Aadhya Strength Of Pandavas

Chapter 33: SWAYUMVAR

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THE SWAYUMVAR

In Draupadi's swayumvar many maharathi's had come like the crown prince of Vidarbha, Rukmi, the

prince of Hastinapur Duryodhan, with his 99 brothers, King Karna of Anga, Shakuni from Gandhar, the

King of Cheddi Shishupal, Shindhu Raj Jaydrath and many more kings and princes.

After their entrance, King Drupad said, "I welcome all the present kings and princes. All of you know © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

why you have been invited, it's for the swayumvar of my daughter who is gifted to me by the heavens,

a divine born from the fire, who is pure and radiant, only the most competent man can marry her, so I

ask all the present kings and princes to come forth and exhibit your competence, my son Drishtridum

will now explain the challenge. Drishtridum came and said, "I welcome all the guest who have come for

my sister's swayumvar. Such device has set up which cannot be conquered by any ordinary warrior,

reveling the bow he continues, -this divine bow can only be lifted by a person who has nothing but

confident in his competence, even a little shadow of doubt in one's heart they will feel the weight of this

bow even more then of a mountain.

The string can be only tied by a person who has no desire, anger and greed, one who knows to bear it,

to him this art shouldn't be for gaining something but to learn something further" after saying that he

takes out his bow and shoots a arrow to the sky reveling the challenge. The challenge was to shoot an

arrow on the fish's eye swimming in the sky by looking at it's reflection in the water only by one arrow.

After seeing the contest Shakuni asked Duryodhan if he could win or not and he replied, "I can't

mamashree my archery is not that good, plus I can't insult my self for a women" hearing this Shakuni

moved his head saying, "nahi, mere bache it's not about a woman but about politics, think if we win this

swayumvar we will have alliance with kampilya as well, we already have the other half with

Ashwathama" Duryodhan replied, "even tho mamashree I can't win it and this swayumvar was is kept

to insult all of us present here, because if it were meant to keep for a great warrior they would have

kept mace fighting or sword fighting, as who will be able to win in this?" hearing this Karna said, "I can

win this mitra, if this wasn't a swayumvar I would have participated."

Hearing this Shakuni smiled and said, "you can still participate in this swayumvar angraj, just

participate on behalf of Duryodhan and win it" Karna nodded and said, "then I shall participate in this

swayumvar for my mitra Duryodhan."

DRAUPADI'S ENTRY

Draupadi entered making everyone awestruck, she looked very radiant and walked with elegance, her

every step made people more mesmerised by her looks and beauty, touching the bow in respect and

greeting everyone she sat on her sit and the swayumvar started.

Many kings and princes tried but couldn't even lift the bow, soon it was Duryodhan's chance, he said,

"Pranipat king Drupad to take part in this comeptition, I send my friend Karn to participate instead of me

as he has dedicated his competance to me" after he finished Karn came forward to participate when

Drishtidyum said, "wait!! Forgive us Ang Raj but we can't give you permission to participate like this, the

person who will marry my sister has to show his competence himself" hearing this Karn said, "but this

compitition is not fair, one's competence is not limited to his archery skills, my mitra is skilled in mace

fighting, if this was a competition of mace fighting no one whould have won against him and he would

have surely would be known superior" to which Drishtidum replied, "but we want a person who is best

in archery" karn then said, "even so I still have the right to participate instead of him" to which Krishna

replied, "like a tree only grows with water and not milk, similarly you can't show his strenght" hearing

this Duryodhan got up and said, "okay then my mitra Karn will participate as the king of Ang, then no

one shall have any problem right?" Krishna just noded and sat on his chair.

Karn went towards the bow, he was able to successfully pick it up, he took the arrow and looked at the

reflection in the water, he amied and missed it! Leaving Duryodhan and others in shock and king

Drupad started to get worried, will anyone be able to win this?

