Day 5: AU
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Afterwards, Karna will remember this moment, and this moment only – and remember nothing but this – the moment Eklavya leaves.
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Day 5: AU
Tagging @sundaralekhan (please ignore if this comes in too late)
Afterwards, Karna will remember this moment, and this moment only – and remember nothing but this – the moment Eklavya leaves.
Young Arjuna and Ekalavya rivals to friends to lovers (in a better world) do you see the vision
I understand the vision. I see where the vision came from. I'm following the vision.
But I'm so sorry, anon, I love you but I think I can't agree with the vision. Free my boi Eklavya, he deserves better than my savarna boi Arjun.
HOWEVER, do not let me stop you from living your truth, anon. Go for the sports anime rivals to friends to lovers gays. You have my blessing.
-Mod S
"Indeed, O Arjuna, for thy good, with the aid of diverse contrivances I have slain, one after another, Jarasandha and the illustrious ruler of the Chedis and the mighty-armed Nishada of the name of Ekalavya. Other great Rakshasas having Hidimva and Kirmira and Vaka for their foremost, as also Alayudha, that grinder of hostile troops, and Ghatotkacha, that crusher of foes and warrior of fierce deeds, have all been slain.'"-Krishna to Arjuna,Mahabharata (Drona parva:Ghatotkacha-badha parva,section CLXXX)
Well that's.... interesting- to say the least
Dr. Bibek Debroy Debunking The Narratives About Eklavya.
This makes me so so soooo fucking angry I can’t be tamed. These people will fall to any level to make my religion look bad. Fucking shameless.
Now that some of my anger is out, lets get into this:
Shree Laxmi wasn’t given to gods, she isn’t a goddamn cattle animal like Kamdhenu, and the demons and gods respected her wishes as a supposed human being to choose either side. She chose devas, not because she was partial against the asuras, but because a) she’s the universal mother, she knows everything that goes on, including which side has bad intentions and which one will use her powers for the good, and b) she chose to be with her eternal Lover/Husband Shree Narayan, and since he was on the deva’s side (aka the good side), she was with them by default.
The fact that literal demons had more respect for her than our secular writer over here, *sigh*
The elixer was given to gods because it was to restore their powers? Like, you know, the ones that were taken away from them? Why the frick would the lord allow Demons to have elixir when he knows they don’t have any good intents? They are literally evil, and protecting against evil is like god’s whole job ffs🤦🏻♀️
Literally no one in Mahabharata except Shree Krishna is purely good, get that through your fucking thick skulls. That’s the entire point, you learn what you do from Ramayan and what not to do from Mahabharat. And the Hidamba Mata’s (aka the Danvi whose name you didn’t bother researching, great work 👍🏼) backstory is never discussed in detail, neither is Ghatotkach. For all you know, the pregnancy could have been hidden from him, atleast that’s what their first meeting shows. So if you plan on demonising sex, you proved no motive here.
“Ohh, Ravan never did anything wrong, bas kidnap hi to kiya tha akeli nari ka.” Is such a sad argument tbh, y’all literally see no issue with kidnapping and terrifying a women over your own sister’s lose character? What a shame. “He never touched her.” Social distancing se kidnap kiya tha kya bhenchod? He never touched her sexually you mean, not because he was a saint of a man, but because he was a verified rapist with a blue check. He had raped his own to be niece in law and was cursed by his nephew that raping another woman would lead to his death. He literally threatened to cook Devi Sita and eat her up if she didn’t submit. Another reason he didn’t touch her was because if he had touched her, It would be Jankiayan instead of Ramayan because she would fucking kill him before you all can blink.
“He humiliated her on more than one occasion” is a very sneaky way to say two occasions so that the number can be inflated, eh?
The first occasion: Calling her names so that she will submit herself to agni out of spite and emerge unharmed, which literally everyone condemned, including the loyal brother Lakshman who rebelled against his own brother (for whose wake he would pick up a sword against everyone , mind you) because he dared disrespect a woman like Maa Sita, and even Hanumanji who’s Shri Ram’s biggest, and I mean biggest devotee. Literally no one stood by Sita’s humiliation, and it was later revealed by Shri Ram that the act was staged by the him so that she can have an excuse to perform agni pravesh so that no lecherous person would dare point a finger at her in future. Even the shlokas say he did it so that no one would suspect his wife’s character. And before you say Shri Ram was “saving face”, one of his plus points as mentioned is that he doesn’t lie throughout the entire story, so think again. Y’all really think he spent the entire story worrying for her safety only to insult her in the end?
