Story Unfolds :
At one secluded room of Hastinapur:
A boy was fuming in rage. He could not sleep an ounce. Since the insult of his dearly beloved wife. Panchali. He vowed to end that Sut Putra brutally who badmouthed her. He wanted to chop off his head. In his very own hands. Alas!!! He forgot her insult of him yet he remembered just his one single utterence!! It happened often!!! People ignored their own mistakes yet recalled others!!! It had happened to the rumored best Archer of India too. Arjuna was a son of a God, but he was a mere human being like us!!! He was not a God himself!!! To overlook just the single mistake of Karna!!!
He closed his eyelids slowly. In deep frustration. He could till now see the crawl of Draupadi through the stairs. Evil laughter of Dusashan. Smirk of Mama Shakuni. Lust of Duryodhan. A word was now ringing in his eardrum most repeatedly
"Beshya!!!!"
Whenever he closed his eyelids he had heard the same voice of his arch enemy. Karna!!!!
That Son of a charioteer!!! How dare he to challenge him?!! A prince!! How dare he to save them from Barnabat incident?!! How dare he to curse his Draupadi in open public at her own Swayambar?!! How dare he to insult her by calling her of names?!! He was so engrossed in hating Karna that this foolish Boy did not realize that he in reality loved, respected and cared for him most!!! The main cause of his this hatred was the indifference of Karna!! Whenever they came face to face his arch enemy had ignored his presence. It often happened with the youngest sibling who had wanted to draw the attention of his eldest. For no reason. For Arjuna it was the same thing. He wanted to be acknowledged and loved by Karna. Like he loved Shone. In his subconscious mind he realized their blood relation that he overlooked till the death of Karna. In the epic war of Mahabharata!!! Arjuna can't you be able to control your unjustified anger and decipher your feelings for him!!! Then there would be no need of the battle of Mahabharata!!!
Middle Pandava Arjuna
His eyes were burning red. His face was determined. He had taken a vow. To end Karna!!! At the same day of the Cheer Haran of Draupadi!!! That man whom he hated most!! He tried to go against him all the times!!! He dared to challenge his mastery!!! He even had snatched away his sister Uruvi!!! How he loathed him?!!
He heard the husky baritone voice in his eardrum repeatedly
"Yeah Karna ke shish hain, mere Priyo Arjuna, koi pero pe latka huwa am nahin jo tum tod loge. (This is the high head of Karna, my dear Arjuna, that is not a ripped mango on a tree ready to be cut off.)"
He clutched his fists in extreme rage and looked at the direction of the sky and declared in extreme anger -
"Is biswa main yeah toh woh Karna rahega yeah Arjuna!!! Dono kadapi nahin!!! (In this world either Karna remains or Arjuna!!! Not both!!)"
God!!! Why his angry tone matched to that of his eldest sibling Karna at the time of the death of Sudama!!! He too take the same vow!!!
In this way, the Mahabharata battle had already been started. Karna and Arjuna were preparing to stand up before each other. To end each other. Those two siblings never ended to be together!!! They were detached from each other in heart and soul!!! They were destined to kill each other!!!
.....................................
At the Royal chamber of King: At the midnight: 3 months after:
One man was now standing tall in the balcony adjoined to his lavish royal bedroom chamber. He knew that his youngest wife Uruvi had gone!!! She went straight to both of her brothers. Duryi bhaiya and her Yudhhi bhaiya. In the faintest expectation that she could save her clan!!! Her family!! Her sons!!! And him too!!! She did not a bit knew that he was destined to die!!! His death was written in his forehead at the time of his birth!!! Unless why should his biological mother threw him up so mercilessly?!!! A child who was abandoned by his mother had to be perished sooner or later in his own life!! His struggles had saved him till now!!! But not anymore!!!! A war was looming on the horizon!!! Much more powerful and devastating than the war between Anga and Pukeya!!! And he was destined to take part in it!!! To show the world what Radheya Karna meant for!!!
