Across time and space, through the kalas of kali-yug Vyasa Muni views the youth preparing to portray Arjuna; how will he act out the hero's acts?
Will he relate to the way I related Savyasachi as the curly-locked beloved lord of कृष्णा, and to कृष्णः his beloved Lord who broke all locks?
These modern performances to my mind appear to be preoccupied with romantic relationships and attachments - where is the austerity of tristubh to balance the surge of anusthub?
Performance of detached and disinterested action, terse and not verbose — that salty viryata dissolves nowadays in sugary re-tellings circa Vikram Samrat 2076!
Monsoon-cloud Arjuna is a soldier soul, not a prissy sissy.
Soft-spoken his lips maybe but hardened are his hands through strife, service and sacrifice.
Perhaps these nartaks and their audience need an ear-piercing from Dhananjaya's Devdutta, to arise and awake, for the battle is not over.
''dharmo rakshati rakshitaha''
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