ALL THE ELDERS AND GAVE THEIR BLESSINGS TO THE NEWBORN PRAKRITI. "ARYA." DRAUPADI CALLED. "YES PRIYE?" ARJUN REPLIED. "PRAKRITI AND DYUMNA.." DRAUPADI SAID. "YES, PRAKRITI AND DYUMNA?" YUDHISTIR ASKED.
"FIVE AND HALF MONTH ARE LEFT FOR OUR AAGYATVAS." DRAUPADI SAID. "YES WE KNOW." BHEEM SAID. "WHAT ABOUT DYUMNA AND PRAKRITI?" KARN ASKED AND DRAUPADI LOOKED TO NAKUL WHO UNDERSTOOD WHAT SHE MEANT.
"YOU MEAN WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO OUR CHILDREN RIGHT?" NAKUL ASKED MAKING HER NOD. "NOW THAT'S A TOPIC TO THINK." SHAHADEV SAID. "NOTHING. JUST SAY THE TRUTH." KRISHNA SAID. "BABA!" PRADYUMNA SAID. "OH MY GOD! FINALLY AFTER CALLING EVERYBODY BUA, KAKI, MASI AT LAST HE IS CALLING ME BABA!" KRISHNA SAID SARCASTICALLY MAKING EVERYBODY CHUCKLE.
"SHH!" PRADYUMNA SAID. "OKAY OKAY!" BHEEM SAID. "WHAT DID YOU MEAN MADHAV?"ARJUN ASKED. "SAY THAT PRAKRITI AND DYUMNA ARE YOUR CHILDREN." KRISHNA SAID TO DRAUPADI.
"BUT WON'T BHRATA DURYODHAN KNOW THAT ITS US AS I HAVE TWO KIDS AND ARYA-" DRAUPADI SAID. "WHEN DID I SAY TO SAY THE WHOLE TRUTH?" KRISHNA SAID. "MEANING?" DRAUPADI ASKED.
"DISCUSS WHAT AND WHERE WILL YOU BE AND YOU WILL GET YOUR ANSWERS." KRISHNA SAID AND EXITED. "WHERE WILL WE STAY? BHRATA DURYODHAN WILL EASILY FIND US IF WE GO TO ANY PLACE NEAR OR KNOWN." DRAUPADI SAID.
"BHRATA.." THE PANDAVAS WHISPERED UNDER THEIR BREATH AND CLENCHED THEIR FIST. "WE HAVE TO GO TO A PLACE WHERE ITS UNDER DEVELOP AND NOBODY CAN THINK ABOUT IT." KARN SAID. "AND WHAT IS THAT?" NAKUL ASKED AND EVERYBODY WENT IN DEEP THINKING.
"VIRAT.." NAME LEFT OUT OF DRAUPADI'S MOUTH. "VIRAT?" THE PANDAVAS ASKED. "IF WE TAKE A CLOSE LOOK VIRAT IS IN A POOR CONDITION AND HAS NO CONNECTION WITH HASTINAPUR AND INDRAPRASTH." DRAUPADI SAID MAKING THEM NOD.
"FOR VIRAT WE HAVE TO START OUT JOURNEY A MONTH EARLIER AS WE HAVE CHILDERN WITH US." YUDHISTIR SAID. "BUT WHAT WILL WE BE?" BHEEM ASKED. "THE BIGGEST TASK IS TO COVER UP DRAUPADI'S BEAUTY." SHAHADEV SAID. "I WILL JUST KEEP GHUNGHAT OR ANY OTHER VEIL TO COVER MY FACE." DRAUPADI SAID.
AFTER AN HOUR OF TALKING DRAUPADI FELL ASLEEP ON BHEEM. SEEING HER SLEEP BHEEM CARRIED HER AND LAYED HER ON HER BED. "LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER." KARN SAID SEEING PRAKRITI ASLEEP IN YUDHISTIR'S ARMS.
YUDHISTIR SLOWLY LAYED PRAKRITI BESIDES DRAUPADI. AS HE LAYED PRAKRITI DRAUPADI'S MATERNAL INSTINCT QUICKLY KICKED HER AND SHE TURNED TOWARDS PRAKRITI'S SIDE AND WRAPPED HER HAND AROUND HER LIGHTLY.
