YUDHISHTIR STAYED in Devasena's room after the diner to discuss with her about the new warrior.

"Agar hum Angraj Karna se mitrata kar lein..." he trailed off as Devasena interrupted.

"Asambhava hai, Jyeshth Bhrata." She cut off. "Aapne dekha hi tha ki ve Bhrata Arjun se ghrina karte hain aur kya aapko lagta hai ki Bhrata Arjun unse mitrata ka haath badhayenge?" Yudhishtir stayed silent knowing that she was right.  

"Paruntu hum agar usse apne saath le aayein..."

"Duryodhan ne unpar upkar kiya hai. Ve Duryodhan ka saath nahi chodenge." she ended the conversation. "Vyarth vastuyon par samay na nasht karein. Bhrata Arjun ko apna abhyas kathin kar dena chahiye. Bhavishya mein agar yudh hua toh..."

"Aisa kuch nahi hoga, Vibha. Tum vyarth mein itna sochti ho. Duryodhan humara bhai hai, ve hum par prahar kyun karega?" Devasena sighed at her brother knowing that his dharma gyaan was contradicting what she said but she knew that the Kauravas won't even care what dharma says until and unless they get the rajsinghasan.

Devasena nodded as they wished goodnight to each other. Not feeling sleepy, she went near her window. Feeling happy under the moonlight as the slight breeze touched her face, making her earrings tinkle. Suddenly she heard a melodious tune of flute. It could capture anyone's heart just by it's mere sound. She kept humming as the flute played and looked back at the moon feeling content, not knowing of the obstacles that she was going to face.   

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Drona saw that all his students were now adept in the use of weapons, and therefore their training period was over. It was time to ask for daksheena (tuition) from them. One day he assembled them and gave the following order, Challenge Drupada, the King of Panchala. The one who will come back victorious will be the future king of Hastinapur. The Pandavas and Kauravas were going . Since Devasena was Yudhishtir's saarthi she too was going but vowing to Pitamaha Bheeshma that she would not touch or use any weaponry during the war .She can direct them and order them but not use any weapons. She readily agreed to what he said as she was excited for she could at least participate in the war.

Kunti did the aarti of her six children and bade them farewell. Devasena sat on her seat as Yudhishtir mounted his chariot along with her. The six siblings exchanged a determined look as Devasena pulled the halter rope of the horse letting out a ''hiya''. Her other four brothers behind her as she led them. The war broke out. The Kauravas went first but King Drupad had the upper hand. When they saw that Kauravas were defeated by Drupad they were confused. 

"Unhone Karna ko parasth kiya hai..."

"Arthart ki ve adhik mahabali hain." she completed Yudhishtir as she observed the battle field.

"Main unka sir apni iss gada se hi alag kar sakta hoon." Bheem raged.

"Paruntu Guru Drone ko ve jeevit chahiye." Arjun reminded. Sahadev stayed quiet as he looked at his sister, knowing the future also knowing who was going to make them win. He had an amused look on his face and chose stay silent.

Devasena asked Yudhishtir to stay in the background and appointed Madri putra as the protectors of their chariot wheels. Bheem with mace in hand, rushed into the center of the army. He headed for the elephant battalion and began to destroy those huge beasts with a single blow from his powerful club. The elephants screamed and fell to the ground, their heads cracked in many places. With his invincible club, Bheem began to destroy chariots, horses, infantrymen and elephants. As a cowherd man controls countless cows with his staff, Bheema controlled the army of Drupada with his fierce club. 

Knowing that Arjun had to wanted to please his teacher; Drona, after what happened in Kala Pradarshan , Devasena made him flood King Drupada with a deluge of arrows and caused him to fall from the back of his elephant. With his arrows, Arjuna then killed soldiers, elephants, and horses by the thousands. The Panchala army challenged Arjuna head on with a downpour of arrows, and sending up courageous shouts, fought desperately with him. The battle became furious and frightening to behold. The son of Pandav was filled with fury and released thousands of arrows intending to annihilate the Panchala army.  

