Here is the third section of the story of the shloka! > Subject: Fwd: Maha Bharatham (3) > > > >> Subject: Maha Bharatham (3) >> >> The particular shloka that will follow herein is part of Virata Parva >> ,with the details of the AGNYATHAVASA of Pandavas. As per this agreement , >> Pandavas must live “incognito” for one year and if they do so they will be >> given back their kingdom that was unfairly taken by Dhuryodhana. >> Pandavas did this in the Virata Desha and they have almost completed that >> task. Dhuryodhana was getting furious and was making all efforts to locate >> them before the end of one year period >> He came to know that there is a possibility that Pandavas are in Virata >> Desha . He therefore consulted his uncle Shamuni as to how to find out the >> truth. As per Shakuni’s advice he sent a small army to Virata Desha first >> to steal their cattle from the pasture land. When the Virata king is >> engaged in fighting with this small army, the main Kaurava army can invade >> Virata from the other side. If Pandavas are in Virata, they will come out in >> open to defend Virata and at that time, they can be spotted and they can be >> sent back again to comlete their promise by another 13 years of exile! >> Accordingly a small contingent went and captured the cattle and as expected >> the King of Virata came out with his small army , to recover the cattle.In >> the meanwhile, the huge main army of Kauravas came out on the other side and >> besieged Virata kingdom. The people of Virata became panicky! The crown >> prince of Virata , Uththara Kumara was in experienced , but had this job on >> hand to fight with the mighty Kaurava army! In the palace he was mKing empty >> boasts that he can himself alone defeat the Kauravas, but he required a >> good chariot Driver (Sarathy) for him to go and fight the Kauravas! >> Ganga Bhatta ( Yudhishtra) realised that their one year incognito life is >> completing that very day! He therefore told everybody that the Dance Master >> Bruhan Nalai (Arjuna) is a good Sarathy and he can mam the chariot of the >> crown prince and go to the battle, and the crown prince will route out the >> Kauravas! Arjuna understood the command is from Yudhishtra and readily >> agreed to go to the battle as the Sarathy of the crown prince! The crown >> prince was caught in a fix and now has to go for the war with the mighty >> KUravas! Tremblingly he mounted the chariot driven by Arjuna and went out to >> the open battle field! >> In the battle field , the kaurava army saw the young boy coming alone in >> the chariot with no help other than the Ratha Sarathy! >> It is at this juncture the words spoken by Acharya Dhrona comes. Sage >> Vyasa has put one of his knotty slokas here.! It will continue in the next >> section! Sridharan.
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