SHE PLACED HER RIGHT HAND LIGHTLY ON PRAKRITI'S STOMACH DISMISSING THE POSSIBILITY OF HER TO ROLL AND SLEEP ON HER TUMMY. DRAUPADI LAYED HER HEAD ON HER ARM WHILE SHE WRAPPED HER FOREARM AROUND PRAKRITI'S HEAD AREA LOOKING LIKE A CIRCULAR PROTECTIVE SHIELD.
"SUDDENLY SHE FEELS MATURED TO ME." KARN SAID. "DON'T WORRY LIKE I LAST SAID HER MATURITY IS JUST A BLOW OF WIND WHICH LASTS FOR 4, 5 SECONDS. SHE DIDN'T MATURE DURING DYMNA WHAT WILL SHE MATURE DURING PRAKRITI'S?" ARJUN SAID MAKING THEM A ALL CHUCKLE.
"OKAY NOW LET HER SLEEP. SHE GAVE BIRTH JUST FOUR AND A HALF HOURS AGO. SHE MUST BE TIRED." YUDHISTIR SAID. "I WILL STAY HERE WITH HER WHILE I MAKE SOME MEDICINES FOR HER." NAKUL SAID BRINGING JARBUTIS.
"WHY?" BHEEM ASKED. "WHAT WHY? WHILE GIVING BIRTH HIP BONES BREAK." NAKUL SAID. "WHAT!" THEY ALMOST SHOUTED MAKING THE MOTHER DAUGHTER ALMOST AWAKE. "CALM DOWN PEOPLE!" NAKUL WHISPERED.
"ITS NORMAL. SOME WOMAN HAVE MAJOR AND SOE HAVE MINOR. THEY WON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THEIR BONE BREAK AS IT WILL HEAL IN TIME." NAKUL SAID. "OH~ HOW MANY?" BHEEM ASKED. "AROUND 365 MINOR BONE CRACKS ON THE HIP BONE." NAKUL SAID MAKING THEIR MOUTH HUNG WIDE
"WHAT!" THEY ALMOST SHOUTED AGAIN ALMOST WAKING THE TWO SLEEPING BEAUTIES. "YAH! WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY BONES IN OUR BODY!" SHAHADEV SAID. "I AM SAYING 365 CRACKS! ON THE HIP BONE! ONE HIP BONE=365 CRACKS" NAKUL SAID.
"MAKE FAST!" THEY SAID. "LET ME THEN." NAKUL SAID AND STARTED MAKING THE MEDICINES AND THE PANDAVAS WENT OUT FOR WORK.
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ARJUN WAS JUST CUTTING WOODS IN THE WILD. IT HAD BEEN A COUPLE OF HOURS THAT HE HAD BEEN CUTTING WOODS AND SOMEBODY STARING AT HIM.
ARJUN WAS HALF NAKED WITH NO ANGAVASTRAM SHOWING OFF HIS WELL BUILT BODY. HE WAS SWEATING DUE TO THE HOT WEATHER WHILE CUTTING WOODS MAKING HIM LOOK SIZZLING HOT. (WHAT IN THE WORLD AM I WRITING?)
"WHO IS IT?" ARJUN ASKED STILL CHOPPING THE WOODS. "YOU HAVE GOOD OBSERVATION SKILLS. I AM IMPRESSED." A GIRL SAID COMING OUT FROM HER HIDING SPOT. SHE WAS A HEAVENLY BEAUTY WITH DEFINE PROPORTIONS AND ETHERNAL BEAUTY BY ARJUN WAS TOTALLY UNFAZED BY HER.
"HOW CAN I HELP YOU DEVI? I HAVE NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE TWO HOURS." ARJUN SAID STOPPING HIS WORK AND TAKING HIS ANGAVASTRAM. "NONONO STOP." THE WOMAN SAID.
"WHAT HAPPENED DEVI?" ARJUN ASKED CONFUSED. "LET IT BE AS IT IS. DON'T COVER UP THE BEAUTY OF NATURE." THE WOMAN SAID. "SORRY?" ARJUN ASKED. "NOW COME ON DEAR. DON'T BE LIKE THIS, I KNOW YOU ARE ATTRACTED TOWARDS ME." THE WOMAN SAID SEDUCTIVELY WHILE MOVING TOWARDS HIM IN A LUSTFUL MANNER.
