ARYAVARTA

chapter 14

Ganga riverside(Bhishm,Amba)

Yesterday, Pandu left the kingdom with his wives leaving it on the hands of him , vidhur, kripachariya and the new king Dhitrarashtra. His mind was filled with fear, for some years his world is shattering, first Veer it still hurt him that he can't do anything to the man responsible for his son's death. Then he waged war and brought destruction to gandhar . He still can't look at gandhari without guilt and the cloth remind him of his sin. With gandhari came Karn , he feels ashamed for threatening gandhari using Karn and when gandhari stated she will accompany him if Karn too is allowed to stay with her. In desperation he allowed that ,but was it a mistake. Satyavati argument of how Karn could become a threat opened his eyes. Though he is not a kuruvanshi he is a son for dhitrarashtra and gandhari. If he wants he could claim the throne for himself starting a war. Then his biggest fear surfaced, the crack in the relationship between the brothers. The accusations between brothers was evident enough for anyone to see the deterioration of the brothers love.
Parushramshishya gangaputra bhishm is afraid about the future of his legacy, his family and above all his hastinapur. Bhishm sensed her presence. It always amazed him how she could read him like a open book. The only other person who could have read him left him when he was only 6 years.

"You should find a new place to hide  from me" said Amba

"The sun is about to rise, it is a beautiful image when it happens the river will be like a molten gold"

" What happened to pandu is not your fault"

" I had failed everytime. first chitrangda, then veer and now pandu
I am afraid Amba that I will not be able to live upto my promises. Promises to mata satyavati.my father and my mother. I was 6 when my mother died. She was a beauty with eyes of different colors. They say it is a birth disease but yet it made her more divine. When she was ill she brought me here and said that whenever I feel like her presence is needed all I have to do is come here at the riverside and close my eyes. "

" I know , but whatever happened is not your fault and your mother surely is proud of you"

A tiny breeze blew past them. The sun rise and it's rays fell on the flowing ganga giving it a golden color

" It's beautiful" said Amba holding bhishm hands as they both looked at the beautiful image in front of them hoping a prosperous future for hastinapur and their family.

One year after

The night was pure dari,there was no moon or stars in the sky. The animals were in distress as they could sense the storm that would fall on hastinapur. The wind blew like it's in a mission to destroy anything that would stand in his path . The sky was illuminated by the lightning and the loud thunder that followed . To a simple person these are the symbol of a huge storm. But to the royals of hastinapur it felt like a sign, a sign of a great disaster that may fall upon the kuruvansh. Amidst all these a cry of a young infant was heard. The first true born son of maharaj dhitrarashtra and maharani gandhari was born

" The omens are not good rajamata this child may cause destruction to hastinapur so for the sake of a bright future it is better to cutoff the limb before the infection affects the other regards" said Dakshin

For a brief moment Dakshin looked towards Shakuni and both men had a look of understanding

" What are you suggesting, head priest" asked satyavati

" What I am suggesting is it's better if the child doesn't see sunrise"said Dakshin

" What are you suggesting, to kill the son of maharaj dhitrarashtra, his heir" asked Shakuni

" I am not a child murderer like others" Dakshin looked at the royals .they understand what Dakshin meant even Dakshin son was only 13 when pandu killed him
" But the omens are not good ask mahamantri vidhur he is also a good astrologer" said Dakshin