MAHABHARATA:

 

 

The life of a woman is very well defined,

She must never grumble, play the part she’s been assigned,

She protects the hopes and hearts of her family,

Every second of time.

 

She can endure all kinds of pain.

Most of the time she has no choice, it’s not her own mind.

Yet she stands strong, she holds it all,

That’s the life of a woman,

She can bear it all.

 

Scene 1:

 

What should I do?

I didn’t know if it would actually come true.

Little child, this is something I cannot do.

So, I must send you away with my blessing,

All my good wishes you have always.

I am sorry, but this is where we must separate.

 

What I have done, I cannot undo.

Oh, how did I know it would all come true?

So irresponsible, what a terrible price to pay.

I pray and pray for my little child,

May he grow up to be healthy, wealthy and wise

 

Scene 2 :

 

Oh, what is it Arjun?

I cannot hear, what did you say;
you got something, a prize?

Whatever it is, share it amongst yourselves,

Equally, divide.

 

Oh my. What have I done?

I asked you to share a wife?

How was I to know that, that was the prize?

Now however I cannot go back on my word,

You, Draupadi, will be the first wife to all of my sons.

 

 

What do you think?

Isn’t that weird?

Why can’t she go back on her word?

It’s something different and special, not some goofy junk,

You think this is righteousness or dharma

That`s something to think about

A thought that might stay in your head

It`s something you might worry about

scene 3:

Not so long after, there came a day when all the pandavas were training

Trying to spear a fish through its eyes as it spun above faster

It was just another exhibition and Arjuna excelled  

But then walked in karna, a man with some serious skills

As he was about to shoot the fish, there came a cry

a man who was not of royal blood couldn’t enjoy

these rights and skills that a royal possessed

so there he stood as he half hung is head

who is your mother was the question asked

Karna seemed to take that question as quite a task

As he turned to leave he was stopped

Given a title so that he could be of royal blood

Then this strange man took his title and quietly left

No one in the room could explain what had happened

They were all quiet and all that could be heard was the sound of silence.

 

Scene 5:

Kunti hurry and come Madari said

Look look the king is dead

I tried to dissuade him

He wouldn’t hear

The king is gone now, the worst is here

 

Jealousy and envy filled kunti up

She couldn’t control it

It was eating her up

She spat out at Madari

She wouldn’t listen

Madari just sat there silently weeping

 

Being the senior wife

She exercised her power

Told Madari to pick herself up and start to move forward

She ordered  her to take care of the children as she prepared to follow her husband

Madari refused

It`s not something she`d let Kunti do

It was Madaris falut she blamed herself

She said shed follow her dead husband

To the gates of heaven or hell

So she burned herself on the kings pyre

Leaving kunti all alone because of pandus desire

 

Pandu was the 4th man in her life

To contribute to her miseries

The first being her 2 fathers, her son

And now something to add in that line of history

Just when things seems to take a turn, her hopes grew and reached a height

But fell fast and burned bright

One rash act seems unfair

It made her alone

There was nobody there, she was on her own

Life had never been so unfair

 

Scene 6:

They returned to Hastinapura

The whole lot,

They walked in slow procession

While the rest of the city watched

They were received warmly

And the children as princes

They were sent to the family tutors

And people looked after all his interests

Dritirashta`s continued to rule uncrowned

People were already pointing

To yudhistir to take over the crown

The pandav children were quick leaners

They outshone their cousins

They made their mother proud

But they scorned at it by there brothers

 

Jealous, jealous, jealous

What to do?

Destroy the Pandavas

That’s what  they resorted too

The plot was foiled by vidura

A good uncle who have had their back

If not for him they would’ve died

There would be no turning back

 

Oh kunti, the house is to be set on fire

You must escape or you will expire

There is a passage underneath

That you must use

It would lead you to the forst

From where you must constantly move

 

Eventually a few days later

They returned

They were given half the kingdom

Which is what dritirashtra thought they had earned

 

Time moved forward and then halted to a major stop

They were invited to play a game of dice

Which vidura tred to stop

Yudhistir couldn’t refuse, he couldn’t resist

So he went ahead and bet every last bit

The pandavas were exiled for the next 13 years

Kunti was old now and couldn’t accompany them there

She stayed at viduras all by herself

“these years are so hard” she felt low

she couldn’t really do much , she had no where to go

she had to stay back

and watch the enemies grow with power

she couldn’t stop it

their power was a constant shower

 

Kunti was brave and kunti was strong

She stood tall and held her own ground

Daughter of a king, wife of another

When her son became king

She became a queen- mother.

 

The life of a woman is very well defined,

She must never grumble, play the part she’s been assigned,

She protects the hopes and hearts of her family,

Every second of time.

 

The end.