"SORRY BUT I AM NOT. I AM MARRIED AND HAVE A CHILD. A DAUGHTER WHO WAS BORN JUST HOURS AGO." ARJUN SAID. "THERE IS ALWAYS A SECOND CHANCE, SECOND MARRIAGE." THE WOMAN SAID TRYING TO TOUCH HIS NAKED BAFRE CHEST BUT ARJUN QUICKLY RETREATED.
"SORRY BUT I CAN'T." ARJUN SAID. "WHY?" THE WOMAN ASKED. "BECAUSE I LOVE MY WIFE." ARJUN SAID. "THAT WIFE WHO GAVE BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER IN THE FIRST TRY? I CAN GIVE YOU MULTIPLE SONS BETTER THAN YOUR WIFE. YOUR WIFE JUST GAVE BIRTH MEANING SHE MUST BE OUT OF SHAPE. SEE ME I AM TOTALLY IN SHAPE, BEAUTIFUL AND YOUNG LOOKING." THE WOMAN SAID.
"LIKE I SAID I LOVE HER AND SHE IS MY WIFE MEANING MY BETTER HALF MY SOUL. I WON'T STAND ANYTHING BAD ABOUT HER." ARJUN SAID. "BUT SHE GAVE YOU A DAUGHTER NOT A SON!" THE WOMAN SAID.
"DAUGHTER ARE THE FORM OF MAHALAXMI, SARASWATI AND PARVATI. I AM PROUD TO HAVE A DAUGHTER AND IT WAS MY WISH TO HAVE A DAUGHTER AND MY WIFE GAVE ME WHAT I WANTED AND I AM MORE THAN PLEASED. DEVI YOU TOO ARE A DAUGHTER, A WOMAN DON'T YOU FEEL SHAME WHY INSULTING ANOTHER WOMAN OR DAUGHTER?" ARJUN ASKED.
"I SEE YOU HAVE POSITIVE, PURE AND WISE THOUGHT. THIS MAKE ME WANT TO HAVE YOU EVEN MORE." THE WOMAN SAID IN A SEDUCTIVE MANNER. "AS I SAID I HAVE A WIFE AND I AM LOYAL TO MY WIFE." ARJUN SAID. "WHY? AM I NOT BEAUTIFUL?" THE WOMAN ASKED.
"YOU INDEED ARE BUT YOU ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO MY WIFE IN MY EYES." ARJUN SAID. "WHO IN THE WORLD DARES TO BE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN ME? ME THE MOST BEAUTIFUL APSARA URVASHI!" URVASHI SAID.
"AM I NOT LUSTFUL? AM I NOT BEAUTIFUL ENOUGH?" URVASHI ASKED TO WHICH ARJUN SHOOK HIS HEAD. "IF I AM NOT BEAUTIFUL OR LUSTFUL ENOUGH THAN HOW CAN THAT WIFE OF YOURS BE?" URVASHI ASKED.
"DEVI. MY WIFE IS AN EPTOMIME BEAUTY, SHE IS FRESHER THAN MINT, SWEETER THAN HONEY, SOFTER THAN A FEATHER, CALMER THAN A BLOW OF WIND, HAVING FRAGRANT BETTER THAN ANY FLOWERS, FAIRER THAN A MILK, HAIR LONG AND BLACKER THAN THE BLACKEST, SKIN SMOOTHER THAN A BUTTER, LIPS REDDER AND BRIGHTER THAN A RUBY AND TEETH SHINER AND WHITE THAN A DIAMOND." ARJUN SAID.
THE REST OF THE APSARA TOO WERE LISTENING TO THE CONVERSTION AND STARTED ADMIRING THE DESCRIPTION MAKING URVASHI MORE JEALOUS. "IS SHE LUSTFUL LIKE ME?" URVASHI ASKED AND MENTALLY SMIRKED AS NOBODY IN THE WORLD HAD THE CHARM OF LUST LIKE HER AND ACCORDING TO ARJUN'S DESCRIPTION THERE WAS NO LUSTFULNESS
"SOO LUSTFUL AND SEDUCTIVE THAT NOBODY CAN IMAGINE. SHE HAS A NATURAL LUST AND SEDUCTIVENESS IN HER WHICH IS COATED WITH INNOCENCE AND PURITY WHICH MAKES IT EVEN MORE IDEAL." ARJUN SAID.
