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<div>{{short description|One of the four sons of Arjuna, a character of the Mahabharata}}<br />
{{about|the Mahabharata character|the films|Babruvahana (1964 film)|and|Babruvahana (1977 film)}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}<br />
{{Infobox character<br />
| info-hdr = Information<br />
| image = File:Third son of Arjuna Babruvahana.jpg<br />
| alt = Babruvahana<br />
| caption = A painting of Babruvahana<br />
| family = [[Arjuna]] (father)<br>[[Chitrāngadā]] (mother)<br />
| gender = Male<br />
| home = Manipura<br />
| color = #FFC569<br />
}}<br />
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In the [[Hindu]] epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'', '''Babruvahana''' ({{lang-sa|बब्रुवाहन}}) was the son of [[Arjuna]], a Pandava prince, and [[Chitrāngadā|Chitrangada]], the princess of [[Manipura (Mahabharata)|Manipur]]. Babruvahana was adopted as the heir of Manipur by his maternal grandfather and later reigned at the kingdom.<br />
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==Legend==<br />
[[File: Arjuna is killed by his son Babhnu Vahana in battle.jpg|thumb|left|Arjuna is killed by his son Babru Vahana in battle]]<br />
As per ''[[Mahabharata]]'', Manipura was a kingdom in India. It was ruled by a king named Chitravahana. He had a daughter named Chitrangada, whom he named after the Madhulika flower. For multiple generations, the dynasty did not have more than one heir. Since Chitrasena did not have any other heir, he trained Chitrangada in warfare and rule. Chitrangada was well-versed in warfare and acquired the skills to protect the people of her land. The account is described in [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s play ''Chitra'',<ref>{{cite book|title=The 100 Most Influential Writers of All Time|page=242|editor1=J. E. Luebering|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc|isbn=9781615300051}}</ref> where Tagore depicts Chitrangada as a warrior dressed in male clothes.<ref>{{cite book|title=Chitra - A Play in One Act|page=1|first=Rabindranath|last= Tagore|publisher=Read Books Ltd|year=2015|isbn=9781473374263}}</ref> Arjuna fell in love with her on account of her honesty and courage. They had a son named Babruvahana, whom Chitra reared up after Arjuna left them.<ref name=B>{{cite book|title=Myths and Legends from India - Great Women|last=Bhanu|first=Sharada|publisher=Macmillan India Limited|year=1997|location=Chennai|isbn=0-333-93076-2|pages=7–10}}</ref><br />
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Mahabharata loses mention of Chitra and her kingdom for several chapters. On the other side, the [[Pandavas]] went through various ordeals and finally winning the war against the [[Kauravas]]. [[Yudhishthira]] became the king of Hastinapura. His mind was restless since he always felt bad about killing his own kith and kin during the war. On the advice of sages, he conducted [[Ashvamedha]] yagna, where a decorated horse would be sent across the kingdom and wherever it goes unopposed, the land would be acquired by the king who sent it. Arjuna was tasked to take care of the horse. When Arjuna went to Manipura with the wandering sacrificial horse of the [[Aswamedha]], Babruvahana captured the horse, which, by tradition, meant war against the Pandavas. Arjuna tried to persuade Babruvahana to leave the horse as there was no enmity between Manipura and Hastinapura. Babruvanahana agreed with Arjuna but informed him that he wished to kill Arjuna for his Guru Dakshina.<ref name=B/><br />
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[[File:Arjuna hugs Babruvahana.jpg|thumb|[[Arjuna]] hugs Babruvahana, Ulupi and Chitrāngadā watch them.]]<br />
Arjuna, reluctant to fight a young boy, left and informed a small troop of his army to convince Babruvahana to give the horseback. Babruvahana defeated the army. He also defeated [[Bhima]] and killed Vrishaketu. Knowing this, Arjuna got enraged as Vrishaketu was very dear to him, more than Abhimanyu, as he was his elder brother Karnaś son and took an oath to kill Babruvahana or immolate himself if he gets defeated. [[Arjuna]] fought with Babruvahana and went on the upper hand. Babruvahana defeated Arjuna and killed him. To kill Arjuna Babruvahana used the divine weapon. This divine weapon would kill any person-even monstrous demons. Soon Arjuna got killed because of a curse given to Arjuna by Ganga- Bhishma's mother. Repenting his deed after knowing Arjuna's identity, he was determined to kill himself, but he obtained from his stepmother, the Naga princess [[Uloopi]], a gem called Nagamani which restored Arjuna to life with the help of Krishna. Arjuna, however, repented that he wouldn't be able to live with the remorse due to Vrishketuś death, as he was the one who had ordered Vrishtaketu to engage in battle. Krishna, however, promised that he would restore [[Vrishaketu]] life. After Vrishketu was revived by Krishna, Babruvahana asked Vrishtaketu to forgive him (which he did). Brisket admired Babruvahana's skill in war. Then, the Pandavas, Uloopi, Chitrangada, Babruvahana, Iravan and the armies returned to [[Hastinapura]].<ref name=B/><br />
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==Film adaptation==<br />
The story of Babruvahana has been made into films in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] in 1942 and 1964 and in [[Kannada]] in 1977. The 1964 Telugu film was written and directed by [[Samudrala Raghavacharya]] and starred [[N. T. Rama Rao]], [[S. Varalakshmi]] and [[Chalam (actor)|Chalam]].{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}<br />
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It was made into two Hindi movies in consecutive years, Veer Babruvahan in 1951 by [[Nanabhai Bhatt]] starring [[Shashi Kapoor]], [[S. N. Tripathi]] and Veer Arjun in 1952 starring [[Mahipal]], [[Nirupa Roy]], & [[Trilok Kapoor]].<br />
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The Kannada language film, [[Babruvahana (film)|Babruvahana]] was written and directed by [[Hunsur Krishnamurthy]] and starred [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] as [[Arjuna]] and Babruvahana in a dual role, [[B. Saroja Devi]] as [[Chitrāngadā]], [[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]] as [[Uloopi]] and [[Jayamala]] as [[Subhadra]].{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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* {{cite book<br />
|title=Who is Who in the Mahabharata<br />
|last=Mazumdar |first=Subash |year=1988<br />
|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan<br />
|page=32<br />
|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=omspAAAAYAAJ}}<br />
* Laura Gibbs, PhD. Modern Languages MLLL-4993. Indian Epics.<br />
* Dowson's Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology<br />
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==References==<br />
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* [http://www.mythfolklore.net/india/encyclopedia/babhruvahana.htm Babhruvahana in ''Encyclopedia for Epics of Ancient India'']<br />
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