Gaja Raja Pati

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Vaikuntha's splendid gardens were all  Ksheera Samudra Raja Tanaya's bounty.

There had been no place in its comparison. Brightly coloured flowers and several fruit trees. Especially with the large Banyan tree.

Laughing excessively as she ran around. Though, Vishnu would argue that the cloth around his eyes were a completely useless endeavour. Her laughter and jewellery gave away her location.

Lakshmi laughed. How could it be so easy to catch Chanchala? She was after all infamous as aishwarya for being fickle. She comes as easy as the wind and leaves like a storm. Noticing the arrival was hard but people surely noticed when she left.

Even if she was audible to him, she was not easy to catch.

"You should give up..." The sound of her laughter bringing a smile to his lips.

"Give up? That too me? What a hilarious suggestion. I'm going to see how long you can run like this?"

She escaped his expert fingers by just an inch. Unfortunately, her dupatta wasn't so fast. His hand grabbed it tightly.

She tried to tug it out of his grip but that brought a smirk to his lips, "Oh, amuse me with a try, Chanchala."

"The idea was to catch hold of me, not my dupatta."  She complained.

"It wasn't mentioned to me before." He teased her.

While Lakshmi and Narayana were spending their time in sportful mood, laughing and enjoying, in Vaikuntha, near the brilliant lapiz lazuli palace which had a mandaara forest. The beautiful lake of amrita reflected the full moon.

He grabbed her dupatta while the smile filled her eyes.

His heart paused in its place. He couldn't hear Lakshmi's laughter not the sound of the waves in the lake of amrita.

He heard the cries and the call of surrender,

"नायं वेद स्वमात्मानं यच्छ्क्त्याहंधिया हतम् ।
तं दुरत्ययमाहात्म्यं भगवन्तमितोsस्म्यहम् "

"Paahi Paahi, Prabhu, paahimaam." Like the trumpet of an elephant, he heard the words.

Neither did Narayana remember where he was not who he was with.

Lakshmi felt the dupatta being dragged. She caught hold of her dupatta, "Nath..."

He didn't even pause. Kept walking away, almost running. He didn't even let go off her dupatta, "Nath, at least let go off my dupatta."

He didn't stop for anyone. Lakshmi held on to her dupatta and followed him.

Neither did he call for Garuda, nor did he call for shankha chakra. He neither heard the call of Sunanda nor the call of Lakshmi.

Neither did he remember to catch hold of his uttariya properly, not did her remember to let go of his priya's dupatta.

He kept running. This elephant had surrendered to him and kept exclaming, "Paahimaam..." Lest he get late and the elephant drowns in water and dies.

From Vaikuntha to Trikuta in Ksheera Sagara, Narayana ran not remembering that Garuda was there on his beck and call.

"Mata, where is he going?" Garuda asked Lakshmi.

Behind Narayana was Lakshmi. Behind the divine couple, without being called Shankha, Chakra, Kaumodaki, and Padma flew. Behind them were Shesha and Garuda. The Vishnudutas following them.

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