Story Unfolds :
At Kailash:
One pretty lady was now seen crying constantly. She could not tolerate the pain of her daughter Supriya. No. She was not the biological mother of her. But as the Jagat Mata or mother of all mortal beings, she was her mother too. Let me introduce her to you all. She was Mata Parvati herself.
Jagat Mata Devi Parvati
She was gloomy today. She saw her daughter Uruvi crying a moment ago. As she was disowned by her family and had embarked on a joinery. To her new life. To meet with the five Brothers. Pandava. Arch enemy of her husband Karna. She was seeing her from heaven and appeared sad for her. She wanted happy union in between Karna and Uruvi.
Now the pain of Supriya seemed quite unbearable to her. This selfless girl had decided to sacrifice her own marital bliss for the sake of Uruvi whom she never met in her life!!! Till now!!! Her this selfless attitude was truly praiseworthy!!! Yet it would keep her apart from her husband!!! A line of separation would appear in between them!!! Forever!! For her this decision!!! For her self-sacrifice she would be called as the epitome of the loyalty and devotion!!! Yet her dear husband Karna would misjudge her and become angry on her!!! As a very loyal and devoted wife of her own husband Mata Parvati could realize the upcoming advertsity in the life of her daughter Supriya. Her tears were the proof of that!!! She was not in favor of this upcoming separation in between Karna and Supriya.
All of a sudden she heard a husky baritone voice. From her beside.
"Priye, purane ko apna sthan nutan ke liye tyag na padta hain. Yeah hi bidhi ka bidhan hain. Padma ne Supriya ke liye Karna ko swayam ki kaksh main prabesh nahin karne diya tha. Woski pida bhi toh samjho!!! (My dear, For the sake of new, the old had to vacate it's place. It is the law of nature. There is nothing to be sad on it. Think of the pain of Padmavati too when she had condemned Karna to enter into her room. So that he could go to Supriya. Then?!!)" Her husband Lord Shiva had raised a valid point to her.
Jagat Pita Lord Shiva (Mahadev)
She wiped her tears gently and sniffed a little. She was trying to control her tears and cope up with her emotions. A motherly One!!!
"Priye!!!" He touched her right hand softly and smiled at her. A little. It was his own signature style. He never in no reason smile brightly. But when he smiled the atmosphere changed at an instance.
"Janti hoon, Mahadev. Main kya karu bataiye?!! Main ek Ma hoon. Main Padma ke liye bhi royi. Uruvi ke liye bhi. Aur ab Supriya ke liye bhi toh ro rahi hoon. (I know that, Mahadev. I am helpless though. As a mother. Of all those foolish girls. I cry for Padma once. Then for Uruvi. And now even for Supriya. I can't help it!!)" She had uttered this slowly. In between her sobs. She was still crying!!!
He smiled a little and touched her shoulders gently. Then said in a joke "Prasid, Devi. Barna Pralay ho jayega. Apke dukh main hame bhi rona pad Jayega!!! (Be happy, dear. Unless the world will demolish. For your pain I have to cry too. Then what happen you know yourself!!!)" He pouted his lips cutely. Like a small child.
She nodded her pretty head slowly in dismissal. Only he knew how to make her smile!!! In an instance!!! But she did not forget to ask him -
"Kya Karna aur Supriya kabhi nahin mil payenge?!! Uruvi unki bich diwar ban jayegi?!!! (Can't Karna and his Supriya meet again?!! Can Uruvi has to come in between them?!!)"
Her husband looked at her face with a smile and answered philosophically
"Karna aur Padma ke bich Uruvi Kadapi nahin a sakti kyun ki woh do nahin apitu ek hain. Ek atma. Keval do Sarir. Aur Karna aur Supriya ke bich bhi woh nahin a sakti chahke bhi kyun ki woh dono bhi ek hain. Pran se bhi man se bhi aur atma se bhi. Bhakt aur uske Bhagwan ke bich koi nahin a sakta hain. Koi bhi nahin. Padma uski pran hain aur Supriya uski hriday. Karna ke liye yeah dono saman rup se hi priya the aur rahenge. (Nobody can come in between Karna and his two wives. Padma and Supriya. Karna and Padma are One soul in two separate bodies. Karna and Supriya are united in heart, soul and body. Uruvi had no power to detach them. And by the way in between a devotee and her deity none can dare to come. Simply none can. A simple girl like Uruvi can't be able to break their bonds.)"
"Aur hamara putri Uruvi?!! (And what about our daughter Uruvi?!!)" She had asked him pleasantly. She was very congenial mood now to know that the relationship between Karna and his Supriya was safe!!!
"Uski Ankhen. (His eyes.)" He added with a sigh and continued "Manushya nayan chakshu ke bina reh leta hain par apni Pran bayu aur heiday ke bina kadapi nahin. (A human being can be able to live without his eyes. But he can't be able to live without his own breathing, Padma to Karna, and his heartbeat, Supriya so Karna. Never.)"
