Draupadi and Sudheshna

Sudeshna (right) orders Sairandhri (Draupadi in her ingocnito form) to carry wine into Kichaka’s room.

In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Sudeshna was the wife of King Virata, at whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile. She was the mother of Uttar, Uttara and Shankha.

Sudeshna was the daughter of Queen Malavi and a lord of the Kekayas.