Vishnu Temple
...the Vishnu temple of Rajpur was the oldest temple of Kamboja...its structure was influenced by Persian architecture...and it was different to look at than the temples of AD era...the temple was not very big in size..rather it was small piece of architecture made by stones..in the temple there was an idol of lord Vishnu made of black stone...the idol also was small...on that time rituals of worshiping god was also different...it was more like agnihotra or offering to fire...so in front of the idol there was a wide place for offering in fire...
...when Chandragupt and his friends reached to Vishnu temple the Agnihotra had been started...priests were chantibbg hymns...Durdhara was sitting in the center of all and was offering things to the fire..Subhadra was standing just behind her..and was supplying things...Kalyani was sitting with folding hands with her eyes towards fire...Dakshita was obseving the stairs whether prince and his friends are coming or not...except the priests there were guards for their security...
...after reaching in temple...Digvijay and his friends went upstairs..but Chandragupta stayed outside as he was observing the temple and its beautiful structure thoroughly...it was habit to be attracted to the new things..what he has never seen before...
..Digvijay guided his friends inside the temple...guard showing owner paved the way...and they reached where offerings were going on...watching them Dakshita stepped towards them...Nandini was beside her..she also followed her
Digvijay : ao mitron..ye raha Kamboja ka sabse prachin mandir...hamare aradhya devta Vishnu bhagban ki...
Aditya : baht sundar mandir hai...parantu tumne kaha tha k rajkumari tumhare lie aj puja kar rahi hai..kahan hai vo??
Digvijay (indicating Durdhara) : vo dekho...yagg mein ghritahuti de rahi hai...
everyone turned towards that direction...
Ghanghor : rajkumari k sundarta k bare mein jo bhi charche sune the vo unse bhi adhik sundar hai...
Digvijay gave a proudly appreciating smile...
and then Sukant's eyes stacked on Subhadra who was standing behind Durdhara...and he became speechless...minutes passed and he kept watching her...
Sukant (thinking) : humne to socha bhi nhi tha k humein itni shighra darshan mil jayenge unki...ishwar ko asankhya dhanyabad k vo rajkumari nhi hai...warna hum Gandhar k ek tuchcha rajkarmachari k putra kabhi unke vishay mein sochne k sahas nhi kar sakte...parantu vo sundari kaun hai..jo mere man ko aise moh liya?..ye kya ho raha hai humein)
and then Dakshita stood in front of him and watching Sukant's condition...she shook her hands in front of his eyes and Sukant regained his consciousness...
Dakshita : aise kya dekh rahe the Sukant??
Sukant (still in dreamland) : vo kanya
Dakshita : kanya???kaunsi kanya??tum mandir mein kanya k darshan karne k liye aye ho??
Shashank : vo chahe kisike bhi darshan karne aye..tumhe usse kya??
Dakshita : ohh aap bhi yahan hai???parantu ab tak puja samapt nhi hua..isiliye prasad nhi milega
Shashank : tumhare kehne ka arth kya hai??main yahan prasad k liye aya hun??
Dakshita : aur nahi to kya...bhojan k atirikt kisi bhi vishay mein tumhara ruchi hai ye to humein gyat nhi...
Shashank : dekho Dakshita apne sima mein raho samjhi...
Dakshita : warna kya kar loge??
Digvijay (tensed) : are tum log yahan bhi shuru ho gaye??mitron ye mandir hai yahan to shanti rakho...
and Shashank and Dakshita stopped temporarily
Kalyani stepped towards Digvijay...
Kalyani : rajkumar Digvijay k jai ho...
Digvijay : are Panchnad kumari...humein gyat nahi tha k aap bhi yahan hai...aho bhagya hamara...mitron inse milo..ye hai panchnad k rajkumari mahan raja Parvateswar ki putri Kalyani...
everyone : pranam rajkumari
Kalyani : pranam
(turning towards Digvijay) : kumar inme se vo avinashi veer kaun hai??
