Amarsri and Amardev were alone in their room, Radha-Krishna had also left for Go-Lok and Jaitra was also gone along with the rest of the devotees.
Amarsri was sadly staring at the wall, not saying anything and this broke Amardev's heart.
"Priye aapko bhaye toh nahi ki mera janm yadi stree ke roop mai huya toh aapse sundar na ho ?" Amardev teased to lighten the mood.
Amarsri chuckled, giving a bliss to his heart. She looked at him with mischievous eyes.
"Accha priye tumse ek prashn puchu ?" Amarsri asked, he nodded.
"Yadi tumhare samne kisi aur se prem-prasang huya toh ?" Amarsri asked.
"Kya !?" Amardev exclaimed.
"Nahi.....mera Matlab manushyo ko prem sikhana hai toh..." Amarsri teased getting off the bed.
"Dekhiye priye, maine 2 janm liye aur kadi tapasya se aapka prem aur saath prapt kiya hai. Yadi mere alawa aapko kisi se bhi prem huya toh...toh....toh mai aapko chodunga nahi !" Amardev warned.
"Chodoge tab jab pakadoge." Amarsri chuckled and ran away.
"Priye !" Amardev also ran behind her.
They didn't realize when they were out of the palace and into the flower meadows, when suddenly Amardev realized how he is going to forget everything about her and thus he stopped.
"Kya hua Amardev ? Ruk kyu gaye ?" Amarsri asked.
"Abhi pata chala ki kuch samaye paschat mujhe kuch bhi smaran nahi rahega." Amardev said as tears fell from his eyes.
"Satya kaha tum toh sab bhul jaoge kintu mujhe sadev sab smaran rahega. Vastavikta mai shraap toh mujhe mila hai." Amarsri said with tears streaming down her face.
"Kitna kathin hoga aapke liye." Amardev said.
"Accha ab mujhe pakadoge nahi ?" Amarsri asked.
"Nahi, ab yeh khel khelne hetu aapko prithvi par aana hoga mere paas. Ab mujhe agya dijiye..." Amardev said.
"Jaane ki bahut jaldi hai tumhe ?" Amarsri asked.
"Jitne jaldi jayunga, utne jaldi laut ke bhi toh wapas aayunga." Amardev said and held her hands.
Amarsri sobbed as she embraced him with all her heart.
"Alag hone ka samaye aagaya priye." Amardev said.
"Alag kaise ? Hum toh ek hi hai na. Leher sagar se alag nahi ho sakti, Prakash Surya se alag nahi ho sakti aur Harihareshwari Shreeshaktishwar se alag nahi ho sakti. Tum jaha bhi janm loge, jis roop mai janm loge, mujhe sadev swikarya hoga. Yeh bandhan humare prem ko nahi bandh payenge, priye." Amarsri said.
"Yeh awashyak hai kya ?" Amardev asked.
"Sabhi uttar yadi mai hi de du, toh samaye kya karega ?" Amarsri said.
Amardev smiled sadly as he wiped her tears away.
"Jaldi aana priye..." Amardev said as he vanished in thin air.
Amarsri fell on her knees as he was gone now, about to take another birth. She too is also supposed to take another birth for this leela.
She knew this was important, she wondered why is always their love that has to be tested.
□□□ 9 MONTHS LATER □□□
The mansion of Mahamantri Chandrakant of Amaravati Kingdom was bustling as ever, because his wife, Vilasvati was in labor.
Surprisingly the King and Queen of Amaravati, Maharaj Raghav and Maharani Shivani also had a son named Amar this morning. And now at night time, Vilasvati was about to give birth.
Right now Chandrakant was praying to Mahadev for both the child and mother to be healthy.
Suddenly the midwife came out of the room.
"Congratulations Mahamantri, its a girl !" The midwife said.
"We have been blessed !" Exclaimed the Mahamantri happily.
He went inside the room and saw his wife cradling the new born baby girl. He went towards the girl and smiled seeing her.
"Dekhiye swami, kitna sundar Shyamal rang hai humari putri ka, aur kitni badi badi aakhe, ekdum kamal ke bhati." Vilasvati said.
"Adbhut." Chandrakant said holding his daughter.
"Naam rakhiye humari putri ka." Vilasvati said.
"Jiska tej aur saundarya Devi Laxmi aur Devi Parvati ke bhati ho, usse toh keval Devika naam se hi sambhodit karna chahiye." Chandrakant said cradling the baby who chuckled.
"Lagta hai ise naam pasand aaya." Vilasvati said.
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