..in the evening Durdhara was getting ready for the puja held in Vishnu mandir..the next day is birthday as well as coronation of prince Digvijay...and according to the tradition the princess will do the tilak of yuvraj...so she has to do puja in previous evening...Subhadra and Drakshita were helping her to get dressed...Pratiharin entered..
Pratiharin : rajkumari ek vises atithi apse vet krna chahte hai
Dhara : parantu humare liye abhi kisise bhet karna samvab nahi hai ...humein puja ke liye samay pr mandir pohuchna padega..
Pratiharin : shama karein rajkumari parantu gandhar naresh ambhik apke liye bahat samay se pratiksha kar rahe hai...
Durdhara and Subhadra stared to each others face and Drakshita's face got darkened..
.
Dhara : acha unhe suchit karo ke hum a rahe hai...
Pratiharin left
Dhara : Bhadra ye wahi hain na jisne apne matrabhumi ke sath viswasghat karke yavan raja ke liye bharat ka dwar unmukt kia hai...
Drakshita : han rajkumari ye wahi deshdrohi ambhik hai...in par to apne pita ambhiraj ke hatya ka arop bhi hai q ke gandharraj ek deshbhakt the unhone yavan sikandar ke sath ambhik kumar ke mitrata ka virodh kie the
Subhadra : bharatbhumi k kalank hai ye Ambhik..
Dhara : parantu aise neech vyakti humse q bhet karna chahte hai...hum puja karne ja rahe hai..aise samai hum us desdrohi ke ashubh chehra dekhke is shubh karm mein badhayein utpann nahin karna chahte..pehle vo uddand vanvasi ab ye pitrihanta desdrohi..pata nahi aj kiske chehra dekhe the hum..
Drakshita (thinking) : iska arth rajkumari ko ye gyat nahi hai ke ambhik ke sath unkr vivah ke prastab pr vichar kia ja raha hai...hey ishwar pata nahi kya hai vidhata ke man mein..
Subhadra : parantu rajkumari yadi aap unse bhet na kare to ye gandhar naresh ka apman hoga..is samai abhisar rajya gandhar ke sath mitrata sandhi mein abadha hai ..humare pita kehte hai ke gandhar baht hi shaktishali hai yavan ke sahayata se..is samai apki ye sidhanth avisar rajya ke liye ashubh sanket ho sakta hai...humare kheyal se apko ekbar unse bhet kar lena chahiye
Dhara : teri vichar sahi hai Bhadra tu sahi arth mein hi mahaamatya ke kanya hai...acha to tum bhi hamare sath chalo ...aur Drakshita tum hamarein rath ko taiyar hone ke liye kaho..hum kuch i samay mein prasthan karenge
Drakshita : ji rajkumari
Ambhik was waiting anxiously in the garden of princess's mahal...its the waiting place of male visitors and guests ...as they don't have permission to enter in princess's place..even if he is a king or prince...Subhadra and Durdhara entered into the garden...Ambhik became spellbound to see Durdhara's beauty...and thought acharya Shukdev didn't commit any mistake by sending his the marriage proposal...
at first he opposed Shukdev's decision for the first time...he was not ready for marriage he is busy to satisfy his thirst for power..after the treaty with sikandar Ambhik helped Sikandar to attack the kingdom of puskalabati in west gandhar...as he wanted to rule all over Gandhar...and now Sikandar is on the way to get victory over Puskalabati..in this moment Ambhik was not willing to leave Gandhar and to come Avisar...but Shukdev made him go..he made Ambhik understood that to make Abhisar as Gandhar's friend is necessary if Abhisar king would accept Sikandar's supremacy..then it would be easier for Sikandar to enter into India and lead war with panchnad king Parvateswar (Purus)...Abhisar for its location is not easyly defeatable...so if Sikandar has to fight battle with them then his entrance into india would be delayed...and his army would become more exhausted..and may be Sikandar will return without fighting with Purus..and Ambhik's purpose won't be served..that's why Shukdev sent the marriage proposal to Abhisar king ..and by sending details of Sikandar's huge undefeatable army he somehow managed to convince him to send his acceptance to Sikandar..and made him thinking about Ambhik and Durdhara's marriage...but Abhisar raja is not ready for his daughter's early marriage..so Shukdev sent Ambhik in Digvijay's coronation to convince him about the marriage..but still Ambhik was not satisfied with Shukdev's step
and now by watching beauty of princess..Ambhik felt Shukdev took right step
Durdhara looked at Ambhik for a moment then shifted her eyes..as she was not willing to see a traitor's face
Durdhara (thinking) : to ye hai vo desdrohi gandhar naresh..chehre se hi pratit ho raha hai ye ek nehayat hi ahankari vyakti hai jo apne aham ko tust karne ke liye koi bhi ghrunit karya kar sakta hai
Ambhik : rajkumari Durdhara hum hai Gandhar naresh Ambhik...humare naam to sune hi honge...
