Indian Epics

Ari desired more than what his life currently entailed. He wanted to live it to it’s fullest. Ari was a simple man, but being simple wasn’t enough. One day, he saught his fortune from a local psychic, who in turned told him to travel to the mountains and honor the gods to find his destiny. Ari prepared a large backpack and some humble meals for the long travel. He already was a religious man, so he had easily packed all his praying equipment. So began Ari’s long journey up the mountainside. Every morning he would pray and meditate for 3 hours, he’d brought offerings, enough for every day he woke up in the mountains. It was one morning when Ari was meditating when he heard an animal approaching. It was a boar, with anger in it’s eyes and an intent to kill. Ari looking longingly at the boar, it had been a while since he’d had a decent meal, and his offerings to the god during his morning rituals were diminishing. A boar would be a feed him and his praying for the days to come. S...

Arjuna was told that if he traveled to up the Himalayas and obtained the vision of the great god, no one would be able to defeat him. So Arjuna, wanting this power, went into the mountains to find this power. He promised himself he would conquer the mountain. Ever yday he would meditate and pray, to the point where he became strong. He comes across a boar that planned to attack him and killed it. The forest grew silent, and a hunter not so far was angry that Arjuna killed his prey. So they fought, but this huntsman appeared to not be a mere mortal. This huntsman was the Great God, and he was pleased with Arjuna, giving him divine weapons and blessing him, but forbidding him from using the weapons unnecessarily. Many other gods visited Arjuna up in the mountains, bringing gifts of other weapons and blessings. The gods sent Arjuna to live in the city of Swarga where music and dancing were plenty. Indra told Arjuna that he is to live there as a dancer and musician, and that he did. He...