The Pandevas entered there last year of exile. The disguised
themselves as workers in various professions and lived in King Varata’s court.
They realized that if someone had found them in possession of celestial weapons
it would raise suspicions. They all searched the city for a safe and secure
place to hide their weapons.
After a short search, Arjuna came across an old shami tree
in the cremation grounds. He reasoned that no one would ever think that
anything of value would be hidden in in the cremation grounds. He met up with
his brothers and told them of his idea. They all agreed and made their way to
the cremation grounds and hid their weapons in the shami tree.
364 days passed and the Pandevas were enjoying there time in
King Varata’s Court. On this day one of King Varata’s most trusted advisors
passed away. The town loved this man because he was hardworking and brought a
lot of prosper to the city. The cremation was to be held at 12:00pm on this day
and many would attend his funeral. The Pandeva brothers chose not to attend
because tomorrow would be the end of their exile and they needed to prepare for
their departure.
In this city there was a lot of crime. There was a gang of
thieves named the Aparadha brothers. They dominated the major crime in the city
from drug deals to bank robberies. The 5 Aparadha brothers planned to attend
the cremation because they knew the majority of the town would be in
attendance. They planned to pickpocket citizens and make a quick fortune.
The Aparadha brothers made their way towards the cremation
grounds at 12:00pm. They all split up and made a ton of money off the citizens.
The oldest brother, Viraj decided that he would search for items of high value
such as jewelry. He came across a huge man with a beautiful gold necklace with
many jewels embedded within it. He could not resist and grabbed the necklace
from the man and started running. In his hasty escape he accidentally ran in to
a shami tree. The huge man laughed as he pounded Viraj’s face with his fists.
“That’ll teach you to not to steal jewelry you rotten
theif,” as the huge man landed one last punch on Viraj’s bloody face. He
grabbed his necklace and went back to paying his respects to the advisor in
Virata’s court. The Aparadha brothers came to the aid of their older brother.
They all felt bad that his efforts were in vain. He then shot them with smile.
He explained that as he ran into the tree he noticed 5 shiny objects fall out
of it. He then presented the Aparadha brothers with the celestial weapons. “With
these we will be able to rule the city,” he stated with joy.
The next day the Pandeva brothers made there way toward the
shami tree. They were all shocked to find out that there weapons had been
stolen. Each of the brothers were extremely sad and disappointed that their
hard earned weapons were taken away from them. “Worry not my brothers. The
weapon does not make the warrior. We have the skills that no man can ever steal
from us,” Arjuna said proudly.
The Pandeva brothers all made there way to a local weapon
shop and bought regular weapons. They then heard screams across the city. Upon
firther inspection they saw the Aparadha brothers reigning terror on the city
with their celestial weapons. “THEY STOLE OUR WEAPONS,” Bhima screamed in anger
as he charged towards them. The rest of the Pandeva brothers followed.
An intense battle took place. The Pandeva brothers had to
use all the battle knowledge that was taught to them to compete in this battle.
Finally the Pandeva brothers came out victorious. The city cheered as the
Pandeva brothers claimed victory and got their weapons back. Arjuna smiled
proudly at his brothers and told them again that nothing could stop them. King
Varata then approached the heroes and thanked them for defeating the most
wanted criminal of the city. He then asked them of their names.
“We are the Pandeva brothers,” they all said as they escaped
the scene to make their return.
This is an image of the Pandeva brothers in disguise.
Author’s Note: In the original story the Pandeva brothers
were in disguise in King Varata’s court. They hid all of their celestial
weapons in the shami tree for one year while they awaited the end of their
exile. I wanted to make a story where a group of thieves would steal their
celestial weapons. I then wanted the Pandeva brothers to be the super heroes of
this story and defeat the gang thieves in battle. I hope you enjoy the story.
Bibliography: C.A. Kincaid, The Indian Heroes, 1921.
This is great! You have a lot of detail included and I can see that you were really connected to sharing this story. I only wanted to say that proofreading before you post it will really help you in getting the little grammar and spelling errors ironed out! Otherwise, you are doing a great job and I look forward to reading more!
ReplyDeleteAkash, this is such a creative re-telling of the original story! Your writing flowed very nicely and it was very easy to follow the plot. I like how you spent time developing the “bad guys” aka the Aparadha brothers. This made the reader more uneasy when the weapons fell into their hands. I also loved Arjuna’s confidence through it all, and the lesson that the weapons don’t make the warrior.
ReplyDeleteI really like the way your retold this story. The way that the criminals were able to find the weapons was comical. He finds them by trying to steal a man's jewelry and then gets beat up in front of the tree and just happens to find the weapons. It is awesome. I also like how the Pandevas brothers defeated the criminals even without their celestial weapons.
ReplyDeleteHi Aakash! I really like your version of this story. Adding the conflict with the Aparadha brothers really makes things more exciting. Your dialogue really characterizes the brothers well, with Bhima being really loud and Arjuna being more polite. I also really like your image as it does add a nice visual component to the description of the disguises of the brothers.
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