Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Rishi Vaishampayana narrates to King Janamejaya, the children of Pandu &
Drutharashtra successfully completed their studies of Astra & Sastra and
science of armaments under the guidance of Dronacharya and eventually the greatest news
was brought before the King Drutharashtra of Hasthinapur and the venerable
Bhishma Pitamaha son of Ganga, Maharishi Veda Vyasa, Krupacharya, Somadatta, Vidur and Valhika. Dronacharya appealed to King Drutharashtra to
put in order for a grand ceremony to exhibit the aptitude of Pandavas and
Kauravas as they have effectively completed the study of Astra & Sastra. King Drutharashtra was extremely happy,
informed Dronacharya that immense riches awaiting for him as a gift and ordered
for the preparations of a vast recreational site, time and the course of action
etc. King Drutharashtra felt vulnerable
realizing the fact that his blindness would cause an obstruction to witness the
proficiency of his children, ordered Kshatri/Vidura to assist Dronacharya to
make further arrangements for the occasion.
Dronacharya found an appropriate location for the grand
celebration; all the villagers assembled on the site and an initiation ceremony
was conducted to please the deities. Skilled
architects of Kings were constructed magnificent places, put aside various
weapons for the show according to the rules and regulations prescribed in the
scriptures. A huge arena was marvelously
arranged for the female spectators, villagers and rich people were also
constructed spectator area of different sizes according to their status.
On the day of grand event, Bhishma Pitamaha, Kripacharya, dignitaries’
of Kuru Dynasty entered into the magnificent pavilion embellished with gold,
diamonds and precious stones. In a
while, King Drutharahstra entered with the escorts of his ministers. Gandhari, Kunthi, female members of the
royal families in their elegant attire with their assistants assembled in the
arena and took their seats. Brahmin,
Kshtriya, Vaishya and Shudras leaving their cities behind occupied their seats
in the grand pergola with tremendous joy and curiosity to witness the
proficiency of the princes of Hasthinapur.
In a minute, the entire crowd in the city assembled in the pavilion,
reverberating noises of divine musical instruments like flute, and drums gave
out the resemblance to the roar of sea.
Dronacharya attired in white clothes, wearing sacred thread across the
well-built chest, white beard, crystal garlands on his neck, beautifully
smeared sacred ashes on forehead and hands majestically entered into the
pavilion along with his son Ashwathama.
It was the most stunning moment for the spectators to witness
Dronacharya with his son Ashwathama like Moon and the planet Mars
simultaneously in the clear sky. Dronacharya
instructed the scholarly Brahmins to conduct the rituals for the initiation of
the ceremony. The initial rituals were conducted
with highly auspicious chants and divine music.
The numerous weapons were brought into the pavilion by the men.
The princes of Kuru led by Yudhishtira majestically entered into
the pavilion, the young warriors were attired in armor holding numerous weapons
in hand. Each one of them displayed
their skills in various weapons. The
spectators were amazed at the proficiency of the princes of Kuru in the science
of armaments and numerous weapons and it forced them to think of celestials and
they highly praised Dronacharya. They
astonished at the charisma, vigor, compassion, and prowess of the Princes of
Kurus. Vrukodhar Bhima appeared with his weapon mace to face his opponent
Duryodhana, appeared like two mountains, two warriors augmented their vigor and
rambled like two elephants in the pavilion. Vidur narrated the skills of these
two warriors to Drutharashtra, Gandhari and Kunthi.
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