Episode#38 Vatsala, the beautiful daughter of Balaram and Revathi she was very slim and slender girl having very sharp and sweet features, barely over 14 years was never attracted to the mascular boys like Abhimanyu, she was attracted to soft and sweet boys who are not into fighting war and thus she fell in love at first sight with Laxmana Kumar, his long curly hair, sweet face. After having observed him closely during training, she had correctly concluded that he shun the training and preferred to sit on the shore of Prabhasa, in spite Balaram strict instructions that he may go only after his training session but he would disappear before the training commence and Balaram would sent Vatsala to bring him back, this almost became a daily routine. One day on the shore of Prabhasa, when Laxmana Kumar and Vatsala were talking, he asked "do you know something?" He continues "I have seen painting of a boy lips on girl lips" she blushed and asked "so what?" He...

Episode#27 Vasudev Krishna had said that it would be futile to combat with Jarasandha's army rather he should be provoked for a single combat, as planned, Vasudev Krishna, Arjuna and Bhima entered his palace as brahmins - unarmed - and he welcomed them with due honor. Bhima and Arjuna chose to be quite to avoid any unforeseen complications; Vasudev Krishna clarified that they are observing 'maun-vrata' (silence) and would speak only after midnight. The scars on their hands made Jarasandha suspicious which were the marks of bowstring - suggestive that they were Kshatriyas? At midnight, a restless Jarasandha went to meet them and demanded the truth; Bhima replied "we are your enemies and we seek instant combat, you may choose to fight with all three or one by one in succession" having understood their real identities, Jarasandha replied "Krishna, you are not a Kshatriya but a cowherd and Arjuna you are still very young, so I would choose to fight with Bhima ...

Episode#23 Balarama was happy to hear about the Subhadra and Duryodhana alliance but did not offer any commitment to Duryodhana!On the contrary, he asked Duryodhana to wait for some time until he obtained the consent from his family before finalizing the proposal, Duryodhana stayed overnight at Balarama place; he was eager to meet Subhadra but there was not the remotest opportunity to do so, the only option for him was to wait until dawn. Subhadra did not sleep a wink the whole night, at the crack of the dawn, wrapped in a sari and towel thrown covering her shoulders, she walked towards Yamuna river, keeping the towel on nearby stone, she walked in the river and after a few dips, she came out drenched and lay down on her back her eyes closed and her legs playing in the river water. Duryodhana sat on the stone and stared at her beautiful face with her wet hair scattered all over, he bent down to put his lips on her, but she opened her eyes and said "As per the custom of the Yad...

Episode#22 The cunning Sakuni knew that if Duryodhana married Subhadra then it would be impossible to forsake revenge and destroy Kuru dynasty, as Vasudev Krishna would not resort to any measures that would go against his sister Subhadra nor would take any step that would harm his paternal cousins - the Pandavas! Sakuni was intent on not allowing the Kauravas to enter any kind of relationship with the Yadavas clan or anybody related to Vasudev Krishna's family. To create unnecessary confusion and chaos, the cunning Sakuni in an attempt to mislead Vasudev Krishna, who did not had the faintest idea about Duryodhana proposed alliance with Subhadra. He casually stated to him to initiate the marriage preparation! Vasudev Krishna could not decipher what marriage Sakuni was talking about, Sakuni dropped a bomb by telling Vasudev Krishna that Duryodhana had gone to Mathura to meet Balarama with Subhadra's marriage proposal. As per Sakuni's prediction, Vasudev Krishna was immen...