He was standing next to the window since evening alone, spending the last moments of his celibate life with himself. This was the most special night in his life. The youngest pandava prince was getting prepared for the arrival of the very moment of his nuptial. His heart skipped a bit with the very thought of which. She is going to enter into his life tonight. The most special, most explicit, most charming lady of Aryavart Yagyaseni Panchali, with very glance of whom mighty warriors come on their knees offering their heart on her feet. Five years back in one beautiful day she garlanded him along with his elders. In these years that was the most thrilling experience in his life, but shy nature prince Sahadev still is unable to think her as his wife. Unlike his elders Sahadev was always uncomfortable with women. He never even in his dream could think that he will marry a girl some day in life. He hesitated even to look at any lady's face, not even the young maids of the palace.
Since childhood his shy nature was both adored and made fun of by his elders. His closed ones were so habituated with his silence that except in the time of wanting some suggestion none comes to talk to him only for talking. He himself too is habituated with the fact. He knows he is overshadowed by his elders but on the same time he is most protected by them too and when its time for talking about some crucial matter they always ask for his opinion. Hence Sahadev is happy with the least attention and most care he gets. But now time has arrived for taking care of someone and he was yet not prepared for that.
The day he had seen Drupad princess in a huge decorated sayamvar hall, his heart got filled with unidentified emotions he never felt before. But he never had any expectation that this most precious lady of Aryavart could be part of his life. He had considered her as the bride of brother Arjuna then, although he was feeling quite uncomfortable being unable to ignore overflowing feelings in his heart. He at once tried to avoid looking at her to hide this discomfort. Then mother's order, elder brother's decision made Draupadi shared wife of them, suddenly she became a part of his life. He silently followed all rituals dream stricken, he was really doubtful wheather his marriage to her was a reality or just a mere imagination. Five years passed after that, still he is unable to be normal with Panchali. He still avoids eye contact with her and talks to her only when he asks for a suggestion. He knows he loves her, she is the first woman in his life, most precious to him but he is not able to think himself as her husband. For him she is still his elder sister-in-law, respectable same as mother. Most of all he thinks he doesn't deserve her. What does he really have? Neither wisdom nor administrative power as brother Yudhisthir, might and protectiveness as brother Bheem, archery and martial skill and charm as brother Arjun and good look as Nakul. All his intelligence gets wiped away thinking that today he has to behave as husband of the most desirable princess of Aryavart.
He remembered few months back when he visited his maternal uncle's place Madradesh, he was given responsibility to take his cousin Madra princess Vijayaa, daughter of his maternal uncle Dyutimat to the temple. Pretty princess Vijayaa was hardly ten years old. But being alone with this small girl too made him shy that even little princess too started teasing him. And now he has to be alone with Panchali, the very name of whom trembles him. The imagination of which stiffened him.