Satyaki
spoke with Bheema, the second Pandava, ensuring that the man would
protect his brother, Yudhishtara when Satyaki was going inside the Vyugha.
Yudhishtara
turned to Dhrishtadhyumna and Vasudhana. 'We are going to attack the
Kauravas, giving Satyaki a diversion, to enter the Vyugha!'
However
Yudhishtara's measures were unnecessary. Satyaki himself, destroyed
the Kaurava first line of defence which was about to attack him, even
before he entered the Vyugha.
Satyaki
eyed the Kaurava army and saw that the path which his Guru – Arjuna
had chosen, which was marked by the most destruction. Realizing that
it was the easiest way inside the Vyugha, Satyaki directed his
charioteer towards that direction.
But
unfortunately for Satyaki, he met the same problem that Arjuna had –
Dronacharya.
Dronacharya
fought with his experience and he realized that Satyaki had been a
perfect student of Arjuna. Satyaki had learnt all the tactics
brilliantly from Arjuna and used it to the same devastating
effect....
But
then Drona was hardly a man who could be trifled with. He had been
the teacher of Arjuna and had many tricks up his sleeve. Drona was
able to effectively halt the progress of Satyaki, who was now looking
like an angry snake, as he was eying the teacher.
Drona
smirked at Satyaki. 'Your teacher ran away from our battle like a
coward! He completely avoided even fighting with me!' Drona said
in a sneering tone.
Drona
was definitely expecting Satyaki to get more angry and expected him
to fight recklessly, hoping to find some flaw in Satyaki's fighting
technique.
In
fact what happened was quiet the opposite....Satyaki laughed
jovially. 'I am here because my king ordered my inside the Vyugha!
And I was losing precious time fighting with you! If Arjuna, the
great archer, himself, was a coward and ran away from you, I am after
all his disciple and I have no problems in following my teacher's
footsteps!'
Satyaki
turned to his charioteer and whispered quietly. 'The Valhikas and the
armies of the people from the South – pass between the two
divisions – their elephants and the other animals, would give us cover from Drona and drive towards Karna's division!'
The
charioteer nodded as Satyaki fired a few random arrows towards Drona.
Drona frowned and was trying to stop the progress of Satyaki when he
saw Satyaki's chariot swerve. Drona suddenly realized what Satyaki
was about to do and shouted to his men, trying to close the gap
between the two divisions....
But
though Satyaki's horses were not as fast as Arjuna's horses, they
were definitely quick and before the order of Dronacharya could be
carried out, Satyaki was already inside the Vyugha.....
Satyaki
grinned as he saw Drona following him angrily being cut off by the Kaurava's troops themselves.
Satyaki turned his attention to Karna's troops when he was
stopped by someone else...Another Yadava – Kritivarman.
The
two warriors exchanged arrows angrily and quiet unexpectedly
Kritivarman broke Satyaki's bow.
A
lesser warrior would have been shocked unable to react. Satyaki just
pulled his shaft and threw it at Kritivarman. Kritivarman watched
shocked and hastily cut down the shaft with his arrows when Satyaki
pulled out another bow from his chariot.
Before
Kritivarman could even blink, Satyaki pulled out his broad arrow and
killed Kritivarman's charioteer.....
Kritivarman
was about to aim the arrow and fire at Satyaki, when he felt his chariot move
wildly out of control. He realized what Satyaki had done and angrily
abandoned his weapons trying to control his animals.
Satyaki
watched Kritivarman with a smile and moved away from there....
Kritivarman
got his horses under control and pulled out his bow and arrow when he
saw Satyaki was already inside the Vyugha. Angrily he turned his
attention to Bhimasena and the other Pandava warriors who were
following Satyaki.
Kritivarman
almost routed the Pandava soldiers who almost raced back to their own
line instead of trying to follow Satyaki.
Kritivarman watched the running Pandava army with a jeering smile, when he made a split second decision and followed the Pandavas.
There
he faced the three Pandava brothers – Nakula, Sahadeva and Bhima.
Kritivarman almost destroyed Nakula and Sahadeva, before they could even realize what was
happening. And that was when he met Bhima.
Bhima
and Kritivarman fought exceedingly well, but in no time at all,
Kritivarman cut off the bow of Bhima. Kritivarman smiled pulling out
his arrow and had almost marked Bhima, when there was a loud shout
from his side....
Yudhishtara
screamed loudly as he came blazing with his chariot and bow and
arrow. Yudhishtara quickly repelled Kritivarman and by this time Bhima
recovered and threw his shaft at Kritivarman.
Kritivarman
was now on fire...
He was about to attack Bhima, when Shikhandin
interfered.
The
two angry warriors fought, but Kritivarman was the better warrior and
in a few minutes, Kritivarman hurled his arrow with so much force and
accuracy that it penetrated Shikhandin's armour and Shikhandin almost
passed out on his chariot.....
And
that day Kritivarman singlehanded fought the Parthas, Chedis,
Srinjayas and the Kekayas and routed them all.....
The
screams of the Pandava soldiers running in fear was being heard
everywhere, when something changed all that....
Satyaki
who was right now deep inside the Vyugha could not understand why he
felt something was different. And that was it struck him...The cries
of the warriors....theses were the Pandava soldiers. Realizing that
Yudhishtara's orders were immaterial right now, he turned to his
charioteer.
'TURN
AROUND!' He shouted.
'My
Lord?' the charioteer asked puzzled.
'NOW!'
Satyaki fumed as the charioteer did not even ask any questions and
turned the horses.
Kritivarman's
wish was granted as he finally got to meet Satyaki again in battle,
blazing angrily, coming towards him....
Satyaki
lost no time and did not even waste time attacking Kritivarman. In a
movement too quick, he killed all the horses of Kritivarman. Before
Kritivarman could react, Satyaki destroyed Kritivarman's bow.....
Satyaki
was angry and fighting mad. He hit Kritivarman's charioteer and all
the other warriors who were protecting Kritivarman's chariot.....He
was about to destroy all of them when he remembered Yudhishtara's order.
Huffing
angrily, as he looked at the running Kaurava soldiers, Satyaki realized that
his help was no longer needed here.
Satyaki
turned back...into the Vyugha....
In your first line as written "Satyaki spoke with Bheema, the third Pandava, ensuring that the man would protect his brother,"
ReplyDeleteIn this bheema cant be consider as 3rd pandava as he is only son of kunti in absence of king pandu
Dear sir,
DeleteThe Bheema is the second Pandava and not the third. I have corrected that error. Throughout the Mahabharatha, the five heroes are always referred to as the Pandavas and not as sons of Kunti. Though the five were not born to Pandu, Pandu acknowledged them as his sons, which is why they are called as Pandavas.
Please post the stories in some closet dates
ReplyDeleteBut your stories are truly awesome
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