You think Seeta would have anyone humiliate her once and give them a chance for a second humiliation? Ohhh you dead wrong!
Second occasion: Shree Raghuvar sending Maa Sita to exile, which is a very infamously known interpolation denounced by many. So he only “insulted” her once and that too in a staged act. One of the shlokas he uses to coax his peers after agni pariksha is that a woman like her can never be denounced by him, and like I said, he never lies, sooo…… :P
Shree Ram decietfully killed Bali because Bali was a foe who could not be fought face to face? Do you even Know the story of Bali? Do you know he was such a bad guy he literally took his brother’s wife like she was property? Ugh, I can’t.
Guru Drona didn’t accept Eklavya not because he was “Tribal”, but because he had promised his loyalty to the Bharatvansh Clan. Had even Shree Krishna gone to him asking for training, he would have refused. Eklavya’s tribal background was never discussed in this context.
(Also sidenote to my followers but isn’t it funny how despite Eklavya having to lose his thumb Guru Drona’s boon to Arjun wasn’t fulfilled because he still couldn’t surpass Bhagwaan Ramchandra as the greatest bowman? Khaya piya kuchh nahi, paap sar chadhaya barah aana XD)
I mean, God really out to set a limit to hypocrisy now because the more I see these people the more I disagree with Modiji ki Hypocrisy ki seema hai. Agar hai bhi to ye namune kaise long jump krke laanhg rhe h unhe, oof.
Life Lessons from Mahabharat
That life isn’t fair to anyone
Karna was neglected the moment he was born from his birth right. He was humiliated because of the status he was adopted into, despite being a Prince. He told this to Krishna who replied by reminding him how his uncle was wanting to kill him before his life even begin, how he was separated from his parents the moment he was born. Everybody in life has challenges, and we can’t escape it.
Having a lot of everything can be dangerous
Gandhari had 100 sons, but being blind-folded she not only captured herself from the outer world, but also prevented herself from the upbringing of her children. She wanted more then she could handle. Draupadi possessed immense beauty, reason why men lusted for her. Draupadi wished for an husband that had wisdom and moral values, will be strong and well built, a good archer, handsome and intelligent. Not found in one man, she was granted 5 husbands that all individually possessed these qualities, all who failed to protect her from her humiliation in the dice game.
Revenge isn’t always the answer
Shakuni revenged to destroy Hastinapur, in answer to his sister’s marriage to a blind man. His revenge was a astronomical reason for Mahabharat. At the end he died, and left his sister childless. Drupada sought for revenge on Drona when the later attacked him with the help of Kuru Princes and snatched half of his Kingdom. He performed a Great Sacrifice to obtain a son who could slay Drona and a Daughter who could enter Kuru Clan - He lost his sons in the great war and met death in the hands of Drona.
Half Knowledge is more dangerous
Arjuna's son Abhimanyu teaches us how half-knowledge can have an adverse impact. While Abhimanyu knew how to enter the Chkaravyuh, he did not know the way out.
Loyal Friends can take you places
The Pandavas had Lord Krishna, and the Kauravas had Karna. Both of them always backed the two parties, no matter what. In fact, Duryodhan was really weak without Karna.
You cannot be stopped if you are passionate about what you do.
Eklavya was even better than Arjun. He hid himself behind the trees and grasped everything that Drona taught Arjun. His passion for archery and hunger for knowledge made him good at archery then Arjun.
Perhaps the biggest I learnt was: It’s all about how we shape our life, it’s our choices that shape us into becoming the best or worst version of ourself.
Dronacharya & Eklavya by Biswajit Das, Bengal
shut up SHUT UP IM SO SAD ABOUT EKLAVYA!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 i don’t like drona sorry
MY BOY U DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER U WERENT GIVEN A CHANCE