Digvijay : kaun Chandragupt??(and then he found Chandragupt was nt with them)...nhi rajkumari vo inme se koi nhi hai...vo mandir k bahar hi reh gaya hai...main abhi bulata hun...
Kalyani : chaliye humare usse milna avashyak hai...
they went outside
boys tried to step towards the havankund but Dakshita stopped them..
Airawat : kya hua humein devta darshan karna hai badha q de rahi ho??
Dakshita : ta ke puja mein koi bipatti na aye
Shashank : tumhare kehne ka arth kya hai..hamare wajah se puja mein vipatti a sakte hai
Dakshita : kuch kaha nhi ja sakta...ab tark na karke yehin ruko..puja samapt hone k paschat hi tumlog praves kar paoge..
Shashank and friends became angry..specially Sukant became impatient..but they couldn't dare to say anything
Chandragupta was still outside of the temple...was watching its beauty..and then Digvijay and Nandini came to him...
Digvijay : are Chandragupt tum yahan kya kar rahe ho...hum sab tumhare pratiksha kr rahe the..dekho rajkumari tumse bhet karne k utsukta se swayam bahar chali ayi...
Kalyani (smiling with excitement) : to aap hi hai vo veerta ki misaal...pitasree se apke bare mein baht kuch suna...
Chandu (gave a cute smile) :humein lajjit na kare rajkumari...guni to aap hai...kitna advut chitra banati hai aap..
Kalyani became confused
Kalyani : chitra??kaunse chitra k baat kr rahe hai aap??humein koi chitra banana nhi ata...
Digvijay : are Chandragupt tum galat samajh rahe ho...ye hamare behn Durdhara nhi Panchnad k rajkumari Kalyani hai...hamari Dhara to puja mein vyast hai..vo dekho..
he pointed his fingure towards the place where Durdhara was sitting..but as Durdhara on that time bent herself to take blessings from lord Vishnu..so Chandu could see Subhadra as she was just behind Dhara...and he considered Subhadra as princess Durdhara...
Chandu (turning towards Kalyani) : humein shama karna rajkumari...aap Panchnad k raja mahan Parvateswar k kanya hai..hum apne acharya se apke pita k vishay mein baht suna hai..vo ek mahan veer hai...
Digvijay : ap dono batein karo..puja samapt hone ko hai..humein bhitar jana hoga..aap dono batein khatam karke a jana...
he left
Kalyani : Chandragupt humein apko ek vises suchna deni hai...apke acharya chanakya bartaman mein hamare rajya mein aye hue hai...hum Abhisar rajya mein a rahe hai ye janke unhone humein ek vises patra diya hai..ap tak pohuchane k lie...is patra mein unke koi vises suchna hai...
and she handed over a rolled paper to Chandragupt
Kalyani : ise padh lena...hum chalte hai...
she left...
Chandu went to the back of the temple and opened the letter of Chanakya
here the offerings eneded inside the temple...Durdhara took blessings from lord Vishnu...and then she took the heavy plate of the stone where all the flowers.. and other ingredients of offerings were decorated..she had to have a round of the temple alone with this heave plate...closing her eyes...Subhadra took her outside the temple...and then left her as she Durdhara had to complete the circle alone...guards kept all people away from the temple as there would be no obstacle on princess's way...so Durdhara started walking with eyes closed...
Chandu was reading the letter by hiding in a place so that none could watch him reading the letter...so guards didn't find him...now after reading the letter he became tensed and came out from that secret place and started walking towards temple..as his concentration was still in the letter he didn't notice someone is coming towards him...
Durdhara was coming with closed eyes..so there was no question of noticing Chandu...and the result was as expected
Dhara with her heavy plate of stone collided with Chandu..and all the flowers from that plate fell upon Chandu...and as an effect of this collision both of them sat down on land...
