Chapter 33: SWAYUMVAR


    NO ONE''S POV


    THE SWAYUMVAR


    In Draupadi''s swayumvar many maharathi''s hade 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 wee all the present kings and princes. All of you know


    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 mostpetent man can marry her, so I


    ask all the present kings and princes toe forth and exhibit yourpetence, my son Drishtridum


    will now exin the challenge. Drishtridum came and said, "I wee all the guest who havee 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 hispetence,  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 thiseptition, I send my friend Karn to participate instead of me


    as he has dedicated hispetance 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 hispetence himself" hearing this Karn said, "but this


    fighting, if this was apetition 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, simrly 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 sessfully 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 calledpetance as well but what has this kind of


    selfishness butpetance is never selfish, think about it, if you have truepetance tthene


    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 thements 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


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


    who doesn''t has nopetance" 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 sessfully 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 sessfully 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 gand in her hands and put it


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


    The kings and princes and started to get angry and made a n 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 m 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 youst 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 wereing 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 ces 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


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    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 ady 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."


    Thedy 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 thedy 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 thedy''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 be a strong guy who will always protect her" making Aadhya


    smile at hisment 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 me


    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


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


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


    After Draupad knowing and epiting 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.