Subhadra (thinking) : rajkumari ko abhibadan bhi nahi kia...chehre se jitna ahankari dikhta hai vastab mein usse kai guna adhik ahamkari hai..
Durdhara (without looking at Ambhik) : han jante hai ab to sabhi janpadon mein kebal yehi naam ka charcha hai...
Ambhik couldn't get the real meaning of Durdhara' word so thought she is praising for that..and thought Durdhara is also impressed by him
Ambhik : dhanyabad rajkumari hum itna vikhyat hai ye to humein bhi gyat nahi tha...
Dhara : humein puja ke liye bilamb ho rahe hai..isiliye hum shighra apke humse bhet karneka uddyeshya janna chahte hai
Ambhik : hum aap ke liye uphar leke aye hai...ye gandhar ke bahumulya uchakoti ke heerak alankar ...hamare taraf se gandhar aur abhisar rajya ke sambandh ke chinha swarup...
and he ordered his servant and he removed the velvet cover from a huge plate..where the diamond jeweleries were decorated...there were all types of luvastrating ornaments made of diamonds...Durdhara uninterestingly looked at that...and shifted eyes again...Subhadra smiled once...
Dhara : parantu hamare liye ye uphar kisliye??janamtithi aur rajyabhishek hamare bhrata ka hai hamari nahi
Ambhik : hum jante hai rajkumari Digvijay to hamare param mitra hai..unke liye hum kuch vises uphar laye haye..parantu hum ne suna hai ke rajkumariyon ko heerak alankar baht hi priya hote hai..to humne gandhar ke shrestha swarnakar se ye alankar prastut karwaya.apke liye...
Subhadra(smiling at Ambhik's ignorance) : parantu jo har rajkumari ko pasand aye vo Abhisar rajkumari ko bhi pasand aye ye avashyak to nahi..hamare rajkumari ko heerak aur heerak alankar mein koi ruchi nahi hai
Ambhik : parantu kyu??heera to har kanya ko pasand hai..aur tum kaun ho jo itne nischitrupse ye keh rahe ho
Dhara : ye hamare sabse priya sakhi aur mahaamatya putri Subhadra hai..aur ye hume humse bhi adhik janti hai...ye satya keh rahi hai..humein heerak pasand nahi..ye baht hi berang hai...
Ambhik : to phir apko kya pasand hai rajkumari
Dhara : vo aap nahi samjhenge...parantu ap hamare rajya ke atithi hai isiliye apke uphar grahan karna humara kartavya hai..Bhadra grahan karo ise
and Subhadra took the plate of diamonds
and then pratiharin entered
Pratiharin : kshama chahte hai rajkumari..parantu Panchnad ke rajkumari apke mahal mein apke pratiksha kar rahe hai...
