Wow… A great change… I received a notification from Wattpad team to change the category from Chicklit to Historical Fiction… But glad to know that it is in #18 in Historical Fiction, yet it is not fiction but true story… And your tons of love made me to write the same in Tamil also…
Keep on showering me your support…. Jai Shri Krishna…
Ok, let us come back to the story,…
Kamalanayani was performing a tapasya under a tree in the forest, but away from the palace of Dvaraka’s palace. Mata Satyabhama was the one who worried the most. But Lord Krishna pacified her that their daughter will always be safe as she is not a simple girl but Devi Kamalanayani herself… She needs to perform this tapasya for her future and for the benefit of the World… Mata understood it, yet was worried about her daughter..
Kamalanayani was completely concentrated on her tapasya towards Mata MahaGauri. Her wish was “she needs the best warrior, who is good hearted and who follows Dharma to be her Husband. He may or may not be a ruler of any kingdom but he must be the ruler of her heart. And Tridev must perform the protocols of her marriage, as it is their duty” While she was in her tapasya, she had few fruits at the beginning but reduced her diet. She formed a ring like structure with a very thick circumference around her with broken glass pieces, but not fire thinking that setting fire around her might cause forest-fire and harm the Nnature, her mother. But, she was also guarded by her vahan – Veera. He was there for her protection throughout her tapasya time. He did not allow anything or anybody to disturb her.
After one week, the princes of Dvaraka went to the forest for a hunt headed by Mata Subhadra, who is also a warrior princess and Yuvraj Pradyumna. But, in the name of hunt, they actually went to see her. They all searched her location and then found her finally. They all were shocked to see a Cheetah near her. As her true identity was not exposed to anybody. They thought that, it was there to prey on her and they arrived just on time. Yuvraj Pradyumna and Rajkumar Abhimanyu targeted the Cheetah with their bow. But, Mata Subhadra stopped their approach. Veera bowed and respected Mata Subhadra as she is Devi Yogmaya. She understood it is none other than Veera.
So, She said “Kamala is safe”. But everyone are shocked by her words. She then ordered everyone to move away from this place as their stay might disturb her tapasya. They all went back heavy-hearted. After reaching the palace, Mata Satyabhama and Mata Rukmani were waiting for their arrival at the palace entrance. Mata Subhadra explained the situation to them. They got pacified. But one person was not fine… Hope you guessed it…. Rajkumar Abhimanyu….
He was unable to have his regular meals, regular sleep… Even at night times, he used to look at the forest direction from the palace… His main problem is, he felt guilty due to his deed but was unable to come out of it as he was not even able to express his guilt to her.
Once he expressed it to Lord Krishna and apologized to him. He understood and replied that “I can understand your situation but I cannot help you as you cannot even speak to her as she is in her tapasya. But keep in your mind that this is the punishment for your misdeed… The same feeling is what she had before expressing her love to you… I know my daughter… her decisions will always reflect her affection on me…”. Rajkumar Abhimanyu understood the meaning behind his words and also the effect of her love and its purity…
Kamala performed her tapasya for a few months and then got the Dharshan of Mata MahaGauri, who first hugged her daughter and then blessed with the boon that Kamala asked for. But Kamala enquired her about who is the person whom her wedding is going to happen. But Mata MahaGauri replied her that “Putri, To know that, you must have to be inside this glass pieces ring, till she finds some signal”. Kamala asked her “What will be the signal Mata ?”. But Mata MahaGauri answered that “She has to find it herself, but will be in the form of a disturbance. You must step out of this ring only after knowing that it is your signal. Then, the first person you meet will be the one whom your heart longs for”. Then Mata MahaGauri disappeared. Kamala was overjoyed.
She waited there. Then, Veera came inside the glass pieces ring. She played with him for sometime still she did not find any kind of signal. She was hungry and wanted to eat so, she asked Veera to help her by climbing the tree under which they are standing. Veera agreed but before he was about to climb….
[Ok… Guys… here afterwards… I am going to speak as the author, in between the story… Just like advertisements just on time of thrilling twists and turns… I will speak my words as text in between these square brackets… Are you very eager to know the signal… I hope that your brain is on 100s of assumptions about how the signal will be… Anyway the first person she is gonna meet will be Rajkumar Abhimanyu yet, what signal he is gonna give…????]
