It was in this forest that he rescued Draupadi when she was being carried away (by Jayadratha). It is alone he that for five years studied the science of arms under Indra.
अस्मिन्नेव वने पार्थो हतां कृष्णामवाजयत्॥ एकश्च पञ्च वर्षाणि शनादस्त्राण्यशिक्षत।