Blessed With Five Husbands

EPISODE 10 WHY ONLY BALI?

Nivid proceeds to count all her blessings to Aatreya.

Nivid : First, fire, poison, any weapon, ordinary or devine, and ghostly entities will not have any effect on her. That means, she won't burn by fire, neither poison can affect her body, nor any weapon can cut or even make a slight wound on her body, and no non physical entities can harm her.

Second, she has full control over her pregnancy. That means, as and when she wishes, rather on the night she wishes to conceive, only that night she will get pregnant. Not only that, she can also choose the gender of the child to come.

Aatreya : (shocked) Are you sure about this?

Nivid : I told you I checked it with the Temple saints.

Third, wherever she lives, prosperity, abundance, fertility and joy will follow her there.

Fourth, this is the one I doubt most. She has been given the boon that whatever she says from her heart will become the truth, sooner or later.

And lastly, she will have a divine connection with her husband. That's what the saints said. And also that she asked for a husband with specific characteristics which I don't know the details of.

All these blessings were received by her over the course of those twelve years that she devoted to the Lord.

Aatreya : (mesmerised) Nivid, that Goddess should definitely become a daughter-in-law of our family and bless us with her divinity.

Nivid : Indeed Your Highness. Let us go and ask her hand for Pince Bali as early as possible.

Aatreya : Bali? Why do you think Bali should get married to her?

Nivid : Why, no? Oh! you don't know. She is the woman that Prince Bali went to see that day inside the temple.

Aatreya is shocked, and at the same time, upset to learn that.

Aatreya : Okay, prepare a considerable amount of gifts and fortunes. We will go to Veerapalli after three days to ask her hand in marriage for Bali.

Nivid : Your Highness, we should hurry. Her father was talking about seeing someone for her marriage.

Aatreya : I am well aware of that. But I cannot leave behind the state matters. Inform mother's regarding this. We need to seek their permission first.

Now time for some family background. Aryaman Mitramani who was the younger brother of the present King of Mirtaman Kingdom, His Majesty Adhira Mitramani, was the father of Aatreya Mitramani and his four brothers. Aryaman had two wives, Bela and Ketaki. Aatreya, Bali and Mithun are Bela's sons and Manan and Aanan are Ketaki's sons. Aatreya is the oldest and Aanan is the youngest.
Now let's go back to our story.

Bela : Aatreya, Nivid told me that you are thinking of Bali's marriage.

Aatreya : Yes Mother.

Bela : Why? Shouldn't you marry first? You are the eldest.

Aatreya : Bali loves this maiden. So I want to proceed with this marriage. Besides, didn't Nivid tell you about her? I want to hurry before her father gets her married to someone else.

Bela : Still, you are the eldest. You should get married first. It's tradition.

Aatreya : Mother, traditions are meant to help us not bind us. Anyway, I am not in a hurry to get married. I will...

Bali : (barges in) Elder Brother, are you thinking about my marriage before thinking about yourself?

Aatreya : Yes.

Bali : I don't want to get married.

Bela : What is happening to my sons? None of them wants to get married.

Aatreya : Are you sure Bali?

Bali : Yes.

Aatreya : Okay. I will ask for her hand for Mithun, then. By the way, do you know her name? Her name is Dhani.

Aatreya thought that Bali would be surprised to hear Dhani's name. But he didn't know that Bali does not know his Chandi's real name.

Bali : Okay. But I don't need to know that. I won't marry her.

Aatreya : What?

Bali : Ask for her hand for Mithun. I will only marry Chandi.

Bali leaves the room.

Bela : You said that he loves that woman.

Aatreya : ...? There must have been some misunderstanding. (asks the maids) Where is Nivid?

Aatreya : Nivid, you told me that Bali loves Dhani. But he refused this proposal.

Bali : (glares at Nivid) Who told you that? Brother, this man makes up stuffs in his mind.

Aatreya : Explain this, Nivid.

Nivid laughs at Bali's ignorance.

Nivid : My mistake, Your Highness. I apologise for making stuffs in my mind (looks at Bali). Please consider her marriage proposal to one of the other princes.

Bali : Yes. That should be right.

Nivid : Oh, Prince Bali, I want to inform you, your Chandi's real name is Dhani.

Aatreya : Real name?

Nivid : Your Highness, back in Veerapalli, Prince Bali used to call her Chandi with love.

Both Aatreya and Nivid laugh loudly. Now, Bali understands and feel embarrassed.

Servent : Your Highness Prince Manan and Prince Aanan have returned.

Manan and Aanan: Greetings elder brothers.

Aatreya : How did you return so soon? What happened there?

Manan : Keechak found out about us spying on his army activities.

Aanan : But don't worry. They don't know anything about us.

Manan : Anything except about me being a physician.

Aanan : No, they don't know.

Manan : How do you know that? She would have told Keechak everything till now.

Aatreya : You again blabbed while in disguise? Well anyway we will see to that later. For now, go meet mother Ketaki and have a good rest.

In Veerapalli, Prabhupada and Mala are preparing to go to Naimisharan to propose to them about Dhani's marriage to Bali.

Mala : What do you think? How will they react to this? Afterall, we are ordinary people and they belong to a Royal Dynasty.

Prabhupada : I don't know. Let's see what happens.

Mala : Let's take Dhani with us too.

Prabhupada : Hmm. And Vani too.

One day later, in Naimi Sharanya.

Aanan : Where is brother Mithun? I haven't seen him since I returned.

Bali : In the woods. He must be polishing his archery skills.

Aanan : Okay, I will go and meet him there.

Aanan rides his horse and leaves for the jungle.