Just an hour back… At the palace of Dvaraka, Rajkumar Abhimanyu was unable to control himself and wanted to meet her. He felt that it’s ok, even if he did not speak a word to her but wanted to see her. He did not inform anyone but sneaked to the forest to see her.
Now, coming back to the original time… Kamala asked Veera to get her some fruits… Veera was about to have a jump towards the tree below which there stood Kamala… There came an arrow flying from a distance and stuck on the tree… Luckily not hurting Veera. They heard the noise of a horse from a distance.. Kamala was worried….
She plucked out the arrow from the tree and found that it belongs to Dvaraka… It was an unexpected shock for her… She was feeling like, this might be the signal… Then the first person whom she sees will be the one with whom her vivah will happen. She was sure not to step out…
Then, to her sight range there appeared a pure white horse with a warrior with armors loaded on to him. Both Kamala and Veera looked at each other… Then, the warrior came close and close with his horse… Then he stepped down from his horse…. Kamala stood stunned…
Other end… While coming close and close, Rajkumar Abhimanyu was shocked to see her standing with his arrow. He was worried that his arrow disturbed her tapasya… He mounted down from his horse with guilt.
On seeing him, Kamala remembered his words and turned away her face. He said “Rajkumari…” with a guilt. Kamala again turned away her face more… On seeing this, Veera slowly went near him and was about to attack him. But Kamala stopped him. She said “No Veera… No.. I can’t allow you to do such thing…”. Veera stepped back and came near her. She was still inside the ring. Rajkumar Abhimanyu felt it was ok that she atleast had some feel for him. But he was unable to understand who is this Cheetah ?… And what is its relation with Kamala…
With a turned face… Kamala asked him the reason of his arrival. Rajkumar Abhimanyu replied “Rajkumari Kamalanayani… I am extremely sorry for what I said that day.. I did not hurt you intentionally… I got a haunting thought when you said that… That thought was haunting me for so many days…”.. But Kamala stopped him in the mid-sentence, “I actually asked the reason of your arrival here…”
“I came here to apologize to you.. I know how much it hurts to you… But I was dying with guilt till date… Will you accept my apologies ??” By saying this, he tried to step in the thick circumferenced glass pieces ring… But he felt some shock and was unable to do so… Kamala then turned and said “You may apologize now… But what is the use ? You are a Rajkumar… Of the great Kuruvansh… where women are given no respect.. It is not your fault but a simple thing which accepted as Dharma in your Vansh… But I am a Yadu-vanshi… In my vansh, women are treated as deities.. How will you know that the woman’s character is the sovereign of the family and that of the Rajkumari that too the Yuvrani is the sovereign of the whole kingdom as well as the dignity of her father…”
Rajkumar Abhimanyu again apologized her… She felt the truthiness behind his words and his guilt. She said “It is ok Rajkumar… I am forgetting that incident… You also forget that it happened, but promise me that you will never use it against any woman and kill her using his words as sword…”. He promised.
He then asked that, “is your tapasya over.. “. She said “yes but she can’t come now”. But he said “I came here to meet you… Then why don’t you come with me to the palace. I will take you there.” But she refused it… He said, “How can you walk till the palace and I came here in my horse…”. But Kamala said, “No issues, Rajkumar… Veera is there with me… He will take me there…”.. He was shocked to know that she will ride a Cheetah and asked her about it…
But suddenly they heard a thunder sound… Something different and unique but a sign of something unauspicious… Rajkumar Abhimanyu got his bow ready… Yet they were unable to see anyone.. They looked each other…
But Veera said “Kumari… I can sense someone whom we know earlier…” [Ok..OK… Cheetah speaks… Veera is not a simple or regular Cheetah but a divine one… specially created for Devi Kamalanayani…]
Kamalanayani found the meaning behind his words and keenly observed the situation…
Then they heard a evil laughing sound from the sky… There appeared an Asura flying in the sky… “Glad to meet you Rajkumari… I mean Devi Kamalanayani…” said the Asura. Kamala and Veera were shocked that nobody knows about her identity as Devi Kamalanayani… So she understood that it is someone they know earlier… Rajkumar Abhimanyu did not understand what is happening here…
Kamala asked him “Who are You???”.. But replied with a roaring laugh that “Is this the way you speak to your future Husband…”.. Kamala was furious and said “What are speaking you Moron…”.. The Asura said “I am not a moron… I know who are you in reality and got to know about the boon that you received… So I came here to save your future Rajkumari…”. Kamala was extremely furious yet controlled herself and warned him to go away, else his fate will be very bad… But he replied that, “If I go away, then your fate will only be bad… You will not get a husband like me… I am respecting you and talking to you… Follow my commands and come with me to the Paatala Loka to be the queen of the Asura clan..”
