Story Unfolds :
At the same secluded small Hut at the outskirt of Hastinapur: At morning: 3 hours ago of coming of their sons:
One beautiful girl was nodding her head dismissively. She did not know how to execute their plan. It was the master plan of her elder sister and she had to help her. She like always had to play along her Jiji. Yet she was truly so dubious. About it's execution. No they were not planning anything bad. They were planning to bring their middle sister Supriya back with them. Now let me introduce them to you. The girl who was sceptical about the plan and it's outcome was Devi Uruvi, the dear baby sister of Supriya and the lady of whose master plan it was, was none but Devi Vrushali, dear elder sister or Jiji of Supriya.
"Kyun yojna kysi lagi?!!! (How do you like the plan?!!)" Padmavati asked for her baby sister's advice. In the anxiety and anticipation. She had informed of the plan before coming here. To her 7 sons. So that they could come here. To bring Supriya back. It was her plan to ask her son's help. She knew that her Su could not be rigid by seeing her sons before her. She had to come to them. Now she wanted the appraisal. Of Uruvi.
Devi Veushali Padmavati
She was worried. She tried hard to convince her Supriya to come with them. But her always devoted and loyal baby sister had been adamant to live here. Alone. In extreme poverty. She, as her elder sister, could nor be able to see her in pain and suffering. She could gave away her kingdom, Her title of "Vrushali", Her husband, Her sons, Her every belongings on the feet of her Su merrily yet Supriya was behaving like an adamant child!!! She wanted to suffer in silence. She was so sanguine that it was her fault that this war of Mahabharata was looming on them. If she did not marry Karna then the Pandava brothers never hated him so much. She was the reason of their hatred. Pandava loved Uruvi as their own sister. They respected her Jiji Padma as the Karna Sangini. They did not have the knowledge of his two other wives. They were not invited in the marriage of Supriya and Karna. As he hated them for the brutal murder of his fist son Sudama. Nor he was in love with her at the time of their this marriage ceremony. He had wanted to keep it under the wrap. And the Uruvi episode was the most secret episode of Karna's life. None could be able to know of it if he did not acknowledge it. Neither Padma nor Supriya.
Padndava brothers did not know that Supriya was the second wife of Karna. To them she might be a maid and was married to someone near and dear ones of Karna. Perhaps his charioteer cum childhood friend Surath. Or to any other Minister of his Anga state. Only two persons had suspected the truth. Uruvi's dear Yudhhi bhaiya or Yudhhisthir who had anticipated all about their this relationship. As he was informed by his own spies that Karna married one of sister-in-law of Duryodhan. As his cousin Duryi had only two sister-in-laws, Charusmati and Supriya, he had realized that it must be Supriya. As Charusmati was already married to his dear younger brother Dusashan. You could see that Dharma Raj Yuddhithir was no fool himself. He had to be praised for his razor sharp intellect. Apt for being a King. But he suppressed the truth from his young siblings as neither he had any proof nor he could think that it would help them. To win the war of justice against injustice. In the epic war of Mahabharata. He could be able to discover many such proofs about it but being a perfect gentleman he had no such desire to intervene in Karna's personal life. He did not want to show the world or his brothers that Karna had any fault. Even if it was marriage to three separate girls. By the way his wife Krishna or Devi Draupadi too had realized it. From the soft look on the eyes of Karna. She watched his reactions when she was invited at the naam Karan and Anna Prashan of the youngest son of Karna, Vrishaketu.
However it was not a little bit a Right assumption. The jealousy and thatred between Karna and Pandava siblings were on the different reason. Supriya was not the reason. The four young Pandava had no knowledge of her but that did not mean they were truly disrespectful to herself. They did not know her identity. So they were aloof of her. They knew her elder sister Bhanu and cousin Charu as the wives of Duryi and Dus (Nick names of the Kumar Duryodhan and Dushashan). They respected them. They ignored her presence. As to them Supriya was just a maid and none else. Their this mistake would prove fatal at the time of the death of Karna. By the way let us concentrate on the story.
Padma looked expectantly to her Uru. But she was thinking something else absentmindedly. She felt offended and made a grouchy face. Unlike herself. To her beautiful face smile had suited most.
Uruvi was at that time rubbing her chin thoughtfully. She was thinking of the absurdity of the idea. She herself had tried hard to convince her Jiji yet she was reluctant to go with them. She saw no point in asking of the help of her young sons.
"Kya re?!! (What?!!)" Padma poked in her ribs.
With a gawk Uruvi looked at her Jiji in surprised fashion. By arching her eyebrows together.
Devi Basavi Uruvi
Then she made a face and tried to straight her own back. She knew that her eldest sister had only own bad habit. To poke in anyone's ribs who did not pay any attention to her!!!
"Kya jiji?!! (What are you doing, my dear elder sister?!!)" She tried to message the place with her left palm on vain. The place was unreachable!!!
Uruvi made a crying face and lied on the lap of her sister Padma. She had a desire that her eldest sister would at this very moment message her back. At the palace where she poked just now!!!!
