ARYAVARTA

chapter 17

Shakuni

The death of the shudra girl has devastated duryodhan. After arriving from the temple duryodhan was locked in his room . Screams can be heard from his room. A huge fight happened between satyavati and gandhari, even bhishm sided with gandhari against rajamata for not handling the situation properly.
I asked the guards guarding duryodhan chamber to open the doors . The room was a mess shattered glasses, thorne books cracked walls and in the corner end of the room lies duryodhan uttering his friends name. The scene brought back memories of a young me back in gandhari. I felt pity for him but to achieve my mission to fullfil my father's dying wish I have to do this .
I slowly sat beside duryodhan on the floor and patted him

" Why did they kill her, uncle why did they pour molten gold on her throat" asked duryodhan

" Didn't you heard yudhishtir she did adharm"

" But she was praying to God how is that sin"

" I don't know, for even these men a child born on a stormy night is an ill omen, that's why they wanted to kill you" .

I acted like a slip of tongue but the reaction of duryodhan was evident that the arrow had pierced it's target

" What did you mean, which child"

" Oh my dear nephew, promise me that you will never say to anyone that I am the one who told you this secret"

" I promise, uncle"

" you were born on a amavasya . The
Jackals ventured to the villages, the wolves howled till the sunrise, a huge storm nearly destroyed hastinapur. The priests interpreted that these omens indicates that you were born to destroy everything. Satyavati and vidhur forced your father to kill you before you were born but you survived my son that's why you are named duryodhan the one who is difficult to defeat. You duryodhan  waged a war to live in this world. Your life will always be a war . Satyavati, bhishm, vidhur they never cared about you . It's only the beginning my son once yudhishtir becomes king they will cast away you and your family."

" How will I stop that from happening"

" By becoming the maharaj of hastinapur. You may be the son of king but you are not the eldest it is yudhishtir. Even satyavati and vidhur want yudhishtir to become the yuvraj. So my dear child today understand who your enemies are.its the pandavas they are the thorn between you and the crown. And without crown you are nothing and you will never be able to have your vengeance for vrushali"

Duryodhan didn't replied to me. He was lost in his thoughts. I left the room leaving behind a confused duryodhan. Everyone believe that the powerful weapon are the weapons that could destroy an army , but the truth is that the most powerful weapon in the entire universe is idea.
Once you incept an idea in someone it will grow on them, questioning their reality and truth eventually leading to their downfall.

Karn

When I , ashwathama and guru kripachariya reached hastinapur after our journey , the city was in turmoil. We heard about the death of a shudra girl but on further investigation we find out it was vrushali. How she entered the temple and was killed pouring molten gold on her throat. I felt a rage to strangle that miscreant Dakshin but the news spread by those bastards further increased my anger to them. Through their cronies the priests had spread lie that duryodhan forced Vrushali to enter the temple and commit the sin damming her soul from ever attaining moksha .
The priests had already projected duryodhan as an evil born to bring destruction among common people, and with this lie they had further strengthen that lie on people's heart.

When we reached the royal palace , it was chaotic. Mata and Rajamata Satyavati had a huge fight . Duryodhan locked himself even not allowing mother to see him . I tried hard to talk to him, begged him to open the door but yet he didn't respond.