Ulupi/Uloopi (link): Ulupi is known as the "Naga Princess" who was the daughter of Kouravya, the ruler of the serpents who lived in the water. It was because of a curse that Ulupi became his second wife. Ulupi was instantly attracted to Arjuna and pretty much forced and seduced him to take her as his wife. Arjuna gives in even though he is still married to Draupadi. Ulupi and Arjuna have a son named Iravan together. As mentioned earlier, Arjuna has a curse on him but it is Ulupi who ultimately saves his life and frees him of the curse. Therefore, in the end, should not Arjuna be thankful for Ulupi and that she forced him to be her husband?! Haha:)
Draupadi (link): Draupadi is a beautiful woman who becomes the first wife of Arjuna. In all actually, I believe that Draupadi is actually the common wife among the Arjuna and his four brothers. Arjuna was the one who actually won the Draupadi's hand in marriage, but it was Arjuna's mother that told him to share his blessings and therefore he shared his wife among his brothers. Draupadi had a total of five sons, one from each of her husbands. There is mention of a man by the name of Duryodhana who hated Draupadi and a mention of a war. If I were to write this story, my original goal was to talk about the marriage of Draupadi and Arjuna so I was not going to mention anything that did not pertain to the marriage.
Subhadra (link): Subhadra is another one of Arjuna's wife who is also the sister of Arjuna's best friend, Krishna. When Arjuna first meets Subhadra, he is smitten by her beautiful looks that Krishna basically encourges Arjuna to take his sister as his wife. Arjuna listens to him and they devise a plan to kidnap Subhadra. There is a quote that states, "...a forcible abduction for purposes of marriage is applauded." This quote is intriguing and this story could be fascinating to read and do a retelling about.
Chitrangada (link): I know we were only suppose to mention three possible stories, but I did not want to leave out Arjuna's fourth wife. Therefore, I wrote a teeny bit about her for a possible story. Chitrangada correlates to Ulupi through a battle between Chitrangada's son and Arjuna. While on his exile, Arjuna meets Chitrangada, who is the daughter of the king of Manipur. Arjuna falls in love with her but in exchange for her hand in marriage, Arjuna must not take away Arjuna or any of their children away from Manipur, as they are the ones next in line for the thrown. Arjuna promises, they have a child together, but along the way Chitrangada believes that Arjuna is involved in adultery so she makes a vow to herself that her son will battle Arjuna some day. Fast forward many years and the intertwining of the lives of Arjuna, Ulupi, Chitrangada, and Babruvahana (the son of Arjuna and Chitrangada). The story could be interesting to write about a love triangle with a secret revenge.
Arjuna. Source: Wikimedia Commons
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