Saturday, 23 April 2016

Arjuna kidnaps Subhadra

Balarama asked the ladies to greet Duryodhana and anoint him with turmeric, as a groom should be. They took Duryodhana to the river side to anoint him.
In the meanwhile, on Krishna's command, Satyabhama, Subhadra and many other women started for their way to the banks of river Saraswati.
Krishna told Arjuna that Duryodhana had come and wanted to get married that very night. There was not time in hand, and Arjuna needed to act fast. Krishna called Daruka, his charioteer, and asked him to get the chariot ready. He asked him to take Arjuna and do exactly as Arjuna said.
Arjuna, got dressed with his weapons, as if he was going hunting, and climbed on the chariot. He saw Subhadra on the river banks. He quickly pulled Subhadra into his chariot, and asked Daruka to lead the way to Indraprastha.

The women around started shouting for help. Subhadra had been kidnapped. Men came rushing and decided to chase Arjuna. Hearing the news of Subhadra's kidnapping people joined in to catch Arjuna. Pradyumna and Balarama started chasing Arjuna. Balarama was furious. How could Arjuna steal his sister away. He decided to kill Arjuna and the rest of the Pandavas also. He thought Krishna must have been duped by Arjuna. 

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