Vishnupriya

From where it all started

"Gauri, sit beta." her mother says. "Gauri is right Sachi you have to start eating more but Kavita! Shouldn't you keep your daughter in line? She speaks genuine concern for her family members but her tongue is very sharp. In this point she won't get married and even if she will her mother-in-law will kick her out. Rajesh bhaiya wouldn't like that. He must be regretting for it." Kanak says.

"Just like how Dadu is regretting?" gauri asks making Kavita choke on her water. "What do you mean-" "All I mean to say is that you too were kicked out of your sasural then later divorced and lost the custody of your children. Dadu too must be regretting in heaven along with my father." Gauri says.

"Why would Rajesh bhai be regretting? He has such a witty daughter who got into such a prestigious collage and is studying MBBS. I wasn't talking about you but him regretting for not getting a son wouldn't you love to have a brother?" Kanak targets Kavita for not having a son.

"I wasn't talking about myself auntie. I was talking about you, along with dadu's daughter you too are papa's sister. And about a brother I wouldn't mind but you see my papa and mumma are well educated. They know about population management and the problems in the world. Plus my mumma knows how to handle her family very well and has maintained her family." Gauri says shutting Kanak.

"Gauri... shh." Kavita nudges her daughter. "Isn't our Gauri a strong devotee of Lord krishna and Shrimati Radha?"  Sumita changes the subject. "Ofcourse! Why wouldn't she be? Our family follows the Lord and we are going to his lover's birthplace vrindavan. I am the biggest devotee and everybody started following the lord and his lover because of me!" Sharmila says proudly.

"Really Auntie?" Gauri asks pretending to be surprised and Sharmila nodded proudly. "I know everything about them and I am a dear devotee of theirs." Sharmila says. "But wasn't Shrimati radharani born is Barsana?" Gauri asks choking Sharmila.

"Yeah! I meant Lord Krishna! He was born in vrindavan to Devaki and Vasudev." Sharmila says. "But wasn't Shree Krishna and his 6 brothers born in Mathura prison?" Gauri asks. "I mean he was later brought to his foster parents in Vrindavan. And he had 7 brother dear." Sharmila says the last part mockingly as if she made no mistakes in the beginning.

"But Nanda baba and Yashodha maiya lived in Gokul. And for the brothers Devaki maiya gave birth to six brothers of Kanha as Devi Yogmaya took the seventh child Mahabali Balram to Vasudev baba's first wife Rohini maiya and placed it in her womb." Gauri says.

"Vrindavan is just a place where Kanhaiya with his consort Radha and gopi played raas." Gauri says. "He had his 8 consorts beta, his 8 ashtrabharyas. They are his wives and Lakshmi avatar." Sharmila says. "He had 16000 junior wives as well whom he saved from the demon Narkasur with Devi satyabhama. Meaning in total he had 16008 wives not only 8. And about priye Radhike she is his eternal consort so I suggest you to call priye Radhika Kanhaiya's eternal consort who too is an embodiment of maha Lakshmi and not lover. You do know why and how she is his eternal consort right auntie? After all you are a great devotee of theirs. Being a dear devote of theirs you should have known this right?"  Gauri says the last line mockingly making the rest of the aunties choke on their stifled laughter and Sharmila embarrassed.

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"You shouldn't have talked to them like that beta." Kavita says. "But Besharam auntie was spitting all rubbish about my Kanhaiya and Radhike. And you know I can't tolerate that." Gauri says. "Okay that is skipped but what about the topic before that? Huh? About divorce and all? Was that necessary? You should never say such things to such women." Kavita says.

"What goes around comes around. She targeted you for not having a son, not raising me right etc. I just mentioned her life event whereas she questioned your maternity and even brought your dead husband to it. And you know that adi shakti never forgives such impudence especially from a woman to another woman. Remember she always use to taunt you for having only one child that also a daughter! me! And for not having a husband and being a widow! She made so many not at all funny joke on widowhood. She didn't only disrespect you but all the widows and mother of a daughter in the world. Maybe that's why Jagatmata  punished her by taking her maternity away." Gauri says.