Padma understood the signal and she twisted her nose in fake rage. She, on the contrary, loved this childish kind of behavior of her baby sister. As she loved both Uru and Su as her own sisters.
She messaged Uruvi's ribs gently and asked in soft tone "Bahat laga?!! (Do it hurt most?!!)"
Uruvi first nodded her pretty head in agreement. Then with disagreement. She was not a bit hurt!! Just surprised that was all!!! She hid her face in the lap of Padma. Then smiled brightly.
Padma shook her head in dismissal. This girl!! Always loved to play with her emotions!!! Who could believe that she was herself mother of nine grownup sons?!!! Still foolish and so naive!!!!
"Bulalo!!! Ab toh wahi kuch kar sakte hain!!! (Call for them!! Now only they can do something!!!)" Uruvi replied to Padma happily.
Padma tilted her head proudly and nodded it in agreement. She had done it already!!! Uruvi did not know that a little bit!!! This girl was a master planner in her family!!! Behind each and every thing happened to her own family her plan worked!!! She had been proved as the apt Queen of her state!!! She was neither docile and devoted like Supriya nor proud and short tempered like Uruvi!!! Till she was alive the Sun of Anga state had never gone down!!!!
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At the kitchen garden of the same Hut: 5 hours later:
Seven young boys were now sitting at the floor happily. They did not a bit thought of their Royal clothes. Two of them were fighting to seat at the feet of their mother. They were Prasen and Sushen.
"Mujhe baith ne de!!! Main bara hoon tujhse!!! (Let me seat here!! I am elder than you!!)" Sushen told to his dear younger sibling who was pulling his arms.
"Nahin. Yeah sthan mera hain. Main chota hoon!!! (No. This is my place. I will seat here. In this place.)" Prasen answered him grumpily. He wanted to seat before his mother Supriya. As he loved to do before.
Padma and Uruvi both were bringing foods. One by one. Padma instructed the shopkeepers to send them ample goods. She had paid them all the debts of Supriya. Without alarming her. She as a caring eldest sister of her Su, did not want to make her ashamed before herself or the world.
Uruvi pouted her lips cutely. She was enjoying this mock fight!!! She gave the foods to everyone's plate. Except those two who did not decide their places. Till now.
She looked at them bewidlerly. God!!! Those siblings!!! Who would tell that they were praised by all masses as the prices!!! They were praised for their bravery and benevolence by all!!! And they were sulking and fighting to seat beside their mother like two kids!!!
She had pressed her lips together and smiled brightly. She got the habit from her father. Lord Shiva.
"Baith bhi ja!!! (Seat down anyway!!)" She commanded them both.
They both had nodded their heads in unison. They would not!! Until their mother had decided their seats!!! Like their early childhood!!!
"Jiji, ap in dono ko baith ne kehdo!!! Barna yeah dono bandar aise hi uchal khund karta rahega!!! (Elder sister, tell them to seat down. Unless this will jump like monkies whole the time!!)" She insisted to her middle sister Su or Supriya who was seen smiling now by seeing this mock fight. All of a sudden she reacalled something. She had once called a man as "Bandar" or the monkey who beat her in the painting competition. Her pink cheeks got red in sheer embarrassment. She could not believe that she had done that!!! (Uruvi called her husband Karna as a monkey when he defeated her in the painting competition. She could not be able to admit that he was a master painter too. Far good than herself. For it read my story on "Uruvi".)
Padma looked at her change of moods intently. She understood that she was dreaming of her husband Karna. She knew everything as he never hid from her anything. She knew every single details of the painting competition. From Karna. And Shone.
She came near her baby sister Uruvi who was now lost in her dreams and pushed her from back. "Chal. Chal. Sab tere tarah khayali pulao khake pet nahina bhar sakte!! (Okay. Let it go. All of us can't eat in dreams like you.)" She mocked her Uru softly. She knew how much her baby sister was in love with their husband.
Uruvi with a jolt came back to her senses and blushed hard. So true!!! She could not be lost in her thoughts like this way!! In front of her sons!! What would they think of herself?!!
To make her suspicion right, Shatru nudged in the ribs of Dip and then murmured softly "Lagta hain Choti Ma phir se Pitashree ko smaran karne lagi!!! (I think little mother is again recalling father!!!)" with a naughty and mischievous smile.
Shatrunjay or Shatru
Dip put his index finger on his lips. To signal him to stop mocking Uruvi. He made a disappointed face but obeyed. Those two were inseparable!!! Like Chitra and Satya!! Like Sushen and Prasen!!!
Dpitatva or Dip (His twin)
"Shatru!!!" Padma scolded him. She heard his whispering voice.
Dip closed his eyes. He thought that his naughty brother would be scolded and punished severely. He could not be able to look at it!!!
Padma came near him and pulled his earlobe. She twisted it forcefully. The boy yelled in pain "Maiya chod do. (Mother please leave my earlobe.)"
Banasen smiled brightly. By seeing his reaction. He discovered the situation hilarious!!! Chitra hid his face. So also Satya. Prasen was truly taken aback. He did not think that Padma would pull the earlobe of his Shatru bhaiya so easily!!! Sushen was Alert. He took the opportunity and sat at the left side of Supriya. At first Prasen did not a bit noticed it. Then when he looked at his sibling he made a crying face. This brother of his had made him fool once again.
