SS : Arjun-The Passion Personified (Uloopi, Chitrangada and Subhadra)

You don't seem to be a fan of Draupadi. Anyway, pls do post. We will read eagerly.

Originally posted by: amritat

You don't seem to be a fan of Draupadi. Anyway, pls do post. We will read eagerly.

Arjun-Uloopi : The Break of Celibacy

With the advent of spring the nature had awaken from deep slumber of winter. The very touch of the king of all seasons has adorned her as a newly wedded bride. Everywhere one's eyes could go only color and color can be seen, the color of flowers, the color of the blue sky, the golden sunlight and the color of love. This is the season of colors, the season for union with your beloved, the season for creating new lives and keeping the eternal flow continuing. Every creature has started the search for partner to build the palace of love. People whether from small villages or big cities, irrespective of their stature, had floated themselves in the flood of happiness forgetting all their sorrow and problems for the auspicious moment of Vasant Utsav , the festival of spring, to worship Ananga, the god of love.

The color of love had left the magical touch over everyone, yet some had remained untouched. A wandering ascetic is among them. In a far away region of north eastern India the young monk is practicing penance for months. Although he had adorned himself with usual saffron attire but one can easily differentiate him with other sages. Because unlike others he carries a bow which seems divine and as gracious as its owner himself. Having a glance on him one will for sure be compelled to think why the person whom creator had created with such perfection is making his life futile with useless penance. His tall, dusky figure with broad shoulder, muscular chest, narrow waist, strong arms long up to thigh, well built flexible legs only suggest his warrior self. As if the man is more fit either for battleground or for the palace enjoying all earthly pleasure, not for a lonely forest.

"this is grave injustice to the creator" she thinks looking at the cursed god like handsome face of the meditating figure. "Creator didn't create you for leaving all the pleasure which are created for valiant warrior like you oh prince Arjun" sighs Naga princess Uloopi.

The forest where the third Pandav Arjuna is living for last few months during his twelve years of exile comes under the rule of princess Uloopi's father the Naga king Kauravya. Having possessed extensive magical power young princess lives alone in a palace under river beside the forest. Since Gaduda , the ultimate enemy of Naga race had killed her husband in a fight on her wedding day itself, everyone considers her cursed and avoids her company. Princess doesn't complain, even in this loneliness she fulfills her duties for the betterment of her race and helps whoever is needed. Only every year when the spring comes she succumbs to her ill fate, she wanders alone in the forest so that she can get some peace in nature to forget the agony of having unsuccessful youth, but nature's beauty increases her pain indicating the emptiness of life. Still she can't stop herself from wandering in the woods, with a secret wish that some day she will be able to share her loneliness with someone. And one day her long lost dream got a new life with arrival of Arjun. With her power it didn't take more than blink for her to recognize him in guise of monk. It seemed to her that creator had kept her waiting for long for this magical moment. She fell in love at very first sight of the greatest archer. At last her thirst for being loved Is going to get quenched.

But alas! Arjun is so engrossed in his penance that he has no time to look at anything that existed around him.

Uloopi waited for days for the moment to come when Arjun opens his eyes and take a glance on the woman offering her heart on his feet but he remained unaware of her presence. She got disheartened. It seemed to her another spring will get spent without fruit. And if this time Arjun leaves the last light of her hope will be put off forever. No meaning of her life will remain left if she doesn't get her love , and then she will be compelled to end her life at this early age.

"But why should I remain deprived of god's most beautiful creation called love? Why I have to live with this incomplete womanhood? I am not responsible for my cursed life, so why I don't have the right to be considered as wife, or having the pleasure of being mother? Revolted her heart."Vow of celibacy? Who gave the right to pandava prince to insult womanhood? He is warrior prince, desired by women, he can't just ignore them. I don't care how much stern his vow is but not more than my desperation for getting my love. If mother Parvati could break Lord Mahesar's penance with her unconditional love then I am also her part. So in the name of Mother Nature I am taking the oath either I will break Arjun's vow or will sacrifice my life. "her jaw turned firm."if Arjun has shield of celibacy I have my womanly weaponry ready, what will be the use of my god gifted charm if I fail to impress my beloved? The power I acquire with the heartiest effort of all these year will not be of any worth if I fail to convince my prince." Uloopi determined herself. She will imply all her knowledge to get Arjun in her life, be it for shortest period of time but she will make him hers. She dived into the river.

The sun was coming on top of head; Arjun felt the need of having bath and getting refreshed. He was getting exhausted. Not because of the severe penance he was practicing but because he was unsure about the fruit of it. Even after years of taking asceticism, visiting pilgrimages and taking lessons from various sages his mind is still not free from material thoughts. Still he remembers moments he shared with his family, mother, brothers and more importantly Krishna and yes Panchali too. What is the usage of his vow when he misses them? He can't deny the king of seasons has affected him too, he is feeling more lonely, he realized that he started doubting on his own determination of sticking to his vow now.

"What is wrong with me? What rubbish am I thinking? How can I question on the decision of taking the vow, I am Arjun ,I can't fall weak, I have to fulfill it. Seems it's all the result of my tiredness, better I take a bath and start afresh "Arjun decided to start more severe penance after bath.

He goes inside the river and dipped down, Uloopi was waiting for this opportunity only. She implied her hypnotizing power. A sudden drowsiness occupied Arjun, a mesmerizing aroma from some unknown source was taking his sense away. He tried his best to come out of the river but only then someone caught hold on his waist from which he was not able to get rid of. Before losing his sense completely he realized that he was being pulled inside the deep down to the river.

Embracing her prince's waist Uloopi kept dragging him towards her palace to build her own nest finally.

Originally posted by: Cotswolds

Poetic.. Beautiful.. Please continue.. 👏