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''