Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Rishi Vaishampayana narrates, the encounter
between the two equal forces such as Duryodhana and Bhima created a huge chaos
amongst the audience, they shrieked calling out the names of their favorite
princes and the pavilion looked a lot like roaring sea. Dronacharya
ordered Ashwathama to bring a halt to the battle between Bhima & Duryodhana
in order to bring peace amongst the audience otherwise it may create abhorrence
amongst them. The two warriors were holding their mace and puffed like
lions on each other, like whirlwind at the time of deluge. Ashwathama
intervened and controlled the two warriors; Dronacharya entered the field and
ordered to stop the sounds of musical instruments, further he publicized at the
top of his voice about his abundance of love towards Arjun as his son and
declared the forthcoming performance of Arjun/ Partha who is well versed in the
science of armaments, son of Lord Indra and equivalent to Lord Vishnu brother
of Lord Indra. Arjuna who has the brilliance of Lord Surya in golden
armor, holding bow and arrow gushed to the field from the crowd.
The whole audiences were shrieked with enormous
delight after witnessing the mesmerizing presence of Arjun. The pavilion
was flooded with the reverberating noises of conch followed by divine musical
instruments. The audiences raised awe-inspiring voices praising the
fearlessness of Arjun ‘He is the righteous son of Kunthi’ ‘He is the third son
of Kunthi’ ‘He is the son of valorous Lord Indra’ ‘He is the protector of Kuru
race’ ‘He is the valorous amongst the warriors’ ‘He is the most intelligent and
honorable’ etc..etc.. Prutha/Kunthi shed tears of joy listening to the cries of
the audience. Drutharashtra was jubilant at the rumbling noises of the
crowd and enquired Vidur ‘Oh! Kshatri, what was the reason for the sudden
cries of people like the roaring of sea which is audible to the sky?
Vidur in a state of ecstasy answered that it was the appearance of
Phalguna/Arjun, son Pandu &Prutha into the pavilion created such a huge
welcoming cries from the people gathered. Drutharashtra in a state of
bliss admired the three sons of Pandu & Kunthi, as untainted fire;
predicted that these righteous sons of Pandu & Kunthi are capable to
provide him sanctity, compassion and protection.
The audience witnessed the marvelous
performance of Vipatsu/Arjuna on intricate lessons in the science of armaments
and it brought immense pleasure in the crowd. He effortlessly used
various weapons, Agneya Astra to create colossal fire, Varunastra to create
torrential rain, Vayavya Astra to create colossal air, Parjanya Astra to create
heavy clouds, Boumastra to create Earth, Parvatya Astra to create huge
mountains; finally he utilized Andhardhanastra to vanish the above substances
he had created. Arjun performed the Eight supernatural powers
in Yogic practices such as Anima/ Ability to reduce one’s size into an atom, Garima/
Ability to increase one’s weight, Mahima/Ability to obtain gigantic form,
Laghima/Ability to make one’s body immersed in light, Prapati/Ability to
acquire anything, Prakamya/ Ability to obtain whatever desired, Ishitva/The
power of absolute Lordship, Vasitva/ The ultimate power to bring everything
under control. Arjuna revealed his excellence in Archery. In this
way, Arjuna mesmerized the crowd with his astonishing performances with Sword,
Mace, Bow and arrow. At last, Arjuna’s performance has come to an end; it
brought extreme silence in the audience. Suddenly, a loud applauds raised
from the crowd which revealed the prowess of the person. The people
gathered were perplexed, looked around searching for the individual and
whispered ‘Was that Earth shattered? Or the mountain?’ The crowd
witnessed Dronacharya stood majestically amongst the five Pandavas, resembles
stars in the sky and the destroyer of enemy Duryodhana and his hundred valorous
brothers holding the mace stood along with Ashwathama.
