2. • A SOLUTION ?? •

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Later ; after meditating for hours Devi Shakti opened her eyes. She is calm & composed than before but her eyes show the same despair , of not finding a solution .
Disheartened she moved out of the cave, to finish her daily chores . After completing her work when she was on her way to Mahadev she heard someone wailing ...

DWAPARYUG :
Located in the vicinity of forest , in a moderately carved yet elegant and spacious Shakti temple a woman , in a pale golden lehenga choli with turquoise blue blouse and minimum jewellery , is crying her heart out. The woman is none other than the beloved mother of fallen Radheya; Radha.

RADHA'S POV :

I don't know what I feel. What I should feel? How can I know when the one who evoked feelings in me is ..no...more. My son is ...My Vasu , my little sunshine , my baby. It just seems like yesterday when I picked him up from the basket , when he first said "Maa" , took his first baby steps holding my hand, when he sat on my lap and I fed him myself ..when he used to hug me during nightmares , hold my pallu in fairs so that he doesn't get lost ...when he returned being one of the most capable archerers , touched my feet and took me in a long , warm embrace , fed me , took care of me , showered me in all his love....it all seems like yesterday..
I look up to the idol of Devi Shakti , the mother of the universe ..She must have a cure for this doomed mother...& may be answers as well

Radha: Y maa? Y me? Y my son , my family ? After years of wait, pain and suffering u gave Vasu to me. He was the boon of Suryadev. My son . Y did u take him away mata , y? Look nobody , nobody here remembers him. Not even the so-called birth mother. She never cared for my son , never. But my baby due to his soft and forgiving heart forgave her . Someone who doesn't even deserved it . What did she lose? Nothing. She lost nothing. She has all her sons alive and enjoying the title of Rajmata with her family and my son...my son.. di..ed to save them.(sobbing) My son wasn't a adharmi maa. He was the purest soul . He was in a bad company but he wasn't bad. No I'm not saying Rajkumar Duryodhan was bad , whatever he did was on the forced insistence of his Mamashree.
They both had good souls but this society curbed them . (Sobbing hysterically)

Voice: First time in my existence has someone said that my son wasn't evil but captured by evil.

The sudden voice caught me by suprise. I abruptly turned and saw ...Maharani Gandhari..I hurriedly got up to pay my respect but she forbid me..

Gandhari: There's no need to pay respect here , bcoz I too am a devotee like u ...same as u , a fallen mother.
I nodded. We both sat in complete silence. Her eyes showed the same pain as me , if not ..more .

Radha:I couldn't even fathom the pain she must be feeling . If the feeling of losing one son is unbearable for me ,then what she must be feeling loosing her 100 sons?My pain seems non-existent before her.

GANDHARI'S POV :

It's the first time I'm hearing someone say my son wasn't evil. True , he wasn't evil . It was my neglect, lack of communication and affection that forced him to take shelter under my cruel brother . Brother!!Hmph!! He is a traitor. A traitor who ruined my vansh, my lineage. It was all because of his so called ego and revenge that I have lost my sons. I should have asked him to leave when he tried to poison Bheem using Duryodhan . Yes, Duryodhan didn't know about the poison. He came to me and narrated how brother , no, Shakuni ..how Shakuni gave him the bowl of kheer to feed Bheem. But I was too naive to understand that he did it all on purpose. I thought he loved my son's but no ..he just used them as puppets. Forgive me O' sons for I couldn't be a good mother to u all. Forgive me . Forgive me , O' great mother as I couldn't instill good values in my lineage , couldn't teach them wrong and right. If it's possible , then I just want one chance to rectify my mistakes..juz one more chance to save my babies and lineage , just one chance to correct the wrong ...just one more chance .. pleaseee

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