He sighed softly. He was there to stop the infamous incident. Of the insult of Draupadi. Even if he never liked the proud and arrogant Princess of North Panchal, he never wanted her to be stripped off in open public. By her own Dewars or brother-in-laws. He was sent in a secret mission. By Mama Shakuni that day. But his spies had informed him that Duryodhan was planning to snatch the kingdom of his cousins and to insult their wife. So he hurried back. To stop his Param Mitra or best friend. To do the sin. But when he stepped into the room everything had happened. Yudhisthir had lost his brothers, himself and his wife. Along with his kingdom, jewels, servants, belongings and everything. He had not a single thing to do. How could he save a man who destroyed himself?!! Yet he tried to resonate with Duryi. As usual Mama Shakuni asked the same question about his loyalty. And he had to surrender. The question regarding his loyalty was a sensitive issue to him for all the times. He had proved his loyalty ample times. By winning the states under the head of Hasrinapur. By helping in the abduction of Kumari Bhanumati. By marrying his Supriya. His loyalty to Duryodhan was truly unquestionable. Yet Mama Shakuni loved to hurt him always by asking of it.
Karna or Basusen
He smiled lifelessly. While watching The Star studded sky. He was now searching desperately for his Sudama. His first son who called him "Baba" for the first time. It was even his last word too. Before his death. At the time of Draupadi Swayambar.
He snorted aloud while recalling the evil smile of Mama Shakuni. How he loathed this man?!! He warned his friend Duryodhan of his uncle yet he ifnored Karna's valid pleads. He was a pawn in the hands of his evil uncle who was plotting against the dynasty even before the birth of Duryi!!! He wanted to avenge the murder of his clan and family. And he was using the Kaurava as his bait!!! You can see all by yourself that Karna was not a fool as Ved Vyas thought of himself!!! He knew everything!!! He understood everything!!! He had tried to stop the greatest war of Mahabharata!!! Yet he failed brutally!!! Like his youngest wife Uruvi!!!!
All of a sudden he sensed a soft tug on his left hand. He for a second looked bewildered. As it was not of her first love!!! Padma's!!! Then who could it be?!! At that dead of night?!!!
He slowly turned back and tilted his head towards the girl. Oh yes. It was a soft father like touch. He identified it yet he could not believe it. She had already stopped to come near him. Then why now?!! What was special interest today?!!! He forgot that it was a special day for them. It was the day of their wedding!!! It was their own wedding anniversary!!! He married her in this day!!!
Devi Supriya (2nd wife of Karna)
She looked at him expectantly. She thought he had remembered the day when in reality he had completely forgotten about it. She lowered her head and bit her lips. It was her own fault that she thought that he would never forget the day. He had Padma!! He got Uruvi!!! Why should he had to remember a simple Supriya?!!! Alas!!! Supriya you misjudge him!!! He did not forget about you!!! He just had to cope up with the political scenario of India!!! He was so engrossed in his life that he forgot even himself!!! Forgive him!!! It was not his fault!!! A bit!!
He narrowed his eyes to her face and tilted his head towards her. He was eager to know the reason of her this arrival. To meet him. He did not know how eagerly she waited for him. In her temple. Before the lamp. Symbol of his life.
He added his left eyebrow to her. In question mode. In silence.
She bit her lips in indecision. She did not know why she felt uncomfortable in his presence!!!
"Kya?!! (What?!!)" For the first time he opened his eyes. To ask a question to her. After a long time.
She opened her eyes wide in shock. He was talking to her?!! Even after her refuting him!!! Was it a miracle or something?!!!
She bit her lips more and timidly then asked him an irrelevant question "Kya apne Satya main Devi Draupadi ki bare main buda kahan?!!! (Did you really talked ill about Druapadi?!!)"
He made a face. Surprised One. He did not know that she would come to ask this to him. At the dead of midnight.
