Mahabharat Katha: Due to the curse of this Apsara, Arjun had to become a eunuch, spent his life like this for a year

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Urvashi cursed Arjun in Mahabharata: Mahabharata is not just a war story, but it has many characters and stories. Arjun is one of these important characters of Mahabharata. There is such a story of Arjun in Mahabharata, which you will be surprised to hear. Do you know that even a brave warrior like Arjun had to suffer the curse given by an Apsara? Due to this curse, Arjun became a eunuch and spent a year as a eunuch. The name of this form of Arjun was Brihannala. Let us know the complete story of this curse in detail.

Actually, what happened was that while Arjun and all the Pandavas were staying in the forest, they were also busy preparing for the war. Arjun needed divine weapons to win the war. For this he worshiped Lord Indra. Indra was pleased with his worship and asked for blessings in return. On this Arjun asked for divine weapons from Lord Indra.

Indra Dev gave divine weapons to Arjun

At that time, Lord Indra told Arjun that for this he would first have to please Mahadev and obtain Pashupatastra. Only by the grace of Mahadev, the doors of heaven will open for them, where they will get divine weapons. After this, Arjun pleased Mahadev by doing penance and obtained Pashupatastra from him and went to heaven, where Indra Dev gave him all the divine weapons.

However, an extraordinary incident happened to Arjun in heaven. Urvashi, the most beautiful nymph of heaven, became fascinated with Arjun and requested him to accept her love. She wanted Arjun to accept her love request, but Arjun refused. This made Urvashi very angry. She lost her temper in anger and cursed Arjun to become impotent.

Brihannala became Arjun as a eunuch

After receiving the curse, Arjun was surprised and started wondering what would happen next. After this he asked Lord Indra for the solution to this curse. After knowing the solution of the curse, Arjun returned to earth with the divine weapon. After this, he stayed in the country of Matsya in the form of eunuch Brihannala during his exile for a year and taught dance to Uttara, the daughter of King Virat. During this period, all the Pandavas and Draupadi also stayed there under different names.

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