Sacred Strings

pyar bhari takrar

It was only 4:30 in the morning but everyone from the jodhpur and Ajmer's royal families are present there, everyone is standing folding their hand with the eyes closed listens to the melodious and devotional voice of ratna being a faridul devotee of lord Shiva it comes in her from a young age to do the Abhishek.

Shakti yawning: dada Bhai ratna ko to adat ho gyi hume kab hogi ab to humari ankho par gadde nhi balki gaddo par ankhe dikhti h
( elder brother,ratna got used to of walking up early we will I get used to of that , my dark circles are so darkned now that my eyes were not even visible)

Vikram : to jaldi soya kro na
( then sleep early )

Gajendra: vo dhek ankho me nend liye angdhaiya lete aa rhe hai puruskar.
( watch there , with sleep filled eyes and stretching himself to wake up pushkar is comming)

Pushkar: khama ghani sabko
( Greetings everyone,)

Pratap: kya bat h Shastri ji shastri hojer bhi aap dee se aai he said mocking
( What happened shastri even after being a Brahmin you arrived late )

Pushkar : shastri Hu to, ab mai jyadatar samay Ranjit ke sath Darbar mai hota hu , or Darbar itti subah suru nhi hota
( So what if I am a shastri , i spend most of my time in the royal court , and that doest start this early )

Everyone's attention then went to ratna that was comming towards them with the plate of prasad(holy sweet) she gave it to everybody when her brothers said .

Vikram : laado aaj to aa rhi h na abhayas ke liye
( kiddo you are comming today for the practice na )

Ratna : ji bhaisa bilkul aapse pehle waha honge hum
( yes brother i be there before you )

Shakti : ha kal to kuch jruri kam tha isiliye aa nhi oai thi vese kya Kam tha .
( you had some important work yesterday so you were unable to come , anyway what was that important work)

Ratna and aradhana looked at each other aradhana with pleading eyes begging ratna not to tell anything and ratna looking dumbfounded.

Pushkar: Kamal ke talab me magarmach ke sath ghoomar khelne gyi thi .He said to himself slowly.
(She went to pond to play ghoomar( traditional rajasthani dance ) with the crocodiles )

Ratna glower towards him .

Ratna: bhaisa vo hum to hum aradhana ke liye mandir me Parvati Mata ka Kum Kum lane gye the she said with nervous smile
( brother I just went to temple of goddess Parvati to bring the kumkum ( holy red powder) for aradhana )

Pratap : bus ho gyi bate khatam chale ab sare rajkumar to pahuch bhi gye to abhayas se kiye
( done with your talks ,shall we all go the other Princes would already be there by now )

Ratna : jii bhaisa hum aate h taiyar hoke
( brother I just get ready and came )

Ratna said and went to her room handing over the plate of prosad to a maid ,soon she reached her room and called moti

Ratna : moti jaldi humara suit lao
( moti bring my suit )

Moti : ji baisa hukum
( yes princess )



Moti : yeh wala baisa
( this one princess )

Ratna saw it and she took it from moti and went behind the wooden standing partition .she soon came out demanding for the dupatta with she used as a face cover .



She got reached and wne to the practice arena where all the princes were present with her brother ,pushkar and Ranjit . And soon all the princesses with aradhana came to the balcony but obviously are behind the curtain as soon as ratna enter the arena the soldiers greeted her