Mata Parvati smiled brightly. She was so assured now!!! Her Supriya would not loose her husband Karna's love for the sake of Uruvi!!!!
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At a room of Anga:
"Main tujhe jane nahin dungi. (I will not let you go.)" A girl seemed very angry and pouting her lips. She was none but Devi Vrushali Padmavati herself whose heart was telling her that she was going to loose her Su again.
Devi Padmavati (1st Karna wife)
For no reason she was suspcting that the jovial mood of Supriya was fake one!! Till she came to know about her baby sister Uruvi she was smiling and laughing all the times. It seemed that she was faking it!! In her young heart she must be hurt!!! And why not so?!! When she was herself pregnant and was longing the closeness of her dear husband Karna!! She had every right to be offended or petrified!!! Padma could relate to herself easily!!! She had herself once experienced the same thing!! When her Su came to her!!!
Supriya dodged the question and put a portrait in front of Padma. She had a satisfied grin on her beautiful face while saying this "Jiji dekho hamari Uru kitni sundar hain!!! (Elder sister, kindly look at the picture. Our baby sister Uruvi is so beautiful!!)"
Devi Uruvi (3rd Karna wife)
Padma snorted aloud and folded the portrait. She knew it Her heart how her Uru looked!!! She was exact replica of her long lost dead best friend Baishali!!! And she was her reincarnation too!!
"Jiji apne nahin dekha!!! (You don't see the glimpse of her picture.)" Her Su pouted her lips cutely. In sheer disbelief.
Padma looked at her direction in soft eyes and then told her coldly "Mujhe nahin dekhna!!! (I don't want to see her in pictures!!)"
Supriya wided her beautiful eyes. On shock. What it meant?!! She did not see her Jiji ao indifferent to someone else!!
Then suddenly Padma hugged her tightly in her arms and ran her own fingers through her hair lovingly while saying this "Tuh joh bhi bol main nahin manti. Meri Supriya se sundar koi nahin. Kyunki uski man bhi bada sundar hain. Woh krudha hoke kisiko avishap nahin deti!!! Uru ko abhi yeah sab sikhna hoga!!! (I am not in favor of you. I totally against you. My Supriya is the best looking girl of the whole world. As she does not have only a beautiful face but also a beautiful soul. She never cursed anyone in her entire life. Like Uru. Uruvi had to learn to control her own tongue. To be a Karna sangini she has to change herself.)" Then she instantly produced a picture to her and showed it while uttering this "Swayam dekh le. (See yourself.)"
Supriya opened her eyes wide in deep surprise. It was her portrait!!! But she was never so beautiful!!! In her entire life!!! The portrait maker had poured her love and affection on the picture!! Totally!!!
Devi Supriya (2nd Karna wife)
"Par Jiji yeah kisne banaya?!! (But elder sister who made it?!!)" She had asked her in shock.
Padma smiled brightly and nodded her pretty head mysteriously. Then she added confidently "Usine joh 12 barsh Tera dhyan kar raha tha. Tere chitra ko apne sine main chupake. (The same person who was seen meditating. For you. For 12 yrs. By making it and hiding it in his heart.)"
Supriya tilted her head to the face of Padma. She failed to comprehend the inner meaning!!! She did not know that just like she made the idol of her husband Karna at her separation time he made this divine portrait of her in his own leisure time. He was master Archer and a master painter too!!! He made her a Devi or Goddess!!! A very simple girl was his Devi!!! His vivid imagination made her look Divine!!
Then something clicked in her brain and she clunged the feet of Padma. So tightly. She had understood it was so difficult to detach herself from this household now where everyone had admited her wholeheartedly!!! But she had to go away!! She had to do it for the sake of her Uru!!! Her Uruvi!!! She had to unite Karna and Uruvi!!! It was a huge responsibility and she had to perform her duty well!!!
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At the main entrance gate of Anga:
A lavish chariot was standing. With the chariorteer Sumedh sitting in the front porch. Two horses one black and one grey were standing calmly and waited for the rider to come. The chariot was prepared for the long journey to Hastinapur.
Two lovely ladies were now seen to come. Side by side. Padma came with Supriya. By clutching her shoulders. She knew that perfectly that Supriya again had some tricks to pull out!! She never relied on the brain of her su as she knew how ready was this girl to sacrifice her happiness for the sake of others!!!
"Su mat ja. (Please don't go.)" Padma insisted her.
Supriya with a smile bent over and touched her feet. With love. She felt she was touching the feet of her own Goddess!!! Her elder sister was her Goddess!!!
Padma instructed her to get up and lifted her by touching her sister's both shoulders. She was worried that her Su could not take good care of herself all alone.
"Vachan deke ja sighra lautegi!! (You kindly promise me to come back very soon. )" She asked to her baby sister.
