Story Unfolds :
At Forest:
One girl was seen running as fast as possible. She fell down on the muddy floor several times. Her clothes at the place of knees were torn. The sign of red colored blood and black bruises could be seen from them. But she did not pay any attention to her wounds!! In her mind she knew it perfectly that only she had the power to stop the war!!! Between a father and his sons!! It was her fault that none of them had any knowledge about each other's identity. She kept it secret!! It was her mistake!! A fatal One!!! A father did not know his sons!! Nor the sons had been accustomed with their father!!! Both would be truly delighted to meet with each other. In different situation. But her destiny again laughed on her!! It always do that!! this is the proper time to introduce her. She is our main female protagonist of our story Devi Supriya herself.
Devi Sutanuka Supriya
Her naked feet was injured too. It was full of first and dust. A throng had struck to her soft skin of left feet. But she is usual ignored the throbbing pain!! She never looked back unless she would witness that her blood was making footpronys on the road. It was predestined!!! Her blood once more would make such footprints!!! At the time of the epic war of Mahabharata!! When she would failed to save her Deity!! When she herself had to die prematurely!!! Along with her Good!! Her husband Karna!!! At his feet!!
"Mate, sughrata karo. (Mother, please hurry up.)" Shatru called for her.
Shatrunjay (3rd Son of Supriya)
She huffed hard yet followed him. In hurry. Dip was holding her left palm tightly. This boy never let her go!! He always loved to protect his mother!! That was the reason he and his twin Shatru were considered as the back-bone of the family!! They looked back-and-forth yet the battlefield was not to be seen!!
She gasped in shock and prayed hard "Bhagwan yunhe kuch na ho. Unki raksha karna!! Agar unhe kuch bhi Ho gaya toh hamara pran nikal jayega!!! (O God, please leave him unhurt!! You save him. For my sake!! Unless I will die along with him!!)" She kept her promise. She died with him. At the final battle of Mahabharata!!!
"Maiya dekhe. (Mother please look out.)" Dip warned her. She was not paying any attention to the road!! So she was slipping down the muddy dusty road frequently!!! He held her tight. She looked at him thankfully and ran behind them!! She did not know that in the final battle she had none left to show the road!! Shatru and Dip would leave her too!!
Diptatva (4th Son of Supriya)
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At Kailash:
"Mahadev, yeah Kya anarth hone ja raha hain?!! (What disaster is taking place just now?!!)" One pretty lady was asking that worriedly to her dear husband.
Lord Shiva answered her truthfully "Niyati, Priye. Chitrasen ko Apni Pitah ko rokna hoga. Bhagya main aisa hi likha hain. (Fate, my dear. Chitrasen is destined to oppose his father Karna. It is written in his fate.)"
"Par Supriya pe kya bitegi ab?!! (But what about Supriya?!!)" She asked him again. Gloomily.
"Woske bhagya use bhabuisya ka hi abhas de rahi hain. (Her fate is not in her favor since her birth. It is now showing her the upcoming future.)" He sighed softly and continued "Aj toh woh yuddha ko rok legi !!! Patantu Kurukshetra ki woh yuddha toh woh bhi nahin rok payegi. Kadapi nahin. Woh toh anibarya hain. (She can now stop it. But the war of Mahabharata is predestined. She can't stop it. It is so necessary.)"
Mata Parvati nodded her pretty head slowly. In pain. She closed her eyes to stop her tears. She just could not bear to think of that eventful days when her Supriya had to perish along with her family!!!
Her husband patted her head slowly. In love. He knew her dilemma. They were united in heart and soul. They could communicate without words!!
"Bhabisya ke liye bartman ko kyun abhela karna!!! (Why to neglect our present for the unforeseen future!!)" He consoled her in vain. She was in grief!!! A mother was always a mother indeed!! Be it Mata Parvati or her unfortunate Supriya!!!!
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At Deep Forest:
Subandhu named one guard had came forward to Karna. "Senapatiji, yeah dono balak astya bol rahe hain. Hamne apne nayano se yinhe aswa ki rashi pakd ke khinchte huye dekha hain. Yeahi aswa chor hain. (Believe US, commander General. I have seen those boys to hold the buckle of that horse. They were forcing it. To go with them. They are the thieves!!)" He was true. But it was half-truth as those boys were forcing the horse to follow them, instead of stealing it!!! They did not know that!!!
Karna was not ignorant of the fact that those boys were rumoured to be thieves!! But in his heart he knew it perfectly that his Supriya was a good mother!! Her upbringing could not be like that!! She could live in poverty yet she would never teach them to steal from others!! Never!!! She was a selfless soul who never dreamt of hurting anyone!!! How could her sons do such gravest mistake!!! He did not admit that!!!
His eyes were blurred in tears. He met his Forster sons!! At last!! But where? At the battlefield!!! He wanted to run to them!! He wanted to hug them!! He wanted to kiss their forehead!!! He had been dying to do that!! Instead he was standing before them!!! When they had hatred in their eyes and he had to protect the honor of his state!!!
He looked at the direction of the sky and asked "Madhava kya hamesha main hi milta hoon tumhe is uphas ke liye?!! Pehle mere Supriya ko chin liya aur aj Pita Putro Main bairita shristi kar diya!!! Kyun Madhava kyun?!! (Oh Lord Krishna, why you always do this to me?!! At first you snatch away my Supriya from me and now you have created an enmity between me and my sons?!! Why?!! God damn why?!!)"
