DASTAN-E-MOHABBAT

Chapter 14

Panditji-Sumitra ji! Badhaai ho! Bhaisaab wapis aa gaye.

All were shocked hearing the Panditji when Vishakha asked.

Vishakha-Ye aap kya keh rahe hai Panditji?

Panditji-Vishakha beti main sahi keh raha hu.(Turning to Dadi) Sumitra ji, shastra mein likha hai, ek vyakti ke dehant ke baad uski tervi se pehle ya tervi pe, ghar ka koi bhi sadasya agar khushkhabri de toh yeh uss vyakti ke punarjanam ka sanket hai.

He kept his hand on Swati's head blessing her and continued.

Panditji-Sahi kehte hai sab, Maheshwari ji apne parivar se zyada der dur nahi reh sakte.

Dadi with tears in her eyes asked.

Dadi-Swati kya yeh sach hai?

Swati gulped nervously; looked down and nodded. Dadi got happy and hugged her tightly.

Dadi-Kaise shukriya karu main tumhe beta! Har baar dil khush kar deti ho mera aur aaj....aaj toh tumne mujhe mera sabse bada tohfa diya hai.

Dadi blessed her wholeheartedly and asked Swati-Munna to touch Panditji's feet. Then Sameer too touched the Priest's feet and Naina too took his blessings.

Panditji-Yeh kanya kon hai?

Panditji questioned looking at the new face.

Vishakha-Yeh hamare Sameer ki hone wali biwi hai, Panditji. Naina.

Naina joined her hands and greeted him.

Panditji-Badi hi pyaari kanya hai. Sameer aur iska joda bada hi khoob dikhega.

Panditji stated and Samaina blushed while all smiled.

Panditji(To Vishakha)-Beti Diwali ke baad ka ek bada hi acha muhurat hai. Waise bhi Diwali ke baad hamara Bestu Varas hai matlab naye saal ki shurvat. Toh uske baad ka muhurat nikalke vivah karwa sakte hai.

Dadi-Yeh toh bohot hi achi baat hai. Inki aakhri khwaish bhi yahi thi ki Naina jald se hamari bahu bane.

Dadi –Vishakha and Panditji discussed about the marriage date while Naina's eyes shifted to Sameer's who was already staring at her with a small smile playing on his lips. She too passed a small smile when Advait tugged at her hand. She bendt to his height and raised her brows asking a" What". He pointed at the sweet dish served in the plate and asked if he could eat it. She chuckled and took him to the kitchen handing him a bowl of gulab jamun. He smiled cheekily and sprinted off. Just then Swati entered and Naina smiled wide and hugged tightly, congratulating her. She then realized and parted apologizing.

Naina: Sorry sorry mujhe realize hi nahi hua aur ekdum se hug kar liya. Pressure toh nahi pada na?

Swati-Its ok! Mujhe toh abhi bhi vishwas nahi ho raha ki sabko pata chal gaya.

Naina-Maine kaha tha na, aap khamkha itni nervous ho rahi thi.

Swati-Darr gayi thi main ki ghar mein kya chalu hai aur yeh news samne aayi.

Naina-Par issi news se hi toh sab abhi khush hai. Specially Dadi.

Swati-Hmm.

Swana were talking when Vishakha came and asked them to serve lunch. All had their lunch happily after a long time and then the Agarwal's asked for their leave.

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Naina was in Dadi's room in which she was living recently, packing all her things when she felt his presence. He was standing near the door and passed a small smile as she turned. He walked in asking.