The stories of Mohabharata retold by Shudipha Bomik. the mohmic. Welcome dear friends to another episode.

Welcome dear friends to another episode of the Mahabharata. In the last episode we heard about

how Dusashna and Duryodhana wanted to kill Bima by poisoning him, but they failed.

Bima came back with renewed power and renewed strength.

We also learned that Bhishma was looking for a teacher, a teacher for the Pandavas and the Kavas who could train them in the advanced skills of using arms and weaponry. One day the Pandava and Kaurava brothers were playing with a wooden ball in a meadow not far from the royal palace.

Suddenly the ball rolled into a deep and unused well.

It was dark inside and the boys could hardly see the ball.

They were all quite depressed to lose the ball and kept blaming each other for this loss.

Suddenly a Brahmin appeared in tattered clothes.

He saw the quarreling boys and laughed at them.

Aren't you the Kuru princess?

You can't even pick up a ball from a well?

What kind of arms training did you get from your guru?

He said.

One of the brothers said, sir, do you see how deep the well is?

And what does our arm's training got to do with it?

The Brahmin said, well, if you knew how to use your bows and arrows, you could have picked up the ball quite easily.

Then he took off a ring from his finger and dropped it into the well and said,

Here, not only can I pick up the ball, I can also pick up this ring with my bow and arrow.

Do you want me to show you how?

Yudishirah said, yes, sir, please do, and we'll give you whatever you want.

The Brahmin said, all I want is a good meal.

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