Durdhara's all concentration was to complete the round of temple without interruption and her mind was occupied with the devotional feelings for lord Vishnu and she was praying for her brother with all her hearts and closed eyes...so when the collision occurred..at first she failed to understand why she got interrupted...she took some moments to regain her consciousness and when she opened her eyes she found herself sitting on the land...though the heavy plate of stone is still on her lap and her hands were holding it tightly but all the flowers and other ingredients were scattered in the land..and then she looked forward to discover the source of such obstacle..in her way..though it was the time of dust and darkness was taking everything in its grasp but still Durdhara didn't take a second to recognize that innocent dusky face and those shining black eyes...that ill-mannered stranger boy of the morning...
...Chandragupta's mind was occupied with the message from acharya...the information about the movement of Greeks which acharya got to know through the spies was really a matter of great problem...so he was thinking about future..what will happen if the news written by acharya will come true...and while he was lost in such thoughts..suddenly something happened..before he could understand anything he felt some heavy thing hit on his chest...a feeling of pain for a moment or two occupied his consciousness...and he closed his eyes..and with closed eyes he felt her face has been covered with flowers the beautiful smell of flowers lightened his pain ...he removed flowers from his face and then suddenly became thrilled by getting another sweet smell...the smell which is completely unknown but still familiar to him...with a feeling of thrill he opened his eyes and discovered the source of the smell..and understood why the smell was familiar to him...the same fiery eyes on the same indescribable face with the colour of moonlight...in this evolving darkness of the evening light is being spread from whose complexion...the same mad girl of the palace...
'tum ????'... a screaming question comes out from both voices...
Dhara : tum??tum yahan???
Chandu : tum?? yahan bhi chale aye??
Dhara : uddand vanvasi tumhara itna bada duhsahas k tum hamare marg mein badhayein utpanna kar rahe ho???
Chandu : tum to wahi unmad kanya ho na??yahan bhi pohuch gaye mere jivan mein vighna utpann karne k lie?
Dhara : tumhara itna bada duhsahas ke tum hamein unmad keh rahe ho??jante ho hum kaun hai???
Chandu : ismein na janne wale kaunse bat hai..tum raj prasad ke unmad dasi ho jo kisike lie bhi ghatak sidha ho sakti hai...
Dhara : tumhare uddandta kshama k ayogya hai...parantu hum ye janna chahte hai k tum uddand hone k sath sath netrahin bhi ho ya nhi??tumne humein tumhare disha mein ate hue nhi dekha??
Chandu : netrahin hum hai ya tum??itni badi badi ankhein kya sirf shobha badhane k lie hai??tum bhi to hamein dekh sakti thi??jante ho tumhare ye prastar patra k ghat se kisike pran bhi ja skte hai??
Dhara : humein tumse kuch bhi janne k avashyakta nahi hai...hum to mandir ko pradakshin kar rahe the..parantu tumne humare puja mein badha dalke baht bada apradh kia..aur tumhe iske dand avasya milenge...tum bandi banke karagriha mein bheje jaoge...
Chandu : humein bandi banana itna sahaj nhi hai...parantu bandi humein nhi tumhein hona chahiye karan aise mansik rup se aswasth kanya ko vaid griha mein hona chahiye na ke lokalaya mein...tum kisi ke lie bhi vipta k karan ban sakti ho...
Dhara : humein aise apmaan karke tumne apne vinash ko amantran dia hai...hum abhi sainiko ko bulate hai tumhe bandi banane ke lie..
..and then Dhara opened her mouth to shout..but suddenly Chandu put his hand on Dhara's mouth by rounding her neck and closed her mouth so that she won't be able to make noise.but as being a small boy he had no idea how to deal with a girl as they are much softer so he closed her mouth as tightly as he does with his enemies..by touching her it seemed high voltage current passed through his body...he started shivering..but still he couldn't remove his hand as he couldn't reveal himself to others because he came here to read a secret letter ..Dhara tried her best with all her strength to get rid of Chandu's hand but Chandu's grip was more firm and strong she tried to shout but only a sound of whimpering comes from her voice...her eyes becomes full of tears out of pain...