Dhara : humein ab jana padega...chalo Subhadra
and they left behind Ambhik with his darkened face..Ambhik realized the princess is different from others...he thought princess would be easily impressed by his valubale gift but the result was unexpected to him...and another thing striked him was that the news of Panchnad princess's coming...that meand Abhsar rajya is maintaining good relation with Gandhar's enemy Purus too...he was not prepared for that news..he didn't understand how to react
Durdhara reached to andarmahal..where Panchnad princess Kalyani, daughter of king Purus was waiting for her...Nandini was 13 years old beautiful princess with a smiling face..her smile was so innocent that people always say that she can win her enemy with this smile...she has got a soft heart and friendly nature..and never shows proud ever..unlike other princess including Durdhara too( as Durdhara reserved by nature but Kalyani is talkative)
Durdhara and Subhadra entered where Nandini was waiting for them ..Kalyani was sitting but watching Durdhara She went and hugged her though it was their first meeting but Nandini behaved as she knew Dhara for years...
Kalyani : to tum hi ho Durdhara...main panchnad k rajkumari Kalyani hun.hum shama chahte hai..apne rajya k suraksha ko chhodke hamare pita Parvateswar nahi a paye isiliye humein akelehi ana padha apke amantran ka maan rakhne .maine tumhara naam baht suna hai apne sakhiyon se...parantu jitna suna tumte usse bhi jyada sundar ho...
Dhara : ap humein lajjit kar rahe hai rajkumari..sundar to aap hai..hum apke aur apke pita ke bare mein baht suna hai...
Kalyani : are are ye ap ap kya hai?humse agar tum kehke baat nahi kiya to hum bhi tumse baat nahi karenge...
Dhara : acha Nandini humein tumse milke baht khushi hui...
Kalyani : ye hui na baat..dekho hum tumhare liye kuchh uphar laye hai...suna hai ke tumhe rangon se aur kala se baht prem hai to hum Panchnad ke prasidha murtikar se tumhare liye ye ratnakhachit natraj murti prastut karwaye haii..dekho...
and she streched her hands to Dhara with a beautiful Idol of Nataraj decorated by various colourful and valuable stones ( like chuni,panna.etc.)...as soon the lights of lamps fell upon him the idol started glowing and the room became full of magical colours..Durdhara and Subhadra became mesmerized
Kalyani : ye humare taraf se hamare preet ka nishani
Dhara : dhanyabad Nandini iska soundarya advut hai...
Kalyani : aur pata hai ye jis ke paas rehte hai vo jeevan ke har yudh mein vijay prapt karte hai..
Subhadra : sach??
Kalyani turned towards Subhadra she was putting the plate of diamond jewellaries on bed..
Kalyani : tum Subhadra ho na??Durdhara ke priyo sakhi??humne tumhare naam bhi baht suna..
and she hugged Subhadra too..Subhadra's hand was still on that plate..so when she also hugged nandini the plate's cover was removed by her hand...and Kalyani looked at those jewellaries..and she becomes excited
Kalyani : are kitna sunadar heerak abhushan hai...tumhe ye uphar mila Durdhara..
Durdhara : tumhe heera pasand hai??
Kalyani : heera to mujhe sabse priyo hai...kise heerak pasand nhi honge??
Durdhara : ye sare alankar tum rakh lo..ye mere taraf se tumhare liye uphar hai...
Kalyani : parantu
Durdhara : koi parantu nahi..ye mere taraf se mere sakhi ke liye uphar hai...nahi loge to hum bhi tumse baat nahi karenge
Kalyani : tab to humein ye swikarna hi padega...pata hai Durdhara humare yahan ane ke ek aur bhi karan hai..hum apne desh ke us veer suputra ko bhi dekhna chahte hai jinke bare mein hamare pita aur mantri indurdutta ji humesha batein karte rehte hai...
Durdhara : tum kiske baat kar rahe ho??
Kalyani : wahi mahan acharya chanakya ke shishya Chandragupta...vo to tumhare bhrata kumar Digvijay ke mitra bhi hai na..aur is samai yehin upasthit
Durdhara (thinking) : uff Chandragupta aur Chandragupta..aisa kya hai usmein jo charo taraf usike charche hote hai...
Kalyani : tumne mila usse??kaisa dikhta hai??suna hai ke humse jyada bada nahi hai...
