Hearing the words of advice by the Minister Kanika, the Duryodhana, Karna and the Sakuni sat together and plotted for the ways by which the Pandavas could be banished from the Kingdom and also from the Earth altogether. They hit upon the plan of sending the Pandavas to another city in their realms called the Varanavatha. They made few councillors to tell highly about the greatness of the Varanavatha and the festival for the Pasupathi Siva there in glorifying terms in the assembly of the Dritarashtra. Dritarashtra seeing that a momentum is being built up called the Pandavas and asked them to go to the Varanavatha and participate in the festival for the Pasupathi Sive. Bhishma didn't see anything amiss in this. Dhritarashtra knew everything because all this was carried only with his knowledge. Vidura saw through this and said to Yudhisthira that 'There are weapons more sharp than the sword, like fire. Beware of them. When all the forest is burnt the rat digs a hole and escapes the fire. Likewise a King must also act who is in danger. Have hope that you will escape from this peril'. With these words Vidhura left the Yudhishtira. Yudhishtira guessed that Vidura was warning him of some fire related peril. Meanwhile Duryodhana called one of his ministers by name Purochana and said to him to build a house of lac, ghee, oil and other inflammable materials and set the house on fire from the outwards on some day so that all the Pandavas with their Mother Kunti would get burned and killed. Purochana had constructed such house/Palace for them. Yudhishtira found out that the house was filled with strange smell and found out the game plan of the Purochana. He confided this to Bheema and Bheema was furious and he said that they tell this to the world and reveal the nefarious designs of the Kauravas to the public. To this Yudhisthira said that they were not having money, or friends or followers so they will have to bid the time. Purochana will not set the fire immediately because that will arouse the suspicion of the public so he will play the waiting game. Yudhisthira said 'two can play the waiting game'. 'We will also play the waiting game and go to the forests surrounding the Palace everyday to find out the exit routes to safety as we have to flee that area'. From then on in the mornings they went on hunting expeditions and in the evening they returned to the Palace not showing to the Purochana that they have found out his nefarious designs. Meanwhile Vidhura sent some person who is well versed in the digging underground mines to Yudhisthira. With his help they built an underground tunnel to the forest. It so happened that one woman with her five sons' used to frequent the Palace quite often to meet Kunti. One night Bheema set the house of lac to fire when the woman with her five sons had visited and stayed with them in the night. Purochana was also there in the Palace that night. The Pandavas kept the opening of the tunnel open so that the debris would fill up the opening. All the seven people in the Palace at that time died. The Pandavas escaped to the forest incognito. When they had to cross a river there was a boat man waiting for them again sent by the Vidura. He also said to them the same secret messages that Vidura had said to Yudhishtira in confidence. He again instructed them to remain incognito for some time as advised by the Vidura. Now when the house of lac was burnt the next day the people found out that there were seven skeletons. The Kauravas thought that all the Pandavas with their mother kunti and Purochana had died in the fire 'accident'. Though the Duryodhana and Dritarashtra were happy about it they maintained a facade of grief for the public. Bhishma was also grief stricken but to him Vidura said that the Pandavas were safe in a distant land. Thus passed the time in the Hastinapur the Capital of the Kurus and for the Pandavas in their place of dwelling for the next few years. MY INTENTION IS NOT TO NARRATE THE STORY OF MAHABHARATHA IN THIS FACE BOOK. BUT ONLY TO SHARE THE CONCEPT OF DHARMA, NITIS ETC HERE. I HAD TO DWELL IN THIS EPISODE FOR A LITTLE LONG BECAUSE THAT WILL LOGICALLY TAKE THE READERS TO THE NEXT STAGE, WHICH IS FULL OF ELIXIR OF NITI AND NUANCES OF DHARMA.