Karna (Husband of Supriya)
He received the reply immediately "Niyati, Bade bhaiya. Sab ko bhog na padta hain. Apko bhi. Hame bhi. (It is fate, big brother. All have to suffer due to it. You too. Me too.)"
He smiled lifelessly. His life seemed as an endless prank to him!! His destiny never let him to be happy!! Even for a second!! Whenever he thought he was going to be merry, it had ruined his happiness!!! It loved to do that!! He was so sure that he would meet with his Forster sons and his Supriya and convince all of them to go with him!! At their own home!! At Anga!!! There they would all live happily ever after!! Yet it seemed that the destiny had another melodrama planned for him!! What a life!!! He got!! Full of agony and misery!!! When would it end?!! He did not know that it would end very soon!! But after living his legacy immortal!!! Upon the earth!!! A man who craved for love and suffered so much in his life had gained his own reputation!!! All by himself!!! Karna would become an enigma himself!!
He sighed hard and looked at Chitra. Calmly. Then orederd him. "Thik hain. Baan chalao. Ham tumhari pariksha Lena chahte hain. (Okay. Pull your strings and toss the arrow. I want to take your examination.)" Then he took his Vijay Dhanush. In his left hand.
Chtrasen took the signal wrongly. He thought the man was mocking him. As a young boy!! He was toying with him. But it was not the case!! A father had an urge to see his son in the form of an young warrior!! That was all!! His father neither taunted him nor even mocked him!! Karna was not a person to do that!!! To anyone!!! He praised Ghatokatch wholeheartedly!!! He had appreciated the bravery of Avimanyu in his heart!!! This man knew how to appreciate his foes!!!
Satyasen, on the contrary, had looked somewhat dubious. This level headed Boy had identified the soft nature of this man!! Even if he stood tall before them but in his heart he felt some type of connection with him!! He did not want to hurt him too!!
"Ban uthao, Putra. Aur chalao unhe mujhpe. (Lift the arrow. And pull it towatds me.)" Karna ordered them.
"Apna parichay do, shriman. Ham bhi toh jane kisse yudhha kar rahe hain. (Give your identity, mister. I want to know about you too. I am curious.)" Chitra asked his father. In a confident voice. This boy would do anything to protect his siblings!!!!
"Mere baan hi mere parichay hain. Aur mere Dhanush mere gurudev ki ashirwad. (My arrow is my identity. And my bow is a gift of my Mentor.)" Karna answered proudly yet he had suppressed the name of his mentor. He wanted to test the boy!!!
Chitra looked at worried Satya and asked him what to do!!! They had to prove their innocence!! They were accused wrongly!! They were not the thieves!! Satya shrugged his own shoulders. He had too left no other choice!!! They both lifted their arms to him!!! To protect themselves!!!!
Karna smiled at his own fate. He was amused of it!! His fate!!! God knew where it was taking him towards!!! He could stop the war in an instance. But the boys would not believe that he was their forster father Radheya Karna himself!! They would think he was mocking them or disrespecting their beloved mother Supriya!!! So in heavy heart he had to fight against them!! He too had no other choice left!!!
"Baan chalao Putra." He ordered them again.
They lifted the arrows. Aiming his heart. In unison. He smiled at them. He was feeling so proud of them!! As a father!! He praised their mother and her teaching in mind!! Hats off to this man!! He always stood tall against all the odds!! He always appreciated his enemy!! Be this boys!! Or Arjuna!!
"Ruk jao. Bhagwan ke liye ruk jao. Woh apke Pita hain!!!! (Stop this. At once. For god's sake. He is your own father.)"
A loudest scream reached to all of their respective eardrums. At the same time. It was a female voice that was cracking up in emotions!! In the next moment a pretty ladyentered in the battlefield. Holding two boys. In her both hands. She panted hard. So none could see her face completely. Then she lifted her head. To all.
They froze on the spot!!! All of them had identified almost immediately. She was none but Supriya herself. She at least came in between them!!! To stop the massacre!!!
"Ruk jao. Satya. Chitra. Yeah apke apne Pitashree hain!!! (Please stop this nonsense. Satya. Chitra. He is your dear father!!!)" She screamed aloud. Then fell down on the floor limply. Clutching her heart. She could not bear the horrible scene!! She did not dreamt of it!! A father and his sons were now facing each other!!! In the battlefield!!! They were pointing their arms to each other!!! God!! She could not believe what could happen if she came a little later!!!!
Satya stopped dead at his track. This intelligent boy had suspected it long ago!! In his heart he knew his father!! Chitra looked bewilderedly to his dear mother. Then at his brother Satya. Then he dropped the Bow and arrow and ran to her.
He fell down in her feet. And cried aloud "Maiya kshama. (Forgive me, mother.)" He cried his heart out. He held his head in her lap. She cried too. In unison.
Both of them did not noticed that another man was also at that time crying fanatically. Along with them. His corner of doe shaped hazel eyes were glowing in tears. He knew it!! He knew his Supriya had to come!!! He was so sure!! At last his faith on her had won!!! He was so very happy!!! So over the moon!! He was proud of her!! His Devi!!! His Su!! His Supriya!!!
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Now what will happen? The war is not going to take place. But is that rumour ends too? Will the boys be free from the charge of stealing? Will they admit Karna as their father? Stay tuned for more updates. Enjoy.
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