Dhara: honge..humein gyat nahi..humne nahi mila usse...
and then Drakshita enters,,
Drakshita : rajkumari apke rath kabse pratiksha kar rahe hai..puja ke liye bilamb ho rahe hai
Dhara : humein Visnupuja ke liye jana padega Nandini..tum yadi shranti bodh na kar rahe ho to a sakte ho...
Kalyani : avashya Durdhara ..chalo
and four of them left for temple...
...in the evening Chandragupta and his friends accompanied Digvijay in traveling the capital of Rajpur...its the ritual that prince has to travel before his coronation all over the capital to get blessings and well wishes from his men for their future king...the whole Rajpur had been decorated for the grand festival...a grand fair had been organised all over the capital...where the traders from different janpadas with their varieties of goods had been gathered here..happiness and joy were being shown everywhere..for the first time in this one year after he lost his mother Chandragupta was smiling freely and was making fun with his friends...in one side of the fair the exhibition of best qualities of horses were going on...horse is the most precious goods of these regions..so Chandragupt and his friends eagerly stepped towards there but suddenly Aerawat looked hesitant...
Aerawat : mitron tumlog jao..hum yehin rukte hai...
Digvijay : kya baat hai Aerawat..tum ashwa pradarshani mein jane se mana kar rahe ho??ashwa to tumhe sarbadhik priyo hai...phir??
Aerawat : han Digvijay parantu hum abhi nahi ja sakte
Chandragupta : parantu kyun??koi vises karan??...hum tumhare mitraon hai..humse gupt mat rakho...
Ghanghor : mitron tum uhan kise dekh ke vichalit ho rahe ho??
then everyone turned towards the man whom Aerawat was looking at...he was one of the horse trader who had the best collection of horses...the middle aged man was accompanied by a beautiful girl of 16-17 years..who was helping him to manage the horses...
Digvijay : are vo to shresthi Subahu hai..is pradesh ki sabse prasidha aswa vyabsayi...unke paas jo uttam prajatiyon k aswa hote hai vo to parasik banikon ke paas bhi nahi hote hai...
Akshay : aur vo kanya kaun hai??
Digvijay : vo to unke kanya Sumitra hai...ye bhi apne pita k sath rajmahal mein hume badhaiya dene ayi thi aj subhah...matasree ko aj kehte hue suna ke baht dukhi hai bichari..uski pati use swikar nahi karte..parantu inhe dekhke tum itne vichalit kyu ho rahe ho Aerawat??
Aerawat looked confused..as if he wanted to say something but couldn't understand he should say or not...
Chandragupta : Aerawat hum sab tumhare mitro hai...kis baat se chintit ho tum...tumhe dekhke humein bhi chinta ho rahe hai..keh do humein kya baat hai
Sukant : dekho Aerawat aj agar tumne apne chinta k karan hamein bayan nahi kiya..to humse kabhi baat mat karna...yadi humein tum mitra hi na samjho to kya mulya hai aise mitrata rakhne k..
Shashank : ap bata bhi do rajkumar Aerawat..kyu us shresthi aur uske kanya ko dekhke itne bichalit ho rahe ho??
Aerawat : mitron humne tumse ek baat hamesha gupt rakha hai..aur aj bhi vo gupt hi rehta yadi mere atit aj khud mere samne na ata
Akshay : tum kehna kya chahte ho??humein kuch samajh mein nhi a raha hai...spast rup se kaho
Aerawat : vo kanya Sumitra hamare hi patni hai...hum vivahit hai mitron...
everyone shocked...but only Chandragupt and Akshay got confused...and others remained silent for a while...
Digvijay : kya????tum vivahit ho??aur subahu shresthi k kanya tumhare patni hai?Aerawat kripaya vistar se kaho sabkuch...
Chandragupt : parantu vivah to bado ka hi hote hai na..hum sab to chote hai na
Akshay nodded his head in support of Chandragupta..
Aditya : hey iswar...kamse kam is visay pr to kuch mat kaho...tumhe aur Akshay ko abhi inke gyan prapt hona baki hai..
Akshay : arthat??