"Kya yeah prashna puchne ke liye ap itni rat main ayi hain?!! (Do you come to ask me this question?!! At the dead of midnight?!!)" He asked her in cold tone. He was angry of her. He thought she ran to meet with. He came back to Anga just yesterday. He expected her to welcome him. Like she did always.
His eyes got teary instantly. God knew why?!! He felt dejected!!! Uruvi had rejected him!!! Whether his Devi, his Priya or Supriya was also refuting him now?!!!
She sharply tilted her head towards his face. She could not see it. He had already tilted his head to left and had refused to look at her direction. In the fear that his tears could be seen by her too.
She, on the other hand, thought that he was enraged of her. She must have made a mistake!!! She lowered her head to the floor. To think what to say now?!!! A line of separation had been drawn in between them that none of them could try to overcome!!!
When she lowered her head to the floor he lifted his eyes to her. He had great control over his nerves. So he stopped his tears that were now seen threatening to fall. But the corners of his doe shaped eyes were reddish till now. But he could not see her face too. As she lowered it just a second ago. Their eyes did not meet. He thought she was angry. She thought he was angry. In reality none were angry on each other. They were trying to hide their feelings. From each other. They were trying to cope up with emotions. About each other.
"Boliye na!!! (Tell me!!)" She insisted him. Against her own nature.
He looked bewildered. She was never nagging or insistent. Then why she was so adamant to know about it?!! He overlooked the tears in her eyes.
Why Karna?!! Why can't you see that this loyal wife of yours is ready to take the burden of your mistakes too?!!!
"Ha!!! (Yes)" He answered her.
"Beshya!!! (Filthy woman!!)" She had asked in choked voice. She could not believe that her deity could dishonor any woman!! Be it Krishna!!! He was not a mere human being!!! He was her God!!! Her Aradhya!!! Her life!!! Her solace!!! Her devotion!!!
He did not answer but nodded his head in agreement. He acknowledged his guilt!!! This man was never afraid of admitting him guilt!!! For his this nature he was praised by his Madhav or Lord Krishna too.
She backed away. All of a sudden she felt as if time stopped. Her mind had become vacant. Her own heart beat stopped. She could not believe that he could utter this!!! To a woman!!! No!! No!!! There must be some mistake!!!
Her Aradhya could not do that!! It was a sin!!! He was no sinner!! Never!!
He lifted his hands and tried to steady Her own her feet when he recalled his promise. "Never to come to her or to touch her without permission." He controlled himself and decided to stop then and there. He had no right on her now!! She snatched away his right as a husband to herself!!! Till now she did not permit him to come near her!! And he Radheya Karna could die, but could not break his promise. In this regard he was truly the grandson of Pitamah Bhism!!!!
He stopped dead in front of her and looked at her direction with awe. Her reactions sent mixed signal to him. She had looked heart broken. For the insult of Draupadi!!! Why?!! Karna!!! You fool!!! She was worried for you!!! Not for Draupadi!!! She worshipped you most!!! Loved you with her whole heart!!! Why should she have to think of anyone else except you?!!
She felt quite numb in her feet and fell down limply on the floor. He had outstretched his hands instantly yet did not dare to touch her. She did not call for him!!!
She stayed on the floor with vacant look for some time. What she was thinking only God knew that?!! Her reactions made him worried. For her. She sat down on the floor like a pretty yet lifeless doll. Her lips not trembled. Her eyelids never blinked. Her tears did not fell down. Not a single muscle flinched in her body. Nor she stirred up. A little bit. She sat there patiently and lifelessly. For how long she did not know that!!! A bit!!!
Then all of a sudden she stirred a bit and looked at his direction. He was petrified for her. He never saw her in this way beforehand. He ran to her and sat before her.
"Devi!!!!" He whispered softly in her ears. In moister eyes. He wanted her to see his face. He wanted her to smile at him. He wanted her to scold him. He wanted her to be angry on his that foolishness. But he did not want her to suffer his pain!!! Succumb to the life long agony of his!!! A single drop of tear emerged from his left eye and rolled down his cheek.