PANDAVAS

They were going the opposite direction of Kampilya, a voice asked, "where are you going Bharamans?"

turning they all saw a old man sitting by a tree, Yudhisthir answered, "we are in search of bhiksha" the

old man replied, "why go somewhere else, when you can get bhiksha in Kampilya?" Arjun replied to

this question, "we do not have any interest going there" and Sahadev added, "if you have any bhiksha,

it will be great if you can give us some" the old man looked down and said, "I don't have anything, I

wanted to go to kampilya for bhiksha, but I'm cripple, I wish I could go there as they are giving away

delicious food and gold, I suggest you to go there and carry me with you" hearing this they all looked at

ech other with uncertain expressions and the old man continued, "why would you help me? My own

son has left me" they all looked sad and decided to help the old man and started their journey to

kampilya.

Reaching the swayumvar they saw so many kings and princes were present there, and saw how no

one was able to even lift the bow, they heard Drupad announcing, "Seeing no one could win I invite the

Bharamins to participate" hearing this everyone looked at each other and the Bhramin who brought

pandavas here shouted, "you guys look very strong one of you participate and win this" hearing this

everyone turned towards the Bhramins making them panic about getting recognized and Arujun said,

"jesth we should leave now before anyone recognises us" Yudhisthir nodded and said, "let's go" and

they started to leave.

They were leaving when they heard Krishna say, "where are you going young Bhramins, knowing you

have the strength to win yet you are leaving is called competance as well but what has this kind of

competance ever done good for this world, to only think about your happiness, sadness and oath is

selfishness but competance is never selfish, think about it, if you have true competance tthen come

forward and participate in the swayumvar" hearing this they turned around and Bheem said, "your mitra

vasudev has invoked you as well has assured you, now you can not back away" and Yudhisthir added,

"if Krishna is saying you should go participate" nodding Arjun touches Yudhishtir and Bheem's feet

taking their blessing he started to move towards the arena.

Ignoring the comments Arjun went ahead and said, "my greeting to king Drupad, my greetings to

vasudev Krishna, Princess Shrikhandini and Princess Draupadi I bow before you" making everyone

laugh and Rukmi said, "if by any chance you end up marrying Princess Draupadi will you keep her in a

temple" to which Arjun replied, "every women is a roop of mata durga, we should respect them and

who doesn't has no competance" and Krishna added, "every house is a temple and our wife is the

murti, don't worry prince Rukmi I also always bow to your sister with all my heart everyday" making

Rukmi scoff, moving ahead Arjun went towards the bow and touching it gave his respect to it, picking

up the bow successfully he tied the string with ease, making all the present kings and prince's jealous,

he took the arrow in his hand and started to aim, after aiming he shot the arrow successfully hitting the

target and wining the swayumvar lot of flowers were showered on him and the Bhramins present there

started to celebrate happily because a Bhramin won and the other pandavas were happy about their

brothers victory, while the present kings and princes were fuming in anger and jealousy.

Coming down elegantly towards Arjun, reaching there Draupadi took the garland in her hands and put it

around Arjun's neck, and Arjun took the garland and put it around Draupadi's neck.

The kings and princes and started to get angry and made a plan to attack the five Bhramins and

Draupadi as they felt very insulted becuase what they couldn't do was done by a mere Bhramin, as the

pandavas and draupadi were about to exit they all started to attack them making Bheem unroot a tree

and slam it on the ground making all of them retreve, The pandavas then started their journey back to

the hut thinking about Kunti's and Aadhya's reaction.

AADHYA

Aadhya was returning towards the hut after getting some fruits for herself and Kunti when she saw a

kid crying alone she went towards him and puts a hand on his head making him look up sacred then

she says, "I won't hurt you, tell me what happened, I will try my best to help you, so stop crying hmm!"

the kid wipe his tears and said, "I'm lost, me and my mother were going to the swayumvar, but I got lost

and now I'm here" finishing what he said he started to sob and seeing this Aadhya hugged him and

said, "don't worry kid, I will take you to your mata, for now tell me your name, I'm Aadhya" she smiled

saying that, the boy looked at her and said, "I'm Varad" Aadhya smiled and said, "you have such a nice

name Varad, let's go search your mata, but first here have some fruits I'm sure the crying has made

you hungry, oh my I even hear your stomach asking for food, here have some fast before your stomach

starts to cry" she gave the fruits to him making him giggle at what she said, he sat down and he started

eating some fruits making Aadhya smile assured.