Supriya dodged the question and with a fake smile replied "Ap Jab bulaogi ham chale ayenge!! (Whenever you will call for me, I will immediately come back again.)"
Padma narrowed her eyes. And she frowned deep. She understood that Supriya had decided not to come back soon!!!
She insisted again "Prasen aur Sushen ko leke ja. Woh dono apne Dada aur Dadi se milne ke liye byakul hain. (Take Prasen and Sushen with you. They will love to meet with their fear grandparents.)" She knew that those two toddlers would surely wrote to her. In any emergency.
Supriya sighed softly. She was not a fool herself. She understood that her Jiji was reluctant to let her go. She lughed aloud and said to her "Pure paltan ko kyun nahin bhej deti mere sath!!! (Why don't you sent all 8 of them with me?!!)"
Padma twisted her nose in rage. She had understood that Supriya had realized her plan!! She tugged her chin towards herself and kissed her forehead softly while telling this to her "Ja. Ja. Apni toh Khayal nahin rak sakti aur 8 balako ko le jane ki baat karti hain?!! (Let it go. You can't even take care go yourself and you are now talking to bring 8 sons along with you?!! Huh!!)"
Supriya smiled brightly and hugged her tightly. While replying this "Hame apne khayal rakhne ka kiya abasyakta hain?!! Ap joh ho hamari dhyan rakh ne ke liye!!! (Why should I take care of myself?!! You are here for me!! To take my Care!!)"
Tears streamed down Padma's pink cheeks rapidly. She was so trusted by her baby sister Supriya yet she had not said anything about her decision of self-seclusuon!! She was so hurt yet so very much proud of her Su!!! Her Supriya had done that she would be able to do!! She could never leave her husband Karna behind!!! She was not only a wife, but a chief queen and an advisor of this flourishing state. She had some responsibility on herself!!! She hugged her Supriya tightly and promised in her mind "Tuh chahe yahan na chahe par teri Jiji marte dam tak tere sath nahin chodegi!!! Yeah Vrushali ka pratigya hain!!! (I promise to follow you behind till you leave. It is a vow of Vrushali, the wife of Vrish.)" She would keep the vow!!! Till the end of Supriya she had never left her alone!!!!
On the other hand, Supriya took a vow too. "Main pratigya karti hoon ki main kadapi Uruvi aur unke madhya nahin ayungi. (I take a vow that I will never come in between Karna and Uruvi.)" She too kept her promise!!! She never ever came in the life of Karna!!! To snatch him from Uruvi!!!
Padma gave a master stroke at the very last moment "Unse agya leke ja. (Take his permission too.)"
Supriya lifted her eyes to Padma and told calmly "Ap janti ho woh kadapi hame jane nahin denge. (I know why you tell it. You know that he will not let me go!!)"
Then she sharply turned back and faced the palace of Anga. She folded her palms together with respect and admiration. Then she murmured very softly in her own mind
"Main Supriya apni har Bhagwan ko Sakshi manke apni Bhagwan se (Pati se) bida hone ki anumati chanti hoon. (I Supriya, wants to attain the formal permission from my husband and my God. To leave him. In front of all of my God's.)"
The atmosphere turned gloomy in an instance. Birds stopped chirping. Air was not flowing. It seemed that time had stopped passing by altogether. The Mother Nature was not in the mood of saying goodbye to Supriya!!!
She touched her palms to her own forehead lovingly and then with the help of Sumedh and Padma got up on the chariot. Prasen and Sushen had joined her in there. She ruffled their hairs. With adoration. Those boys were not ready to leave their mother alone!!!
Then the chariot started to roll down the slopes. Of the road of Anga. She closed her eyes tightly. Tears were now pouring down heavily from her eyes. She did not look back. If she could do so, she would see that a man was standing lifelessly at his royal balcony by outstretching both of his hands. Towards herself. He wanted to touch his Devi at least once!!! His doe shaped eyes corner glowed in tears yet as usual he failed to utter two words to her "Don't go!!" This man was never vocal in his demands!!!
She would even notice that a boy of 13 was running behind her chariot. Till it disappeared in the horizon. Both the father and son Karna and Vrish were not in the mood of letting her go out of their respective lives.
"Choti ma, mat ja!!! Ruk ja!! (Young mother, stop. Don't go. Leaving me alone.)" The Boy cried his heart out when the chariot had disappeared in thin air. Along with Supriya, Prasen, Sushen and charioteer Sumedh.
She would even sense a soft sigh of her Jiji whose last words were "Mat ja. Su, tere Jiji akeli par jayegi. (Don't go. Supriya, your elder sister will left all alone. In this world.)" in choked up tone of voice.
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Now will Supriya ever come back to the lives of her near and dear ones? Will Karna get a chance to face her and ask her the reason of her this aloofness? Stay tuned for more updates. Enjoy till then.
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