Chandu (whispeing in Dhara's ears) : khabardar jo koi shabd nikali to...dekho hum yahan tumhare puja bhang karne ke lie nhi aye the usse kai gun adhik avashyak karya hetu hum yahan aye the..parantu hamare lie aur tumhare rajya ke hit ke lie abhi gopniyata rakhna avashyak hai...isliye tum abhi hamare bare mein kisiko kuch bhi nhi kahogi...hamare yakin karo hum tumhare rajya aur rajkumar k shubhchintak hai...parantu yabtak tum hamare baat swikar nhi karogei hum tumhe nhi chhor sakte...bolo k tum kisise kuch nhi kahogi...nhi kahogi na??
Dhara's breath seemed to be stopped her tears started rolled down her chicks and made Chandu's hand wet...Chandu felt embarrassed her hand becomes loose but still he held her hands tight an becomes thrilled again...because she still was trying to shout..
Chandu : tum hum pr viswas q nhi kar rahi ho??hum iswar k shapath leke keh rahe hai hum koi shatru nhi mitra hai abhisar rajya ke..aur yadi phir bhi tumhe visvas na ho to hum bhi aksham hai...hum tumhare mukh pr se hath nhi hata sakte...
and then suddenly a female voice with full of tension comes closer...'Dhara...Dhara'...Subhadra became tensed watching Durdhara's late..and whenever she got tensed about Dhara she calls her name instead of calling her 'Rajkumari'...
watching someone to come Chandu becomes tensed and then he felt the girl became tired by constantly resisting him...and she is not any more trying to shout..Chandu removed his hand from her face and in a second disappeared in the darkness by leaving Dhara lying almost senseless on the land...
in the temple Digvijay was taking blessing from lord visnu..when royal priest comes infron of him..Digvijay took his blessing
Digvijay : ashirvad de rajpurohit ji...take hum dharm ke marg mein rehke apne kartavya ke palan kar sake
Rajpurohit : avashya rajkumar hamara ashirvad to sada tumhara sath rahega..bhagwan Visnu k kripa se tum ek mahan raja banoge..tumhare hriday mein praja k prati jo prem k bhawna hai ye ek prajapalak raja k nishani hai...
the younger priest comes there
kanistha purohit : badhai ho rajkumar ..apko ye dugni khushi mubarak ho...satya mein abhisar rajya k lie ye baht hi khushi ka samay hai
Digvijay : dhanyavad purohitji parantu ap kis dugni khushi ki baat kar rahe hai??
Kanistha Purohit : kyun rajkumar ek taraf apke rajyabhishek aur dusri taraf rajkumari k bagdaan...
Digvijay : kya kaha rajkumari ka baagdaan..apke arth rajkumari Durdhara ka baagdaan??humein kuch samajh mein nhi a raha ke aap kya keh rahe hai...(turning towards Rajpurohit)...Rajpurohitji hamein kripaya samjhaye kanistha purohitji kya keh rahe hai???
Rajpurohit : shant ho jaiye rajkumar...Kanistha purohit satya keh rahe hai...apke rajyabhishek ke baad hi rajkumari Durdhara ki bagdaan kr dia jayega...
Digvijay (with mixed feelings of shock,anger,surprise and tension) : parantu humein to is vishay mein kuch bhi gyat nhi hai...koi humein kuch kaha kyu nahi??
Rajpurohit : ab us samay yahan nhi the rajkumar...aur hum sab apke abhishek k subh absar k pratiksha kar rahe the...kal hi maharaj is bagdaan ka anusthanik ghosna karenge
Digvijay : parantu ye to kahiye rajguru k Durdhara ki bagdaan kiske sath tayar kia gaya hai???
Rajpurohit : wahi jo rajkumari ke liye is samay sarbadhik yogya hai...gandhar naresh Ambhik Kumar
the sky seemed broke down upon Digvijay's head..if there was a thunderstorm in the temple Digvijay won't be such shocked...
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