She asked him “What if I don’t come with you??”.. He replied “Then, I might have to kidnap you…”.. Rajkumar Abhimanyu who was silent till that, said that “I won’t allow you to kidnap the princess of Dvaraka… You might be anyone Asura, Deva or anybody… But you must win over me then only you can step near her…”. He turned to her and said “Rajkumari, My father is a Kuruvanshi, but my mother is also a Yaduvanshi.. The Yadu blood is also flowing inside me… I respect women… especially the sovereign of the vansh and kingdom…” remarking her…
The Asura got irritated by his words and said “You are a kid infront of me… Step away… else you might have to meet the anger of the King of Asuras… Prathikasura…”
Veera found who he is… and informed Kamalanayani that he is the son of Krithvaangaasura, who she slayed at the time of her birth as Devi Kamalanayani… She understood it… But Rajkumar Abhimanyu attacked the asura with his arrows but the Asura wasn’t affected at all… But when he attacked back… Kamala was unable to resist and stepped out of the ring and formed a cover using her powers around her and Rajkumar Abhimanyu, thus protecting him…
Actually, she was not wearing any footwear so her foot got pierced with some glass particles and blood was flowing… But that was not important to her when compared to her love being attacked… The asura was happy that she stepped out… “Glad that you followed the orders of your new Swami… Now come with me to Patala Loka… I will make you the queen of Patala…” by saying this that asura landed on the ground and tried to come near her.. But he fell down, without resisting her attack with her shakti..
She replied “Who is the Swami for whom ??? How dare you speak such a word… You have no rights to talk to me…. and come near me…”.. She added that “I stepped out, not by thinking your ugly face but only by thinking about someone who stood in my heart long ago… According to me, you are not even equal to his foot-dust…”.. Rajkumar Abhimanyu understood the one in her words… It is himself… He was happy that she still loves him… And wanted to save her from this Asura and take her home safely”…
Kamala attacked the Asura with the divya-chain and locked him tightly and asked him the reason of his proposal for marrying her… But he replied that “It is my revenge… She and her fathers [remarking Tridev] are the reason behind his father’s death. So he wanted to marry her and punish her and her fathers with the same pain he had…”
But after hearing this, Kamala went into thoughts… She started remembering the war situations of herself and Krithvaangaasura… Knowing that she is in thoughts, the Asura broke the lock and got free… To save Kamala, Rajkumar Abhimanyu stepped in front and started attacking the Asura but in vain… But when the Asura attacked him in return, Kamala snatched Rajkumar Abhimanyu’s bow and attacked his power-ball and destroyed it… She started attacking him vigorously with series of divya-astraas… Rajkumar Abhimanyu was stunned to see her performance in archery…
The Asura said… “Even if I cannot kidnap you from here… I will definitely kill you and demonstrate the pain to your fathers…”.. Rajkumar Abhimanyu was unable to understand who the fathers are… He thought it might be Lord Balaram and Lord Krishna… But right from her birth he did not see Kamala behind the death of anyone, especially an Asura… Yet he was sure to protect her..
Kamala understood that, her attack did not make any sense to the Asura… He was simply unaffected by it… Kamala is in Dilemma…
Today’s Question: Why the asura was not affected and what will Rajkumar Abhimanyu and Rajkumari Kamalanayani do to protect themselves ?? Will they be able to kill the asura, if yes then how ???
This series’s next episode will be released soon. Stay tuned…