She lifted her right palm to his face level and caught it effortlessly. Then she looked at it and with a small smile replied him truthfully "Apka pap aj se hamara huwa. Apne pap ke dawitwo ap mujhe do. (Your sin from today is mine. Give the responsibility to me.)"
He looked genuinely amused. What she was talking about?!!!
She added confidently "Apke Patni hoke bilas baibhav bahat bhog liya. Ab ek patni ki kartyavya karenge. Ap ke anicha krit pap ke dand bhogenge. (As your wife I live enough in the midst of luxury and happiness. Now it's my turn to be your true wife. I am taking the burden of your unwanted sin.)" In those words, she took all the responsibility on her own shoulders.
Even his badmouthing Draupadi!!! A single fault made my Him!!! I have to praise you, Supriya!!! What a wife you are?!! Hail to her!!!
He looked horrifiedly to her face. She was saying nothing yet everything!!! She was taking the responsibility of his sin?!! How could she?!!
His doe shaped hazel eyes got blurred in tears. He was shocked by her this decision!!!! Her voice rang in his own eardrum suddenly
"Agar ap Muhpe santusht hain toh mujhe suhagan Marne ki bar dijiye.
(If you are so satisfied with me and my devotion, then grant my this wish. I want to die as a married girl.)"
Different reactions of Karna & Supriya at their wedding day (She happy & he angry)
Her boon from Lord Krishna roamed in his mind. All of a sudden he had realized everything. That was reason why she was taking his sin as hers!!! She wanted to perish with him!!!!
He reminded everything. Her love. Her devotion. Her smile. Her touch. Her big beautiful black eyes. Her total self-surrender. Her peeping through the tree. Her taking care of him and his belongings. Her love for his sons. Her respect for Padma. Her deep and unconditional love for her Uruvi. Her sacrifice. His pain. Her hunger. His suffering for her. Her selflessness for his sake. His trial to save her life. Her fight to save his masses. His pride. Her fierceness.
He recalled leaving her alone on the Dais. Immediately after marriage. He even dragged open of their bond. He refuted her that day. She stood there lifelessly. Yet she came behind him. And she refuted him. Twice. Once for the sake of her elder sister Padma. And then for the sake of her baby sister Uruvi. Yet he came back to her again. They stopped talking with each other. Yet their communication needed no language!!! Just through eyes they could convey their feelings to each other. Their nuptial bond was much stronger than he thought of. She worshipped him. He worshipped her. She loved him. He loved her. She adored him. He adored her. She was his Devi. He was her Aradhya. Her a single word could make a hole on his heart. His a single mistake could take her life!!! They were inseparable like Sun and river!!!! The Sun always rose in the morning and it reflected on the still water of a river. He tried hard to break their bonds. She too. But none could detach themselves. Fate had bound them both. In a tight bond. Of lifetime.
He, to his dismay, touched her both shoulders and lifted her up gently. She smiled at him innocently and did not stop him. As if she was waiting for his this reaction. She had broken her vow long ago. When she donated her life to save his.
"Ap kya ho, Devi?!! (What are you, my Goddess?!!)" He asked her in shock. Till now none of his wives tried to take the responsibility of his sin. Not Padma. Not Uruvi. He did not know that both of them tried hard in their own ways to stop the war. Padma was trying to convince the elders while Uruvi the youngsters.
"Karna ka Dasi. (Devotee of Karna.)" She answered him truthfully and then with a smile added on another line "Jo uski Kawach hain aur uski sath hi is prithvi se jayegi. (Who is his armor and will go only with him. From this world.)"
He forgot about his vow and dragged her to himself. She rested her tired head to his chest and vowed to be with him always. She wanted to take the responsibility of his every single mistake. Just like herself!!! He had found her out at last!!! He would not let her go this time!!!
In this way at last they united again together. Forever. In life. And even in death.
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
Will Uruvi be able to save Karna and his family? What will Supriya do to save his life? Stay tuned for more.
***********************************