Dhaumya

Quick Facts

About Dhaumya

The steadfast family priest of the Pandavas, who accepted them when they were fugitives without a kingdom. He performed their marriage to Draupadi, sustained them with counsel and ritual through thirteen years of exile, and remained at their side until the end.

In Their Words

A priest's place is beside his people, in palaces or in forests.

Dhaumya

Traits

• Steadfast
• Learned
• Humble
• Guide

Story Appearances

• The House of Lac and the DemonsBecomes the Pandavas' priest❧ 17 min

Stories Featuring Dhaumya

39 further tales on this site name Dhaumya, in canonical reading order.

• UpamanyuThe Student in the WellAdi Parva ‧ 6 min
• Chitraratha at the GangaThe Gandharva at the Night FordAdi Parva ‧ 7 min
• Kunti's BlessingA mother-in-law names seven wives, a throne nobody owns yet, and a son not yet bornAdi Parva ‧ 12 min
• The Teacher Who RememberedThe third disciple and what he refused to pass onAdi Parva
• The Vow of the Soft TongueVyasa's warning, and the promise Yudhishthira made insteadSabha Parva ‧ 16 min
• What the Blind King Was ToldDuryodhana's inventory of the rajasuya, and the quarrel it startedSabha Parva ‧ 21 min
• The Road Out of HastinapuraWhat Vidura read in the way they walkedSabha Parva ‧ 19 min
• The Vows Sworn Before ExileFour brothers name their killings on the way out of the dice hallSabha Parva ‧ 23 min
• Krishna Takes Leave of IndraprasthaThe farewell on the road to Dwaraka, and the promise to returnSabha Parva ‧ 11 min
• Adventures in the ForestTwelve Years of Pandava ExileVana Parva ‧ 30 min
• Draupadi's Trials in ExileThe Sari, the Sage, and a Question to a QueenVana Parva ‧ 24 min
• The Abduction of DraupadiJayadratha's Crime and the Five Tufts of ShameVana Parva ‧ 19 min
• The Ones Who Would Not Turn BackThe city walks out with its kings, and a sage answers the weepingVana Parva ‧ 21 min
• The Promise Made in the Kamyaka WoodsThe allies arrive, and Draupadi asks Krishna what her friendship is worthVana Parva ‧ 17 min
• The Court of Sages at the Dvaita LakeAn exile that filled up with brahmanas instead of soldiersVana Parva ‧ 17 min
• The Mountain That Answers SpeechWhere a sage's temper made silence the price of passageVana Parva ‧ 16 min
• The Sage at the LimitA skeleton ascetic marks the line mortals may not crossVana Parva ‧ 21 min
• The Map of the WorldsA priest naming the four quarters of the cosmos from a mountain shoulderVana Parva ‧ 17 min
• The Weapons That Must Not Be ShownA demonstration the three worlds could not surviveVana Parva ‧ 16 min
• The Horses of VamadevaA loan not returned, and two kings undone by the same refusalVana Parva ‧ 17 min
• Who Falls From Heaven FirstNarada rides with four kings and ranks their generosityVana Parva ‧ 18 min
• Indra Comes to GandhamadanaMatali brings Arjuna home from heaven, and the king of the gods follows him downVana Parva ‧ 11 min
• Dhaumya, the Quiet PriestThe greatness of those who only serveVana Parva
• The Copper Vessel of the SunHow the exile was fed for twelve yearsVana Parva
• The Four Quarters of the Sacred LandA priest reciting the map of BharatavarshaVana Parva
• The Ford of the FathersWhat a son is for, learned before KurukshetraVana Parva
• The Rakshasa at the Gate of KamyakaThe first night of the twelve yearsVana Parva
• The King of FordsWhere two rivers and a third nobody sees meetVana Parva
• Pushkara, the First FordThe lake that undercuts its own promisesVana Parva
• Why the Moon WanesA household injustice repaid in the skyVana Parva
• What Dhaumya Told Them About KingsThe rules for living inside another man's palaceVirata Parva ‧ 16 min
• The Goddess on the Road to MatsyaA king with nothing left prays walkingVirata Parva ‧ 17 min
• The Count of the DeadKrishna's blunt answer, and a king who could see where they had goneStri Parva ‧ 16 min
• The Crowning of YudhishthiraA king anointed by the man he could not saveShanti Parva ‧ 20 min
• The Names That Cleanse SinAsked what destroys sin, Bhishma answers with a litany of gods, rivers, mountains, sages and kingsAnushasana Parva ‧ 15 min
• The Vow of Ten and Two YearsKrishna keeps a twelve year vow on the mountain and a fire walks out of his mouthAnushasana Parva ‧ 19 min
• The Mysteries of Religion, Part OneThe deities, the Pitris and the Rishis each give up a duty whose reason is secretAnushasana Parva ‧ 24 min
• Four Faces and a Blue ThroatUma asks her husband to account for himselfAnushasana Parva ‧ 19 min
• The Court Comes to the ForestAn Army Marches Out to Visit Two Old AsceticsAshramavasika Parva ‧ 18 min

Character Arc

1. 1The AcceptanceTakes five fugitives as his charge
2. 2The ExileWalks beside them through the forests

Key Relationships

• Priest & Counselor➝Yudhishthira
• Officiated her marriage➝Draupadi

Places in Dhaumya's Story

Drawn from the stories Dhaumya appears in.

• Kamyaka Forestकाम्यक वन
• Dvaitavanaद्वैतवन
• Gandhamadanaगन्धमादन
• Amaravatiअमरावती
• Badarikashramaबदरिकाश्रम
• Nagalokaनागलोक
• Angaअंग
• Sindhu Kingdomसिंधु
• Banks of the Gangaगङ्गा तट
• Utkochaka Tirthaउत्कोचक
• Forest Hermitageवन आश्रम
• Virataविराट

Related Characters

Others counted among the Divine Beings.

• ❉Krishna
• ◭Hanuman
• ❧Kacha
• ≈Goddess Ganga
• ★The Eight Vasus
• ॐSage Vyasa