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Guru Balarama went to rescue Samba

Episode#42 When Vasudev Krishna heard about Samba he was distressed and he asked his elder brother Balarama help to rescue his son. Balarama readily agreed to go to Hastinapur to rescue his favourite nephew. Since Balarama was Guru of Duryodhana, he was welcomed in Hastinapur with great dignity in the presence of all elders of Kuru family including Duryodhana. Balarama apologized for Samba's childish act and requested them to pardon him! The Kauravas were perplexed about Laxmani impending marriage! Balarama assured them they would gladly accept Laxmani as their daughter-in-law, but Duryodhana was against the marriage as he was not ready that his qualified daughter marries to illiterate brat Samba that too the son of his enemy Krishna - today he was in such a dilemma and had a no choice but to accept Balarama proposal...! After a long silence Duryodhana replied "With all due respect to Guru Balarama, I cannot disobey your order, but you will understand my feelings as a fath...

Balaram's daughter Vatsala falls in love with Duryodhana son...!

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...

Why Krishna kept Abhimanyu's knowledge of chakra-vyuh incomplete?

Episode#31 According to the conditions set, Pandavas had to live in the forest for twelve years and remain incognito for one year. In the first year of exile, Arjuna went to Dwarka to meet Vasudev Krishna, he fell in love with Krishna's sister Subhadra. Vasudev Krishna gladly relented to his wishes lest she marry Duryodhana (who according to Balarama was right choice). As planned by Vasudev Krishna, Arjuna kidnapped Subhadra and got married. During exile, Bhima got a son Ghatokacha from his marriage to Hidimba while Arjuna married three women - Chitragandha, Ulupi and Subhadra. Draupadi accepted only Subhadra since she was Vasudev Krishna's sister but not the others. During their exile, Subhadra stayed in Dwarka with her cousins and her son Abhimanyu grew up under the guidance of Vasudev Krishna and Balarama. However she could not forget her first love Duryodhana. Every night she cried for him and every morning she waited for him remembered meeting him at the bank of Yamu...

Subhadra insist Duryodhana to abduct her...

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...

Duryodhana falls in love with Subhadra...

Episode#18 Later Duryodhana proceeded to Mathura for the advance mace training from Balarama the elder brother of Vasudev Krishna and Subhadra. Duryodhana being Kuru prince, Balarama invited him to stay with him at his house and gave him a lesson every morning and evening. The young and beautiful Subhadra daughter of Vasudev and his second wife Rohini was in her adolescence, she watched him stealthily, he was handsome with well built physique, tall, broad shoulders, swollen chest, even his attitude and his arrogance infatuated her, she was almost in love with him. Duryodhana had cited Subhadra watching him stealthily from her window - and he fell in love with her, when the training was over and he was to return Hastinapur the following morning; he got up early, it was dawn and the sun was yet to rise when he saw Subhadra walking towards the Yamuna river. He quickly followed her, she was clad in a single piece of cloth - a body wrap, the bangles in her wrist and the silver anklets...