Aadhya asked, "so where did you last saw your mata? we should start from there it will be best, as she

might be waiting there for you or searching for you near there" he just nodded and said, "the troops of

kings and prince's were coming so it became a little chaotic which is the reason I got separated from

her and ended up here" Aadhya nodded understanding and replied, "it's okay, let's start to search her

from kampilya boarder" after few minutes he finished eating fruits and they both started their path

towards kampilya. After a walk of 10 minutes Varad started getting tired, seeing this Aadhya carried

him and started walking saying, "I think it's better I carry you so you can have a proper view" he smiled

and said, "okay!" making Aadhya smile happily as well.

Searching for his mother, they went all the places they thought she could be at, it was above lunch time

and Aadhya was praying that they find his mother soon, as she can see Varad is starting to get restless

plus even mata kunti and her bothers would have started worrying for her, she then thought that she

should go to Mahadev Mandir as she might be there, reaching the Mandir she saw a lady crying and

saying, "mahadev please return my putra to me! He is the only thing left in my life, he is the reason I'm

still living" and Varad says, "mata!!!!!!" without wasting any second he ran towards his mata as soon as

aadhya kept him down, the women turned around hearing a familiar voice and started crying happy

tears when she saw it's her son. Varad jumps in her arms and started crying and said, "I missed you

so much mata, why did you let go my hand!", she kissed him all over his face said, "I'm sorry Varad I

will never let go of your hand again from now on!" Varad stopped crying and said, "Aadhya jiji got me

here mata, without her I still would be sitting in the forest near the borders."

The lady looked up seeing Aadhya she joined her hands and said, "putri thank you, thank you very

much you have returned my life back to me!!" Aadhya held her hands and said, "please don't join your

hands and thank me, you are elder then me and this was my duty, instead just give me a blessing"

hearing this the lady smiles and says, "putri you are such a wonderful person, may mahadev bless you

with a husband you love, the house you marry to will have lots of joy and prosperity" smiling she

nodded and touched the lady's feet taking her blessing. Aadhya then said, "mata I shall go now, even

my family is waiting for me, she got down to Varad and patted his head saying, "strong boy I will take

my leave now! never let go of your mata's hand, stay happy with your mother and take good care of

her" Varad smiled and said, "I will become a strong guy who will always protect her" making Aadhya

smile at his comment she ruffled his head and took her leave.

Reaching the Hut she sees everyone in a serious mood and sees Draupadi!? And kunti crying??

Shocked she asked, "sakhi what are you doing here? What happened why is everyone so serious And

why are you crying mata? What happened?" Sahadev spoke as he was the closest to her, he told her

everything that happened in her absence, making Aadhya shock. She turned around and questioned

Arjun asking, "why would you talk with mata indirectly when you knew she was in dhyan, you know we

did this once and shared the punishment with bharata bheem, HOW can you forget that!!!!" Look what

has happened now, even you jesth bharata how could you let this happen?"

Aadhya looked down and said, "it was my fault as well I should have joined you guys instead or only if I

found Varad's mata sooner I would have got here faster and this wouldn't happen who am I to blame

you all" saying this she turned to Draupadi and said, "sakhi please forgive me I-" before she could say

anything further or convince them not to do this, Maharishi Veda vays said, "it was all destined putri, in

her last birth she had received a boon of 5 husbands from mahadev, this is all according to her boon"

Aadhya looked down and accepted the fact and didn't say a word after that.

After Draupad knowing and accepiting the situation with the help of Krishna, Draupad said, "the

wedding will be held tomorrow morning" agreeing to this they all went to their given chambers without

talking much, letting this dreadful situation sink in.