Those who were watching Arjuna could not see any interval between his fixing the arrows on the bow string and releasing them. The King of the Panchalas, accompanied by his commander in chief, Satyajit assaulted Arjuna with the speed of the wind. Arjuna covered King Drupada with hundreds of arrows, then rushed at King Drupada to apprehend him. Seeing Arjuna coming forward, Satyajit tried to stop him. As the two warriors approached for combat, they began to destroy each other's army. Suddenly Arjuna pierced Satyajit in the chest with ten arrows. Unaffected by the force of those arrows, Satyajit released one hundred shafts at the son of Pandu. 

 Arjuna, not wanting to waste anymore time, released an arrow that cut the bow of Satyajit in two. Taking up another bow, the commander-in-chief of the Panchalas attacked Arjuna again. This time Arjuna cut the bow, killed the horses and charioteer, and shattered the chariot. When Satyajit found his bow useless and his horses slain, he desisted from fighting.

Seeing his general defeated, the Panchala king began to rain arrows upon the Pandava prince. Arjuna immediately cut King Drupada's bow and pierced his chariot driver with five arrows. Setting aside his bow, Arjuna took out a scimitar and, sending forth a loud battle cry, jumped from his chariot to the chariot of Drupada. He seized King Drupada as Garuda would seize a snake, and at the sight of this, the Panchala army fled the field of battle.

Devasena knew that this marked their win henceforth stopped Bheema from annihilation as they presented the Panchalnaresh to Guru Drona, making the former realize that just being kshatriya wasn't enough to be a warrior.    

King Drupada was convinced that by kshatriya strength alone he could not defeat Drona. He began to wander the earth searching for a sage who could help him obtain a son to kill Drona. He also desired a daughter who would be a suitable wife for Arjuna. King Drupada was so impressed with Arjuna that he thought there was no warrior comparable to him. Therefore, by means of marriage, he wanted to unite the two families.   

A year after this incident, Dhritarastra decided to appoint , Yudhishtira the first son of Pandu , as the heir-apparent to the kingship of the world. His firmness, fortitude, patience, benevolence, straightforwardness and unswerving honesty won the hearts of the people of the earth. Within a short time, he had overshadowed the accomplishments of his father, the great Pandu.

The second son of Pandu, Bhima , began to receive instructions from Balram, the brother of the Personality of Godhead, Lord . He received continued lessons in the use of the mace and sword. After 's education was finished, his strength and prowess with the mace were unsurpassed except for the all-powerful Lord Balarama.

      Arjun , the third son of Pandu, was esteemed for his mastery of the bow and arrow. Drona certified that there was none in the world who was Arjuna's equal in the use of weapons. Sahadev obtained the whole science of morality and duties from Brihaspati , the heavenly priest of the demigods, and , Nakul, the favorite of his brothers, became known as a skillful warrior and a great chariot fighter.

On the other hand, Devasena knowing that she couldn't play an important role in the war started working on her war planning along with her brothers . She excelled in axe bearing and sword fighting. She started supervising all the warfare along with her brothers. Drona even accepted that he has never seen such an axe-wielder like her. She could use her axe blindfolded and win the whole war by herself.The citizens of Hastinapur became affectionate to the sons and daughter of Pandu because of their good qualities and desired Yudhisthira as their King. In the market places, in the homes, in the country sides, the glories of the Pandavas were spoken. The sinful Duryodhan , hearing the citizen's discussions, became distressed.

Overcome by affection for his sinful son, King Dhritarastra made a plot to kill the Pandavas by fire in the town of Varnavat. One day, in the court at Hastinapura, some of the King's counsellors began to speak of the glories of Varanavata. These counsellors, instructed by Dhritarastra, spoke of the beauty of the town and its pious citizens. Hearing these descriptions, the Pandavas became attracted to go there. King Dhritarastra noticed that the curiosity of the Pandavas had been awakened, and he then advised them stay in the town for a while, saying that it was the favorite place of their deceased father. Yudhishtir knowing that it was an indirect order for leaving Hastinapur agreed.   

Devasena understood the motives of her blind uncle. She knew his hatred for her father and the influence of Gandharaj on him was another danger sign. She looked at Duryodhana whose face glowed with happiness on announcement of her departure. She let out a sigh. 

'Hey Shiv! Ek pal shanti kya sambhav hai mere jeevan mein?' she questioned to herself as they left the palace of Hastinapur not knowing that they won't be back here for next few years. 

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