Chapter 1: The Beginning of True Friendship

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Hastinapur Palace:

It was silent night and sky filled with twinkling stars...Kunti had sent her 5 son along with the 100 kaurav princes to guru dron for their education...She felt lonely and sleepless as she reminsced her life....16 years had passed ever since kunti had flowed her Jyestha Putra, the blessing and a part of radiant sun god himself, suryaputra Karna into the holy waters of ganga, fearing that his birth would tarnish her father's reputation ... Although nobody knew this truth except her personal maid Priyamvadha..Kunti's guilt and fear of the that truth coming to light did steal her sleep

She had gotten married to King Pandu who had relinquished the title due to his curse from a Rishi...that's when her boon which she thought was the prime cause of all her problems came to be useful and she bore three sons for her husband...who were Demigods , ,the eldest three pandavs , the blessings from Yamraj, Vayudev and Indradev, ...known as Yudhishthira,Bheemsen and Arjuna respectively

Then she gave that mantra to her ço-wife madri who used it to give birth to twins nakul and sahdev who were the blessings from Ashwini kumars..after some years pandu had died and madri did too...she was left to care for 5 sons of her husband as she returned to Hastinapur palace...Now that her eldest Yudhishthira had turned 12 years old, the elders decided to send them to training just three months ago.







Guru Drona's Ashram:

It was early morning and the boys àre doing their morning routine of warm-up and stretches before they started today's training...Drona Acharya told his favourite Student Arjun to show trial of shooting a Fire Arrow, the goal being shooting that arrow to the far end of this forest...As soon as Arjun shot the arrow, a young teen who looked to be about age of 16 emerged suddenly out of the bushes and was a target of that arrow...As everyone anxiously watched thinking that boy would get hurt but to their surprise the boy skillfully dodged the attack like it was nothing and caught the arrow in his palm.

Guru Drona although enraged at the interruption was impressed by the way the boy handled this situation and approached the boy who respectfully greeted him and expressed his wish of learning the Art of warfare from him

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Guru Drona although enraged at the interruption was impressed by the way the boy handled this situation and approached the boy who respectfully greeted him and expressed his wish of learning the Art of warfare from him...to which Guru Drona asked to know how background

"Oh great Guru Drona, I really admire and respect your knowledge in warfare...I request you to accept me as a student...I am Radheya Karna, I am from a village in Hastinapur..... and My father is the charioteer of Mahamahim Bheeshm-"

"Sutputra! How dare you touch weapons and dream about learning it!? It is adharm for your community to learn weaponary or warfare...!" Drona yelled angrily glaring at the boy in disgust as the pandavs standing right beside their guru snickered except Yudhisthira who stood expressionless

"But gurudev why is education given on the basis of birth? Is it my fault I am sut? Is it my father's choice to be a sut? How can you hold it against me and not grant me the opportunity to learn from you? Gurudev please I request you to give me one chance to prove my capability-"

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