Traditional Tales

When Krishna abducted Rukmini according to her will, he defeated Rukmi. Ever since that, out of shame, Rukmi never returned to his father’s kingdom. He created another capital called Bhojakata and started ruling from there.  Rukmi heard about the upcoming war and marched with his army to offer help to the Pandavas. His ulterior motive was to get closer to Krishna… 
 
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Both Arjuna and Duryodhana were in the room with Krishna, asking for the support in the war. The choices were clear, Krishna would provide his army to one of them and his moral support and guidance to the other. But the question is, who gets to choose first? Duryodhana was eager to go first, so he emphasized that he arrived earlier than Arjuna, thus he should get to choose first.  Krishna replied with a smile, saying, “Of course, you did arrive earlier than Arjuna. But when I woke up… 
 
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Krishna returned to the Pandavas and explained the situation in Hastinapura.  He also delivered Kunti’s message about the war.  Kunti wanted Yudhishthira to always uphold justice, while not giving up on his rights. She had also mentioned not to forget that he is a Kshatriya and that his brothers are his supports. If peace efforts fail, he must not fear to fight to preserve his rights.  She also instructed Krishna to tell the Pandavas… 
 
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King Virata decided to give his kingdom to Yudhishthira, and he wouldn’t take no for an answer. Yudhishthira accepted the Matsya Kingdom, then gifted it back to King Virata, saying a gift should not be refused.  King Virata accepted the kingdom back. Then King Virata requested Arjuna to take his daughter Uttaraa’s hand in marriage.  Arjuna respectfully rejected the request, saying that he had been Uttaraa’s teacher and it is not proper for a teacher to marry his student… 
 
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In Hastinapura, Duryodhana was sure that it was Bhima who killed Kichaka. He wanted to invade King Virata and the Matsya Kingdom to expose the Pandavas.  He cunningly presented his plan to the elders it as expanding their kingdom when the Matsya Kingdom was weak without its protector, Kichaka. His plan worked and the decision was made to attack King Virata.  The next day, the day before the end of the Pandavas’ incognito, they attacked the Matsya Kingdom…
 
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The yaksha was fully satisfied with Yudhishthira’s answers, so he asked him to choose one of his four brothers to be brought back to life. Without a lot of thought, Yudhishthira said he chose Nakula. The yaksha was surprised by Yudhishthira’s answer and questioned him. “By picking Bhima you would have obtained strength, or by picking Arjuna you would have the greatest archer beside you. Why did you pick Nakula?” Yudhishthira respectfully replied, “We are five brothers, sons of Kunti and Madri. Out of Mother Kunti’s three sons, I am still alive but…
 
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The Sage Durvasa headed towards Kamyaka forest from Hastinapura. He and his disciples arrived late in the day, after all the Pandava clan had finished their meals for the day, including Draupadi. Not only had she eaten, but she also cleaned the wish-fulfilling bowl bestowed by Surya, the Sun God, and put it away. Akshaya Patra produced the food in any quantity desired at every meal and became empty only after Draupadi has taken her own meal, to fill up the next day once again. When Draupadi saw Durvasa and his disciples, her heart ached as she had already eaten and washed the wish-fulfilling bowl. She was bewildered about how to serve them… 
 
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A brahmin visited the court of King Dhritarashtra. The priest revealed that he had seen the Pandavas in the forest. He went on describing the details, explaining the hardship they were living under. Hearing about the condition of the Pandavas, Dhritarashtra’s heart ached and tears fell from his eyes. The brahmin continued, saying that even with all the hardship, the eldest of the Pandavas, Yudhishthira, with his severe penance had acquired boons not only from the sages on this earth but also from the celestial beings...
 
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After visiting many sacred places of pilgrimage and listening to wonderful stories, the Pandavas reached Badrikashrama, located on the way to the holy mountain Kailash. The forest in the area was lovely, full of flowers with many different colors. As Draupadi was enjoying it all, she found a beautiful fragranced flower which had been blown by the wind from the north. She asked Bhima to find the place where the flower came from so he could bring her more flowers of that kind. She wanted to offer them to…
 
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As Harishchandra’s son refused to leave his mother, he was sold along with his mother. Harishchandra hugged his son tightly to his chest, bursting into a stream of tears. His wife Chandramathi fell flat at her husband’s feet to get his blessings before departing. The cruel-hearted old man who bought them, without mercy yelled at them to follow his lead. arishchandra watched them leave, in desperation unable to do anything…
 
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After living happily for almost a year, a few days before the predicted death of Satyavan, Savitri took a vow and performed severe austerities. On the last day, when Satyavan picked up his axe to go into the forest, Savitri rose early and requested him to take her along with him to the forest. While he was cutting wood, she made garlands sitting under a tree. After a while Satyavan felt a little tired and came and lay down resting his head in Savitri's lap. Suddenly there was darkness and Savitri saw Yama, the God of Death, taking the soul of her husband… 
 
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The Pandavas traveled to holy places in the forest. Sage Lomasa told the Pandavas the story about the great scholar Ashtavakra.  He gave them the teaching that a weak or ignorant father may have a strong or scholarly son.  The greatness of a person is not measured by their physical appearance or age.  The Pandavas received additional teachings from other sages including the importance of sincerity, faithfulness, self-control and duty.
 
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They reached the hermitage of Sage Raibhya and Sage Lomasa told them about the sanctity of this holy place. Then he started to recite the story of Bharadvaja’s son Yavakrida. He wished to gain knowledge of the scriptures quickly without seeking a teacher. Instead of learning for years, he chose a shortcut — to please Indra, the Lord of the Devas, asking him for direct knowledge of the Vedas. So, he did intense penance and austerities to achieve this. Indra appeared and advised that austerities are not the way to gain knowledge. After many refusals, Indra at last blessed Yavakrida with knowledge of the Vedas, but with a lot of reluctance. Yavakrida became very proud to have learned Vedas directly from Indra instead of through conventional learning. After becoming a scholar in the Vedas, Yavakrida grew an attitude.  He was thinking that he had…
 
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It had been five long years since Arjuna left them. As they hadn’t heard about Arjuna for a very long time, again the Pandavas started to worry about him. During this time Sage Lomasha visited them. Through his divine vision he was able to know about Arjuna’s wellbeing and comforted Pandavas. Sage Lomasha advised the Pandavas to go on a pilgrimage.  Yudhishthira humbly requested the sage to join and guide them.  The sage happily agreed…
 
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One day while Nala was wandering alone, he came across a lake with some beautiful swans.  Especially one of them really caught his attention. He slowly crept forward and caught the swan.  The bird cried out in pain while the other swans waited helplessly.  Nala spoke softly to the swan assuring it that he wouldn’t harm it and brought it to his palace.  To free itself, the Swan told him about Damayanti, the charming daughter of King…
 
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