He stomped his feet in rage. Sushen Bhaiya, utho. Abhi. (Get up. Now.)" He ordered him.
Young Sushen
Sushen smiled at him innocently. By showing his teeth. He looked very handsome. While smiling bashfully like this.
He then replied truthfully "Thik hain Main sthan khali kar dunga. Par ek sart hain. (Okay. I will leave this place all by myself. But I need some thing. I have a condition.)"
Supriya looked expectantly at his face. She thought he was asking for some food. Like his favorite Ladoo or Kazoo Barfi. She was going to tell Uruvi to bring them when he silenced her. By his unique demand.
He amazed Her by asking "Ghar chalo, Maiya. Ham tere sath baithke bhojan karna chahte hain. (Come back to our home again. Mother, I want to eat on your hands. By sitting beside you.)" His voice trembled slightly at the end. As if he was hiding his emotions.
Devi Supriya
Supriya opened her black eyes wide in surprise. She too was reluctant to let them all go. They were her lifeline. Her sons. She could not leave without any of them. But could she be able to show her this face to her husband Karna again?!! She did not know that a bit!!! Tears were threatening to fall down her eyes. She tried hard to hid them all.
Satyasen got up. He ended his lunch. He came forward and touched her shaking shoulders. With adoration. This boy loved his mother more than his brother Chitra. But he was never vocal in his demand.
"Mata, tumhare bina ham sab adhure hain. Ap wapas a jao. (Mother, we are all incomplete. Without you. Please you come back to us.)" He pleaded to his mother. In soft tone.
Satyasen or Satya
She dragged him near and kissed on his forehead. With love and affection.
Then she ran to her bedroom and fell down on it. She did not know what to do now. Her sons wanted her to go back with them. As a mother she had to be proud. Yet she was scared. It was a signal. Of doom and desttruction. As a mother she did not want that. She knew the destiny of her family. But as a mother she could not afford to say to anyone.
All boys looked at her disappearing shadow in quite confused way. They did not know why she was not ready to go back with them.
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Introducing Grown up Vrishasen:
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Supriya was crying constantly at her bedroom clutching her pillow when a soft sound came to her ears. She had listened the sound of opening of the main entrance gate of her Hut. A boy of early twenty was seen to enter into the premise.
Now let me describe him. He had the black wavy shoulder long open hair that was flying on the gentle breeze of air. His complexion was fair and his eyes hazel. He got almond shaped eyes unlike his father Karna (whose had doe shaped eyes) and his real mother Vrushali (who had lotus shaped eyes). He got the eyes of his maternal uncle. Banasen. Almond shaped. However he had two things like his father. He too had a Sun symbol in between his own eyebrows. And the second thing was that his own apple of eyes matched with his father Karna. It was hazel like him. He had toned figure. Strong cheekbones. Pink cheeks. Full pouty lips. Like his sister Padmaja. Sturdy limbs. Chiseled torso and upper body. Small hips. Like an warrior. He came back from Mathura when he got the news that his both mothers had taken all of his siblings to meet to his middle mother Supriya. He could not be able to stop himself as he was too dying to meet with her and came behind them. He was Crown Prince of Anga. He was dear Lalla of Supriya. He was Vrish of Padma and Uruvi. He was Vrishasen.
Prince Vrishasen or Vrish
He lifted his eyes and looked at the face of all of his siblings expectsntly. With authority.
All lowered their heads. To the floor level. They all could not be able to convince their mother to come with them. They all had feeling ashamed of themselves. They were dumbfounded. They were speechless. They promised to their eldest sibling that they could do that themselves. Yet their all effort went into deaf ears. She was not bit ready to come with them.
He came forward and patted the tense shoulders of his brother Chitra who looked at him gratefuly. In silence he assured his sibling that he had come to rescue them. Vrish always loved to be the Savior of his brothers!!!! Even in the battlefield!!!!
Chitra lifted his face and smiled at his eldest sibling brightly. He knew that his brother would be able to convince their mother. To come with them. He was not a person to hear "No" from her a bit!!!
Chitrasen or Chitra
He went near the bedroom and gently knocked the door. Like a gentleman!!!
Supriya wiped her tears and sat down on her straw bed. Then she asked him to come inside.
He came forward and touched her feet in respect. He sat down there. By clutching her feet.
She opened her eyes wide in surprise. She could not recognize him a bit. He matured a lot!!!
He smiled bashfully and by lifting his eyes to her uttered only one sentence
"Maiya, le tere Lalla a gaya!!! (Mother, look at me. Your dear son at last has come to you.)"
In this way that very day Supriya, as a mother had met ultimately with her dear eldest son, Her Lalla, Her solace, Her Vrish. Her Vrishasen.
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Will Vrish convince her to go back with them? What will he do to make her smile? Will Supriya accept his this demand? Will she get a chance to meet with Karna and Vrishi again? The answers are given in upcoming episodes. Enjoy.
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