Story Unfolds :
At Heaven:
A beautiful lady was sitting upright grumpily beside her dear husband. Lord Shiva. She was worried for the ongoing current situation. She was none other than Mata Parvati herself.
Mata Parvati
"Mahadev, Rambha ke bhul ke liye kyun uski ajanme kanya ko bhugta hoga!!! Yeah toh ghor anay hain!!! (for the mistake of Rambha her unborn girl has to suffer!! It is injustice to the girl!!!)" She asked her husband Lord Shiva in shock.
Her husband looked calmly at her face and signed small. "Yeah hi toh bidhi ka bidhan hain. Mata Pitah ki bhul ka paschatap toh santan ko hi bhugta hotah hain!!! (That is called fate. A child has to pay for the fault of it's parents.)"
Lord Shiva
"Patantu (but)" She opened her mouth to protest but he had nodded his own head dismissively. She understood the signal and stopped talking abruptly. She knew that he was going to tell her something.
To prove her right, he continued to tell "Devi Rambha chahe kitna bhi bhul karen, par is bhul se ek sundar phul khilne wali hain. Devi Supriya jo Karna ki Dasi banegi. Uski sabse priya parantu abahelit patni. Jis se Putra Karna ko prem bhi hogi aur woh uski Puja bhi hogi. (Devi Rambha might do something wrong, but from her sin a beautiful flower will bloom soon. A baby girl named Supriya. She will be the adored yet most neglected wife of Karna. Her devotion towards him will make him her worshipper too.)"
She looked at his direction with a soft smile on her beautiful face. She was now relieved. For Karna. And for his Supriya too.
"Chaliye, Mahadevi, dekhte hain kiya hota hain!! (Come on, dearest wife, let we both are what is going on in the earth!!!)" Her husband Lord Shiva told her.
She obliged and looked at the floor. She was now going to enjoy the show.
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At the outskirt of Kalinga: In a Hut:
A beautiful girl was lying on her bed. She was in labor since this morning. Her love of life, the King of Kalinga, had stopped to visit her since he came to know that he was going to be father of her illegitimate child!!! He was too scared for loosing his reputation. She was heart broken. Did all men in the world were heartless like this?!! One man rejected her advance!!! Another made her pregnant out of wedlock and never looked back!!! She was now fade up!! She would never going to be insane after any man in her entire life!! She promised herself!!
Devi Rambha as Malini
She bit her tongue with her teeth. She was never in love with the baby in her womb!!! She hated it wholeheartedly. Her mental condition was just like Devi Kunti. Both the mothers of Karna and Supriya were alike!!! Both the mothers hated their own children!! God!!! Karna and Supriya never been loved by their own mothers!! Fate had binded them blindly!!! Even before the beginning of their lives!! Kunti at least repented after the birth of Karna but Rambha never looked back to her baby girl Supriya in her entire life. God!! Could a real mother be so much cruel or heartless?!! Might be!! Unless Satyabati, Kunti or Rambha would came from where?!! Who told that a mother could not be bad even if the child could be bad?!!!
Rambha tried to get up. Her this labor was undesired for her. She wanted to kill the child but Lord Shiva came in her dreams and warned her not to kill it. She was an important character of the epic of Mahabharata. Her own auspicious presence was necessary for the life of th Surya Putra Karna.
She shivered hard. Then opened her eyes wide in horror. Her water just broke now!!!
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"Auch... Maa... Mar jaungi ab Main. (mother. I am dying.)" She cried aloud in pain.
She got up from the bed and tried to go to the kitchen. She was feeling very thirsty. She tried to clutch the door in vain. A strong kick in her stomach had made her shivered and fell down on the floor.
"Aahhhh"
She cluctched her belly in her left hand too tightly. The overgrown belly was trembling tremendously. Like a cut off leave. Her legs felt numb and quite unable to hold her weight. She could fell down at any moment.
Another stronger kick. And she really fell down on the floor. Over her own stomach.
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At the Royal Palace of Kalinga :
A man was pacing upside down in his lavish bedroom chamber. He was now scared to death!!! He knew that it was the time. His illegitimate child was coming at any time. Now!! He wanted to take claim!!! But could not!! A King could not do anything that his masses were against off!! He loved to marry Malini but could not!! His masses would never accept such alliance!!! In between a Maid and a King!! He felt helpless!!!
Suddenly with a bright light a pretty girl appeared before him. With a jolt he sharply turned around and faced her.
"Kyon ho ap?!! (Who are you?!!)" He asked her. In deep shock.
"Main Mata Saraswati hoon. Main tumse tumhari Putri ko milwane layi hoon. (I am Mother Saraswati. I have Bring Your newly born daughter to meet you.)" The lady smiled brightly at him and produced a cute baby girl, wrapped in a red silk clothe, to him.
Mata Saraswati (Wife of Brahma Dev)
Newly born Devi Supriya
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Flashback : At the same Hut:
Devi Rambha lied in the pool of blood that was dripping through her legs. She was unconscious.
Two persons, with a bright yellow light, had appeared before her. One was a man. And another was a pretty woman. The woman was same lady. Mata Saraswati. The man was Indra Dev.
Indra Dev (Lord of Gods)
Mata Saraswati lofted her hands to her shoulder. A white glow had came out of her palm. It disappeared inside the body of Devi Rambha. Her womb glowed in this light. Then she sat on the floor beside her and dragged out a baby girl from her body. She looked at the direction of Indra Dev.
He folded his palms to her in respect. "Mata, is kanya ko le jayiye. Main Devi Rambha ko swarga leke jata hoon!!! (Mother, take the girl with you. I am now taking Devi Rambha back to the heaven once more.)"
She nodded her head in agreement. Then she disappeared. He smiled a little bit and lifted his own palm to the head of the unconscious body of Devi Rambha. In a splash of light they both had now disappeared too.
In this way, that day, Devi Supriya took birth in secret. Her birth was a secret!! Her life was a secret!! Her marriage with Karna was a secret too!! She remained as a secret for all life even being a Karna Sangini!!! Her fate was written at her birth!! Just like her dear husband Karna!!! Her love of life!! Her God!! Her deity!!!
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How will Supriya be united with her deity Karna? Is she be a Princess or a Maid like her mother Malini or Devi Rambha? How a simple maid like her can get married with a King of Anga? Stay tuned for more.
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