Sahdev paid heed and when he found some time alone, he ate his fatherвЂ™s brain. Just before he was about to die, Pandavas father Pandu wished that one of his should eat his brain for the sake of knowledge. Duryodhana again went to Bhishma and asked for another set of arrows but was denied. Being a Kshatriya, Duryodhana had to keep his promise. Arjuna then went to Duryodhana and reminded him of the boon andВ asked for the five golden arrows. And also told him about the five golden arrows kept by Bhishma with Duryodhana. When Arjuna credited his boonДuring the Mahabharata war, Krishna reminded Arjuna of his pending boon. Arjuna said he would ask for it when he needed something. Duryodhana was now humiliated, as the man who saved him was the enemy whom he insulted several times and out of guilt and realization offered him to ask a boon. It was Arjun who helped him out and set him free. When Duryodhana was taking a bath in the lake, prince Gandharvas came and took him captive after a fight. Duryodhana asked Arjun to ask for a boonД«efore the epic war, when Pandavas were living in a forest in exile, Duryodhana set up his camp near a lake in the same forest. People from Udupi even today are into the catering business. People realized it a little late and were amazed with the fact that how could he calculate the exact amount of food to be cooked. It so turned out that each day, the food was enough for every single person, neither less nor more. The King of Udupi decided to be neutral during the war, but provided food for the people involved in the battle. But Duryodhana never believed him and asked to keep the golden arrows in his custody for the night, with theВ promise to return the arrows the next morning. Hurt byВ the accusation, Bhishma took out five golden arrows,В chanted a few mantras and vowed to kill the five Pandavas in the morning. He accused him because of his affection towards Pandavas. When Kauravas were losing the battle in Kurukshetra, Duryodhana blamed Bhishma for not taking part in the war properly. He then collected it in a pot and stored it in dark place in his ashram.В вЂDronamвЂ™ means pot and вЂDronarвЂ™ is one who was born from the pot. Moved by the heavenly beauty and overpowered by the moment Rishi Bhardwaj emitted his semen. And then something unthinkable happened and her very single loin cloth slipped off her body. On seeing the Rishi, she came out of the river wearing a single loin cloth. He saw a heavenly beauty bathing at his usual spot. His father was Rishi Bhardwaj and mother was an apsara named Krithaji.В One day, Rishi Bhardwaj went to bathe at a bank of river Ganga before his evening prayers. Not known to many, he was the first ever test tube baby of the world. First ever test tube baby of the worldДronacharya was the guru of both Kaurava and Pandava and one of the most important characters of Mahabharata. Karna then offered those washed teeth to the Brahmin. In spite of his condition, Karna struck the sky with his arrow bringing rainfall. The Brahmin refused to accept blood-stained teeth. Not wanting to turn a Brahmin away,В Karna took a stone and broke all his teeth and offered them to him. The Brahmin found it to be a wicked act and turned down the offer. Offering his gold teeth, Karna asked the Brahmin to break his teeth and take them. ThatвЂ™s when Lord Krishna decided to take his test and appeared before KarnaВ inВ the form of a Brahmin and begged forВ alms. And, he showed this even in his last moments lying in the battlefield gasping for his last breath. Karna was one of the pivotal characters in Mahabharata, known for his benevolence. But all these stories missed some things, something thatВ KHURKIВ brings to youВ todayвЂ¦ Karna proved his greatness even in his last moments Our country has always been a great admirer of Mahabharata as the epic has offered many lessons to be learnt from each episode.В Several short films, feature films, animated films, comics, short stories have been made in the name of Mahabharata. One of the oldest epics the mankind has ever seen or believed in is none other than Mahabharata.

Short stories from mahabharata