{"id":138,"date":"2026-05-23T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/?p=138"},"modified":"2026-05-23T06:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:26:28","slug":"the-eye-of-the-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/2026\/05\/23\/the-eye-of-the-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"THE EYE OF THE FISH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The entire assembly looked at Arjuna stunned, as the greatest warriors of Aryavarta had struggled to lift the divine bow, yet a Brahmana lifted it with ease and began to string the bow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arjuna, calm and composed, slowly picked up the arrow and placed it on the bowstring. His gaze was fixed upon the reflection of the fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking at the reflection, Arjuna released the arrow. The arrow shot through the air piercing the eye of the moving fish with perfect precision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The entire hall stood frozen in shock. The Brahmanas rejoiced, while the kings and princes stared in disbelief. The impossible challenge had finally been completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Krishna smiled knowingly, that the Brahmana was one of the greatest archer, Arjuna. Drupada and Dhrishtadyumna\u2019s face was filled with relief and amazement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slowly, Draupadi approached Arjuna carrying the garland and she placed the garland around his neck, accepting him as the winner of the Swayamvara.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The entire assembly looked at Arjuna stunned, as the greatest warriors of Aryavarta had struggled to lift the divine bow, yet a Brahmana lifted it with ease and began to string the bow. Arjuna, calm and composed, slowly picked up the arrow and placed it on the bowstring. His gaze was fixed upon the reflection &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/2026\/05\/23\/the-eye-of-the-fish\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;THE EYE OF THE FISH&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}