@Prerna55
Because both @bhadra- and @_itsvivi_ asked me to compile the Navarasa series into one book, I have decided to do exactly that. So, here's the book. Maybe leave votes and comments if you like it :) https://www.wattpad.com/story/379740749?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=Prerna55
Bro, remember once you told me that Nakula meant mongoose and I said Idk and then I forgot to check it out? I was reading about Gargi from Skanda Purana and guess what I found,
"62. Formerly he was staying in the city of Mithi(lā) in his excellent hermitage. On seeing a Nakula (‘mongoose’) coining, he spoke these words to Gārgī:
63. “O Gārgī, take care of the milk, O gentle lady, here comes a Nakula. Ward off that Nakula who is intent upon drinking the milk.”
64. On being told this, the Nakula became infuriated. He had been angry formerly and had been cursed by the ancestors of Jamadagni. He said to the sage:
65. “Alas! Fie upon you both! Fie! Fie! Shamelessness is seen in men who commit sins.
66. How do they commit sins—those mean men who have to experience severe pain in hell after death?
67. How can one commit sins—one in whose life the existence even for a moment is not certain?
68. O sage, you think thus: ‘I am intelligent. I am of noble birth.’ So you rebuke me, O foolish one, very proudly, ‘This is a Nakula.’
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84. It is clear that he will repent and regret after reaching the abode of the god of Death. Verily it has been stated thus by the compiler of the Gṛhya (Sūtras) in the scripture:
85. ‘One shall call a Nakula Sakula (one with a family). One shall not touch anyone in his vulnerable point.’
Although I have got it all by heart, yet it is just parrot-like (i.e. blindly repeating what others say).
86-90. Whether it is due to lethargy or due to non-adherence to good conduct, it is futile—it is same.
If a Brāhmaṇa were to prepare himself to go to heaven by reciting (the Veda) alone, he is like a child seated in the lap of his mother but desiring to seize the moon.
Hence it behoves you to suffer my rude mis-demeanour (and pardon me for it). Everyone says like this. The same was repeated by me thus.”
...Umm...so if Sakula means one with a family or lineage...Nakula means?!
@_itsvivi_ While I am by no means an expert, it seems to suggest that Nakula means one without a lineage? But I read in some places that Nakula was named so because there was none as handsome in the lineage. Dunno if it's true though
And now I lost my zeal to post on wattpad. Why? Because my adhd brain grew tired. I wasn’t going to post it in the first place but a sudden urge made me post them. A week nearly on wattpad. Now I am bored. So, remember that day you said ki you would be discontinuing the story...I relate to you so much at this point...hum bhi apki tarah sanyas le rhe h, likhne se...XD...
@_itsvivi_ Kasam se. My ADHD brain hates me too. Saath me lete hai sanyaas. But honestly, I was frustrated with my writing
Who knows...my adhd brain made me write this on your message board. Kal phirse likhne ka bhut chadh jaye...yaar....mai kya karu khudka???????
A retelling of Mahabharata mainly focussing on Yudhishthira. Give it a read maybe.
https://www.wattpad.com/story/373601248?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_writing&wp_page=create&wp_uname=_itsvivi_
I just wrote a new story. It's a retelling on the Mahabharata from Nakul's POV.
https://www.wattpad.com/story/362802189?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_writing&wp_page=create&wp_uname=Prerna55