This king is described to have offered fourteen horses in tribute to the deity Indra after his victory in his ashvamedha ceremony beside this lake, which was named in his honour.
When Draupadi and Bhima expressed their anguish to Yudhishthira regarding his apathy to their state, he counselled caution and discussed the nature of dharma.
The sage Vyasa visited the brothers in the forest and enlightened Arjuna regarding the means of gaining a number of celestial weapons to empower their side.
During this period, the prince Duryodhana visited the Dvaitavana to taunt his cousins, under the pretence of inspecting the cattle-stations of the Kauravas in the vicinity.
[3] Owing to the decline of the deer population, the Pandavas again moved to Kamyaka forest, but returned to Dvaitavana for the third and final time during their twelfth year of exile.