RIGHT NOW THERE WAS A COMPETITION GOING ON WITH URVASHI AND DRAUPADI AND ARJUN WAS TOTALLY IN THE FULL MOOD OF DEFEATING URVASHI. URVASHI THEN WENT TOWARDS HIS EARS AND WHISPERED SEDUCTIVELY.
"CAN SHE SATISFY YOU LIKE ME? I BET SHE IS NOT AS GOOD AS ME ON THE BED." URVASHI ASKED TO WHICH ARJUN JUST SMIRKED. "MORE THAN ANYTHING AND ANYBODY COULD IMAGINE. WHEN I AM WITH HER I FEEL LIKE I AM EVEN HIGHER THAN THE SEVEN HEAVENS THINK HOW SATISFIED I AM WHEN WE TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. THE WAY SHE LOOKS AT ME WITH INNOCENCE, NAUGHTINESS AND SEDUCTIVELY OH MY GOD YOU CAN'T IMAGINE. THE WAY HER WAIST AND HIP MOVES, THEY WAY HER HANDS TRAVEL MY BODY AND MINE TRAVELS HER. HER ARCHED BACK, PRETTY MOANS, HER LIPS, THE WAY HER TONGUE FIGHTS AND PLAYS, THE WAY I UNDRESS HER NAD SHE UNDRESSES ME.." ARJUN TOO WHISPERED AND CONTINUED TO EXPLAIN SHAMELESSLY MAKING URVASHI MORE JEALOUS.
THE REST OF THE APSARA WERE ENJOYING IT VERY MUCH. "OKAY STOP!" URVASHI SAID MAKING ARJUN STOP. "DIDN'T YOU SAY ME TO TELL EVERYTHING?" ARJUN ASKED. "I CURSE YOU TO BECOME A EUNCH FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE! AFTER THAT YOU WILL HAVE NO PLEASURES OF BECOMING HERS UNTIL YOU COME TO ME." URVASHI SAID SMIRKING.
"ARYA?" A SWEET VOICE CALLED CATCHING THEIR ATTENTION. THEY ALL TURNED TOWARDS THAT DIRECTION TO SEE A WOMAN WITH UNMATCHED BEAUTY, EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN ARJUN'S DESCRIPTION WITH DIVINE BEAUTY AND GLOW.
ALL THE APSARAS WERE STUNNED BY THE BEAUTY. "PRIYE." ARJUN SAID AND RAN TOWARDS HER. HER BIG DOE LIKE HONEY HAZEL EYES WERE FILLED WITH TEARS THREATNING TO FALL. ARJUN QUICKLY CUPPED HER FACE. "WHY ARE YOU CRYING?" ARJUN ASKED.
"YOU KNOW WHY." DRAUPADI SAID REFERRING TO THE CURSE. "SHHH ITS OKAY." ARJUN SAID EMBRACING HER. ALL THE APSARAS WERE PULLED TOWARDS DRAUPADI'S PURITY, INNOCENCE AND BEAUTY.
DRAUPADI THEN RAISED HER HEAD AND TURNED HER HEAD TOWARDS THE APSARAS. THEY ALL BECAME EMBARRASED SEEING AND WITNESSING DRAUPADI'S BEAUTY. "SHE IS EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL." MENEKA SAID. "SHE IS BRAMAND SUNDARI." RAMBA SAID.
Ghritachi and Menaka and Rambha and Purvachitti and Swayamprabha and Urvashi and Misrakeshi and Dandagauri and Varuthini and Gopali and Sahajanya and Kumbhayoni and Prajagara and Chitrasena and Chitralekha and Saha and Madhuraswana, these and others by thousands, possessed of eyes like lotus leaves but draupadi's possessed the petals of lotus.
They were employed in enticing the hearts of persons practicing rigid austerities, danced there. And possessing slim waists and fair large hips, they began to perform various evolutions, shaking their deep bosoms, and casting their glances around, and exhibiting other attractive attitudes capable of stealing the hearts and resolutions and minds of the spectators.
Draupadi too possessed those qualities but with better proportions. She didn't need to dance or sing to catch any attention. Her standing quietly and looking down could be a fatal blow to any men's heart. She didn't need to look at anybody seductively or talk seductively or move seductively to seduce any living being.
