye of the fish above by looking at its reflection in the water of the pond below.
