Arjuna with his bow and arrow (image source from Wikipedia)
Arjuna is
the third Pandavan brothers. He was out worshipping one morning by offering
flowers and clay image of the Great God then a boar came by. He decided to try
and kill the boar with his bow and arrow given from his worshipper. Once his
bow was up in the air; suddenly the atmosphere got quiet, the birds were not
chirping, streams not flowing, and suddenly it was dead silence. Arjuna still
had the mindset of killing this boar no matter what. As he pulled back the
string, he shot the boar.
After a
couple of seconds, the boar was shot again with a dart and died. Arjuna did not
know who shot the boar and called it his "unknown rival". As the
other hunter stood there towering over Arjuna, which seemed like a king that
was being accompanied by his queen.
Arjuna
was upset someone shot the boar because it was his quarry and demanded for a
battle. As he saw the huntsman swallow up the darts, he knew he could not have beat
the huntsman. He wanted to duel for a wrestle and threw himself at the
opponent. Once he threw himself at the huntsman, he felt the touch of the Great
God on his heart.
Arjuna
was crying out for the Great God because he did not know it was him, so fell on
his feet. He apologized and was worshipping at his feet. The Great God placed
out his hand and blessed the worshipper with divine weapons as he could be
hurled by the mind, eyes, words, and by the bow.
In the
end, the Great God gave Arjuna a divine bow and blessed him. Then he walked
away into the caves and snow that went up into the sky with all his train.
Bibliography: Sister Nivedita, The Boar, Link
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