DRAUPADI'S EYES THEN TRAVELED TO THE EMBARASSED URVASHI. URVASHI THOUGHT DRAUPADI WAS EITHER GOING TO SLAP OR SHOUT AT HER SO SHE JUST CLOSED HER EYES. "DEVI! YOU ARE AN EPTOMIME BEAUTY WITH INTELLIGENCE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MY HUSBAND HAS OFFENED YOU BUT PLEASE FORGIVE HIM. SHOW HIM YOUR MERCY." DRAUPADI PLEADED.
THE TOTAL OPPOSITE OF THE APSARA'S THINKING SHE WAS. THEY THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE VICIOUS, ARROGANT AND RUDE BUT IT WAS TOTALLY OPPOSITE. URVASHI SAW THE QUCLITIES THAT DRAUPADI POSSESSED WHICH MADE ARJUN AND ALL THE OTHER LIVING BEINGS FALL IN LOVE WITH HER.
SHE UNDERSTOOD HER MISTAKE, SHE WAS TOO PROUD AND ARROGANT AS SHE WAS THE FAVORITE OF DEVRAJ AND OTHER GANDHARVAS AND MEN. SHE WAS TOO PROUD OF HER FALSE BEAUTY, SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT SHE WAS NOT BEAUTIFUL AT ALL COMPARED TO DRAUPADI AS DRAUPADI'S INNER BEAUTY ADDED A SPARK TO HER OUTER BEAUTY MAKING HER THE MOST BEAUTIFUL.
SHE WAS TOO PROUD FROM THE DAY SHE WAS BORN FROM RISHI NAR'S THIGHS WHEN THE APSARAS, KAMDEVDEV'S WIFE RATI WERE EMBARRASED SEEING HER BEAUTY. AFTER SHE WENT TO INDRA'S COURT SHE BECAME VICIOUS AND ARROGANT OF HER BEAUTY AS TILOTAMA THE FINEST PIECE OF ART OF VISHWAKARMA MADE WITH THE FINEST DIAMONDS, RUBY, PEARLS ETC. WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO HER.
"ITS NOT HIS FAULT DEVI, ITS MY FAULT. IN ANGER, PRIDE AND ARROGANCE I LOST MY MIND AND GAVE HIM THE CURSE. I ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVNESS ARJUN." URVASHI SAID. "ITS OKAY DEVI." ARJUN SAID. "THOUGH I CAN'T TAKE MY CURSE BACK I CAN DO SOME CHANGES. ARJUN! THIS CURSE WILL TURN INTO A BOON TO YOU, YOU WILL LIVE AS AN EUNCH ONLY FOR A YEAR ON THE YEAR YOU DESIRE." URVASHI SAID.
"THANK YOU DEVI." ARJUN AND DRAUPADI SAID AND ALL THE APSARAS WENT BACK TO SWARGLOK. "AHH!" ARJUN WHINED AFTER GETTING A SMACK ON HIS HAND FROM DRAUPADI. "WHY DID YOU OFFENED DEVI URVASHI? AND WHAT DID YOU SAY TO OFFEND HER?" DRAUPADI ASKED ANGRILY. "I JUST SAID THE TRUTH.." ARJUN SAID LIKE A CHILD.
"MIND TO EXPLAIN WHAT TRUTH YOU SAID?" DRAUPADI ASKED. "WEL.." ARJUN SAID AND EXPLAINED EVERYTHING MAKING DRAUPADI FACEPALM HERSELF WHILE BLUSHING HARD. "WAS THERE A NEED TO EXPLAIN THE BED PART?" DRAUPADI ASKED BLUSHING.
"OFCOURSE!" ARJUN SAID BACKHUGGING HER. "EVERYTHING IS SAID WAS TRUE. WHEN YOU ARCH YOUR BACK, MOAN LOWLY AND HIGHLY-" ARJUN SAID BUT WAS CUT OFF BY A TIGHT SMACK BY DRAUPADI ON HIS ARMS MAKING HIM CHUCKLE. "OUCH! AM I SMACKING YOU OR MYSELF?" DRAUPADI SAID MAKING HIS CHUCKLE TURN INTO A LAUGHTER. DRAUPADI THEN TURNED TOWARDS HIM AND TOOK THE END OF HER PALLO AND WIPED THE SWEAT OF HIS FOREHEAD, FACE AND NECK MAKING ARJUN PECK HER.