Arjun - The Nara Incarnation

Chapter 13

Years passed by, Arjun along his brothers started growing up. With age he started becoming more intrigued with things related to archery. Archery was his first love. There was no doubt about that.

He used to wake up early, went to the nearest holy shrine, take bath and pay respect to Sun God . Taking water in his leaf bowl he used to pray to the Shivling that he made.

Shivling. With time Arjun devotion towards Lord Shiva was increasing massively. He used to do it with such devotion that the ascetics of that place were in awe of that .

The young guy who could barely stand up was now taking gaits like that of an elephant. His innocent eyes has become sharp but it still holds the same love.

Arjun attracted respect, no he never demanded it. He attracted it. People felt like bowing down to this young boy. It didn't made sense to them. He was just a regular young fellow. Wasn't he? Deep down they all knew he wasn't.

Arjun discovered a lot of things during this phase, like the purpose of his birth. The sole purpose of his birth was to make his eldest brother king and establish Dharma.

His father never told him about this in details. But he was told that it included wars. A lot of wars from his side.
His Karmbhoomi would be in war grounds.

Wars. This was the reason he was born. To fight wars. The might of the Kingdom depends on the might of the soldiers of that Kingdom. A weak virtuous King can easily be thrashed by an evil tyrant King. And Arjun knew that. Along with Maryada purshotam Lord Ram was also a great warrior.

( Lord Ram)

Even the tridev has their own weapons. Why Lord Brahma has Brahmastra to destroy when he was the one who created things? Why Lord Vishnu who is the preserver of the world require mace and Chakra? Why Lord Shiva who is known as Bholenath, needs trident? Even they knew the importance of warfare. They use these weapons when it is required. But still it does not change their basic nature of creator, preserver and the destroyer of the universe.

( Lord Brahma)

( Lord Vishnu)

( Lord Shiva)

Yes, war brings destruction. But when fight for the right cause, for the uprooting of evil it is always worth it . Sometimes for creating new things you need to destroy certain things.

Sometimes it is just necessary to pick up your weapons. Otherwise why the Goddess who is known as the mother of the universe would require such swaroop?

( Goddess Durga)

( Goddess Kali)

Arjun sighed. As these thoughts were quarrelling on his mind.

He looked around himself. The sun was setting slowly and he suddenly felt heavy. He loved nature. Climbing rocks, mountains was his favorite time pass. Swimming provided him new thrill. He loved nature. Nature provided him belongingness to the Almighty. Nature provided him detachment. Nature provided him thoughts.

But today was different. Even though he was surrounded with nature. His mind was not calm. The wind flew shuddering the leaves but Arjun was unable to breathe.

His throat was clogged and he gulped painfully. Tears were prickling his eyes. He didn't knew why he was crying. It was like someone has stabbed him to death.

He harshly wiped his tears and decided to go back home. His mother had strictly advised him to come back early. Deciding to leave the place he decided to go back home where preparations were going on.

Preparations for tomorrow.

Preparations for his birthday.