The C. N. A. T. - Page 60

Originally posted by: AnjanaYYZ

Why Nakula missed Bheem

Nakula was very sad. Bhrata Bhim and Arjuna had gone off to do tapasya. He missed Bhrata Bhim the most. It wasn't just the jokes and loud laughs that he missed. Bhrata Bhim had sheltered him and Sahdev from Panchali. Without him around to fulfill her every whim, Panchali had him and Sahdev run all her and Jesth's errands instead. She always needed something - fruits for upvaas, firewood for cooking, hay for her kutir, water for her bath, flowers for her pooja, etc. He and Sahdev had never worked so hard. Not even in Gurukul.😭

Then there was the food. Panchali's cooking skills were horrendous. Bhrata Bhim had always secretly handled the kitchen both in Indraprast and during their first few months of vanvaas too. It was only after he had left that Jesht, Sahdev, and he had learnt that their beloved Panchali barely knew the difference between salt and sugar. After she had burnt yet another stag to crisp, Jhest had slyly declared that he would not eat meat again till Bhim and Arjun returned. He and Sahdev had not spoken up fast enough and now had to daily suffer Panchali's latest cooking misadventure. Everyday was a new disaster...sometimes too much salt, other times no salt, burnt rotis and even raw meat. More often then not the only edible item was rice. But, to be fair credit for that went to Rishi Durvasa.

He had come to visit the Pandav a few months after Bhrata Bhim had left. Terrified he would curse them after trying Panchali's salty kheer, the brothers had sent her of to a neighboring ashram for yoga and served the MahaRishi fruit salad. Pleased with their salad service Rishi Durvasa gifted Yuddhistir, Nakula, and Sahdev a rice cooker. So, the three now at least had perfect rice as they waited for Bhrata Bhim's return.