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Eklavaya Guru Dakshina

Episode#16 One day while practicing, he got disturbed by a barking dog, he shot several arrows in the direction of the dog and without hurting the dog, and his arrows stuck in his jaws in a manner in which the dog was unhurt but at the same time could not bark and disturb him, Arjuna saw this predicament of the dog and concluded that he must be a master-archer, he took the dog to his Guru Drona who also felt that it was a great workmanship of a skilled archer, to their great surprise it turned out to be Eklavaya, seeing Guru Drona, he fell at his feet and the sage questioned "who taught you these skills?" Eklavaya replied "You are my Guru and you are my inspiration, I have learned from you" Drona remembered that he had promised Arjuna to make him the greatest Archer of the Bharat Varsh. He had to set aside Eklavaya for he was far better than Arjuna - with Eklavaya's kind of expertise, Arjuna did not stand the remotest chance to be the best of the best. Drona ...

Urvashi

Episode#2 Mahabharata Janani Janmabhoomi... Urvashi Urvashi was a Royal courtesan in the court of Indra. She decided to defend to the earth and savour the taste of the lifestyle prevailed there. While returning from this fantasy trip in the wee hours, an evil Asura (Demon) kidnapped her, Pururavas the son of Budh & Illa the first lunar king (chandravanshi) was passing and chased the demon in hot pursuit on his chariot. He freed Urvashi from demon's clutches, she slipped, he caught her hand, this brief moment wherein their fingers touched, it was first time Urvashi experienced the warmth of human flesh and was strongly fascinated by it, Pururavas was equally drawn to her. Pururavas proposed her to marry and she agreed to marry him with 3 conditions. First she would bring 2 goats and their saftey had to be ensured. Second she will consume only clarified butter and third they should never see each other naked except while making love. The day any condition is voilated, she w...