As The Arrow Moves- The Voice of Dhananjaya Arjuna Chap 19 on PG 46 - Page 22

Originally posted by: raj_a_p

As far as I have understood, he is the most restrained and level headed character in the epic. I dont know why Indian authors dont portray him as such😕

On a side note some of the western scholars have called his proxy for king and king by proxy as well..😊 interesting isn't it?

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Originally posted by: supri1607

yes !! arjun was not only extremely balanced...but he was freaking intelligent...even blind king says that when he speaks about the pandavas... yes he was rash..but in most situations he had this calm sorta il deal with everything with a smirk sorta attitude that just makes me wanna die !! i mean for praising arjun we dont need to change the story..the story in itsellf is about him

Exactly my point. He is balanced you see, and reserved. That is fascinating in his character

many take his tendency to be reserved and quite to be dumb..i mean they think hes dumb..i once punched a girl in school for claiming that arjun cant think for himself !! 😡 😡 😡

Originally posted by: supri1607

many take his quite tendency to be reserved and quite to be dumb..i mean they think hes dumb..i once punched a girl in school for claiming that arjun cant think for himself !!😡😡😡

Oh no.. Calm down girl. That's a real fan in you. Come be our fellow arjunian ( Oops...you already are!!! ) 😆
I feel sorry for your friend.. Arjun is not a child that he won't be able to think. He had the dilemma, and stayed away from decisions but that doesn't mean he can't. Brvxause of his attitude of dilemma he got Geeta gyan.

i spent the rest of the day screaming myself hoarse .. poor thing left school almost reduced to tears !

Originally posted by: supri1607

yes !! arjun was not only extremely balanced...but he was freaking intelligent...even blind king says that when he speaks about the pandavas... yes he was rash..but in most situations he had this calm sorta il deal with everything with a smirk sorta attitude that just makes me wanna die !! i mean for praising arjun we dont need to change the story..the story in itsellf is about him

@bold, that is what I tried to raise in Arjun's AT few months back. Each mahaparva of Mahabharata starts with "Narayanam namskritya, naram chaiva narottamam". Vyasa himself is saying that Mahabharata is about Narayan and Nar. Sigh, very less no. of readers understand this. ANd most of the adaptations simply ignore this..

And people Argue Raj saying it is a shloka from Jaya and not originally written In MB I ask what is jaya????

Originally posted by: Brishti_Sarkar

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Two exmaples:

Madeleine Biardeau, the leading French specialist in the Great Epic,
too emphatically links Arjuna with royalty. In spite of the fact that Yudhihira appears as
king in the story, the epic makes Arjuna the figure of the ideal king' (Biardeau 1982:
88). Everything indicates that he is the king symbolically' (Biardeau 1985: 100),
including his name Kirin, le Couronn'.10

Biardeau's pupil Scheuer similarly proposes viewing Arjuna as the king par excellence (1982: 59 n.28). It is Arjuna who, in conformity with his royal character' (ibid.: 96) wins the hand of Draupad, who becomes the wife of all the Pavas.

Oh Brish! The new title is fab. It really personifies Arjuna. The chappy was great as usual. I loved the Bheesma-Drona interaction. Update soon.