Editing Subhadra (section)

===Marital life===
[[File:Krishna meets with King Yudisthira.jpg|thumb|Krishna meets with King Yudisthira; and His Companions, Kunti and Subhadra, folio from ''[[Razmnama]]'' (Persian translation of the ''Mahabharata''), dated 1616-1617.]]
Subhadra's marital life, as depicted in the ''Mahabharata'', reveals her significant role within the Pandava family. According to the ''Adi Parva'', upon Arjuna's return from exile to [[Indraprastha]]—the capital of the Pandavas—with Subhadra, he received a warm welcome. Inquiring about his first wife [[Draupadi]], his brothers revealed her reluctance to meet anyone due to anger. Arjuna, in an attempt to reconcile, presented Subhadra to Draupadi disguised as a simple cowherd. Subhadra, portraying herself as a cowherder and Krishna's younger sister, entrusted Draupadi with her belongings, expressing herself as her maid. This gesture cultivated trust and affection, prompting Subhadra to humbly declare her reluctance to replace Draupadi. Touched by this display of love, Draupadi embraced Subhadra, embracing her as a younger sister and acknowledging her as Arjuna's wife.{{sfn|Srivastava|2017}}

Subhadra stayed with Arjuna in Indraprastha where she gave birth to [[Abhimanyu]]. During the Pandavas' [[Vanavasa|exile]] for thirteen years, Subhadra and her son resided with Krishna in [[Dvārakā|Dvaraka]], as documented in the ''[[Vana Parva]]''. She later attended Abhimanyu's wedding in [[Upaplavya]], as described in the ''[[Virata Parva]]''. The death of Abhimanyu in the [[Kurukshetra War]] caused her significant grief, evidenced by her lamentation to Krishna in the ''[[Drona Parva]]''. Following the end of Kurukshetra War, Subhadra returned to Dvaraka with Krishna, according to the ''Ashvamedha Parva''. The same text also records her emotional distress, including instances of syncope, due to her son's death. Subhadra's role became crucial during the birth of [[Parikshit]], Abhimanyu's posthumous son, when the Kuru lineage faced potential extinction due to the risk of a stillborn child. As [[Uttarā (Mahabharata)|Uttara]] underwent labour, and the royal women of the Kuru dynasty gathered, Subhadra, Parikshit's grandmother, reminded Krishna of his prior vow to restore the child. She invoked his virtues of dharma, satya, and satyavikrama, urging him to uphold his promise in accordance with ṛta, the cosmic order. This appeal prompted Krishna to perform a miraculous act, thereby ensuring the survival of the Kuru lineage.<ref name="Lav" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hiltebeitel |first=Alf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BvsDwAAQBAJ&q=krishna+in+the+mahabharata |title=The Ritual of Battle: Krsna in the Mahabharata |date=1 January 2017 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-4034-8 |language=en}}</ref>

Subhadra subsequently travelled to [[Hastinapur|Hastinapura]] to attend Yudhisthira's [[Ashvamedha|Ashvamedha Yajna]], as stated in the ''[[Ashvamedhika Parva|Ashvamedha Parva]]'', where she met her co-wives [[Ulupi]] and [[Chitrāngadā|Chitrangada]]. The ''[[Mahaprasthanika Parva|Mahaprasthana Parva]]'' describes her later life as marked by sorrowful silence.{{sfn|Mani|1975}} After [[Pariksit]] was seated on the throne, while leaving for heaven, [[Yudhishthira]] gave the responsibility of keeping both the kingdoms [[Hastinapura]] ruled by her grandson and [[Indraprastha]] being ruled by Vajranabha, great-grandson of her brother [[Krishna]] in harmony. There is no specific mention in the epic about how and when she died but it is believed that after the [[Pandavas]] along with [[Draupadi]] reached heaven, Subhadra and her daughter-in-law ([[Uttarā]]) went to the forest to dwell the rest of their lives as hermits.<ref>Mahaprasthanika Parva https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m17/m17001.htm </ref>