Shashank : are Aerawat ko kuch kehne to do..tum sab kuch samay ke lie shant raho..tum kaho Aerawat..
Aerawat : mitron hum rajkumar to hai parantu hamare rajya bahat hi khudra hai...aur durbal bhi..hamare pita raja to hai parantu prativeshi Gandhar Abhisar aur Panchnad ke tarah dhanban ya shaktishali nahi...rajkarya ke liye unhe dhanban shresthin ke arthsahayata ke abashyakta hote hai..aur un shresthioun me se sabse adhik mahatyapurn the Subahu shresthin...aj se panch varsh purv hamare rajya mein durbhikha se annakast suru ho gaye the...paristhiti niyantran karne ke liye pitasree ko baht bade rashi ka arth ka rin grahan karna para..aur sabse bada rashi ka arth vo Subahu shresthi se hi liye the..tab hi pitasree ne socha ke yadi Subahu shresthi jaise dhanban shresthi ke sath vivah k bandhan sthapit kiya jaye to vabhisya mein hamare rajya ko arth samasya ka samna nhi karna padega...Subahu shresthi ne bhi is vivah prastab swikar kiya karan kshatriya raja k sath vivah sambandh samaj mein unke maan badhayega...isi karanse vo panch varsh purv mujhe gurukul mein turant sambad preran kiya rajya mein kuch sankat ane ki..aur hamare pohuchte hi Subahu shresthi ke kanya ke sath hamara vivah karwaya gaya hamare sammati ke bina...sabkuch itne shighrata se hua ke main mana to nahi kar paya parantu mere man ne vidroha kiya...main uswakt chaturdash varsh ka tha...aur Sumitra dwadash vars ki...mere man Sumitra ke prati birup ho chuka tha...isiliye vivah karya samapt hone ke ek din baad hi main gurukul laut aya...aur phir ek patra bhej diya ye likhke ke main is vivah ko swikar nahi karta...main Sumitra ko kabhi apni patni swikar nahi karunga..ye vivah mere asammati se hua hai isiliye mere liye ye asidha hai...baad mein maine suna ke Subahu shresthi Sumitra ko leke hamare rajya chorke chale gaye..phir wapis nahi aye..mere pita mujhpar bhi baht rust the parantu hum unke ekmatra putra hai..isiliye humara tyag nahi kia...uske baad main bhi in char varsh mein kabhi apne rajya mein nahi laute...parantu mitron main ab tak samajhte aya hun ke hum sahi the...parantu aj shreshthi aur Sumitra ko dekhke pata nahi kyun unke sammukh jane ki sahas nahi ho raha hai...
Aerawat stopped...for a while everyone remained silent...this is something new that they ever discussed...then Chandragupta stepped towards Aerawat and put his hand on his shoulder...
Chandragupta : Aerawat humein is visay mein adhik gyan to nahi hai parantu main sirf itna keh sakta hun ke tum apne aap se sawal karo aur apne man ki awaz sunne ki prachesta karo..tumhara man kya keh raha hai tum sahi ho ya galat??
Digvijay : Chandragupt sahi keh raha hai...Aerawat tum pehle khud socho tumhe kya karna chahiye...parantu tumhe sahi disha dikhane ke liye tumhare sath dene ke liye tumhare mitron sarvada tumhare sath honge...
and then a sound of a ringing bell reached to their ears which reminded Digvijay of something...
Digvijay : are mitron Visnu mandir mein sandharati arambh ho chuka hai...hum to bismarit ho gaye the ke aj hamare bhagni Durdhara swayam puja mein baithegi...kal usike hath se hamare tilak sanskar jo hone wala hai...chalo mitron..tum sab usse mil bhi loge..aur Drakshita bhi wahi hogi...
Shashank felt embarassed again
Sukant (thinking) : sayad vo chitra wali kanya ki bhi darshan wahi ho jaye...
Chandragupt : chalo mitron humein devta k darshan mein bilamb ho rahe hai...
Aerawat stared Sumitra for once... then all of them left for the Visnu temple...
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