Krishnarjun One-shots in Modern Language

What would Lord Krishna not have done for his earthly best friend Arjuna?

Soul connection: The first Krishna-Arjun journey

~𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝟙 𝕠𝕗 𝕂𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕟𝕒-𝔸𝕣𝕛𝕦𝕟 𝕛𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤~ Amidst the chaos as Arjun and Bheem try to clear the way for themselves and Draupadi through the furious band of unvictorious suitors, an impish voice speaks up. "Need any help?" Arjun turns. It is a stranger with the strangest of ornaments on hi...

Dwaraka's bliss: The consecrating Krishna-Arjun journey

~𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝟚 𝕠𝕗 𝕂𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕟𝕒-𝔸𝕣𝕛𝕦𝕟 𝕛𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤~ On a particularly irksome lonely day during Arjun's solo exile, Krishna turns up out of thin air with a host of places to visit. Soon, it leaves no room for loneliness in their world. Winding up in Dwaraka, where Krishna takes Arjun to meet his f...

The calm before the storm: The sanguine Krishna-Arjun journey

~𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝟛 𝕠𝕗 𝕂𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕟𝕒-𝔸𝕣𝕛𝕦𝕟 𝕛𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤~ Twelve years of exile and one year of remaining incognito is past and now an earth-shattering war beckons. Amidst the negotiations for peace and the preparations for war, there is too little time and too much to do as Arjun reunites with his son...

Kurukshetra: The defining Krishna-Arjun journey

~𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝟜 𝕠𝕗 𝕂𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕟𝕒-𝔸𝕣𝕛𝕦𝕟 𝕛𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤~ A battle to crown all battles rages with family and friends fighting to kill each other. For Arjun, each of the eighteen days is a sacrifice of his heart. How could he have gone on without Madhav at his side every moment on the field? Krishna had...

Aftermath: The outlasting Krishna-Arjun journey

~𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝟝 𝕠𝕗 𝕂𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕟𝕒-𝔸𝕣𝕛𝕦𝕟 𝕛𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤~ The war has left only devastation in its wake and the nightmares have become the new normal. The weight of the deaths of his grandfather, teacher, elder brother, sons and nephews is too much to bear for Arjun at times. Krishna holds him every ti...

A world bereft of you: The final Krishna-Arjun journey

~𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝟞 𝕠𝕗 𝕂𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕟𝕒-𝔸𝕣𝕛𝕦𝕟 𝕛𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤~ "My wives, my kinsmen, my relatives, none amongst these is dearer to me than Arjuna. O Daruka, I shall not be able to cast my eyes, even for a single moment, on the earth bereft of Arjuna." Yes, Madhav, thought Arjun. You could hide the sun to sa...

Heaven's Letters: A Krishna-Arjun story

Arjun's stay in Heaven, retold through a series of letters between him and his soulmate.