The king immediately sent the soldier to Tejasraja with an apology letter and money.
Tejasraja got very angry but did not say anything to the soldier and returned the money to him.
"Do you have any message for our king?" The soldier asked.
Tejasraja wanted to say many things but he controlled his tongue. He shook his head and gave the signal to leave.
The soldier greeted him and went back to the palace. Tejasraja waited till the soldier left.
"You did wrong Krishna Chandra, very wrong. You did not just take knowledge and abilities from your pitaa. You also took enmity. I gladly accept this enmity. I will passionately carry out this inherited enmity. You have snatched a shishya from me; a time will come when I will take away the right of teaching from you. I will force you to ask for alms, this is a promise to you...a promise by the true enemy..." Tejasraja roared.
Completely unaware that he had made a great enemy, Krishna Chandra was busy with his plans. Tejasraja went to the Kopa Bhawana (a place where sad people stay until they rise from their sorrows) and Krishna Chandra started a free school for the neighborhood children in the courtyard of his house.
This school was Krishna Chandra's destiny and also the reason for his happy return from solitary confinement.
Krishna Chandra started to provide education to Prince Keshava Kumara from morning till lunch. From afternoon till evening, he used to share his knowledge with the rest of the children.
During the episode of his marriage, he had closely observed the sufferings of the Neech community. He understood that it is also necessary for the Achhoot community to be educated.
According to him, boys of every class should be educated, so that they can be able to salvation their class.
When Krishna Chandra told that to his wife Kumari Rukmini, she became very happy. Then he shared his thoughts with his in-laws. Kumari Rukmini's father was terrified at hearing this, but how could he refuse his son-in-law?
Kumari Rukmini's father told the matter to his community chief.
The chief immediately said 'yes' because the story of Krishna Chandra's Brahmin Sabha was completely fresh in his mind. He had full faith that Krishna Chandra would neither do anything wrong nor allow anything wrong to happen to his community.
Within a few days, the number of shishyas in the school was increased by the Achhoots. When Kumari Rukmini would see her husband teaching the children of her community with the same love as Krishna Chandra taught other children, her respect for her husband grew even more.
Kumari Rukmini started to feel proud that her husband was not only a gentleman but also the kindest human being ever.
Krishna Chandra is now being discussed in society not because of his knowledge but also because of his sensitivity. Many people said in their mind that the king should also be such who considers everyone equal and thinks about the salvation of all.
Gradually the shishyas started increasing and now the talks of this school reached even the ears of the Brahmins.
At first, everyone laughed at Krishna Chandra a lot.
"What will he earn by teaching the Achhoots and the common people?" Saying a Pundit Ji laughed a lot.
But when they were told that Krishna Chandra's education was free, everyone was convinced that Krishna Chandra had gone mad.
"If you read this much at a young age, you will be mad, won't you?"
Such things started happening in the Brahmin society and everyone got a chance to laugh.
Then one day there was uproar in the Brahmin society. One Brahmin boy came home in great shame after being badly defeated by the knowledge of the Neech boy in a debate on the street.
"Only Brahmins and Kshatriyas have the right to education, who is he to distribute it among the Achhoots?"
"...that too for free!"
"We had given this right to a few zameendaars and the sahukaaras some time ago, that too because they had persuaded us by spending huge money, but he..."
"...he has committed a crime by distributing education for free that is costlier than gold, it...it is seriously illegal."
Everyone raised their voices.
"So tell me who will hit Krishna Chandra first?"
When a Pundit Ji asked that, all the loud voices became silent.
Everyone started looking at each other.
"The lions of the street, do not forget who he is... He had even bowed down to the Brahmin Sabha and buried the rules of years in the soil in a few moments. That one boy made all great Brahmins so frightened that they had to ask for the hand of Neech with folded hands in front of the whole Achhoots society. What is the level of you people when the Chairman can't do anything to him?" Showing the mirror to the crowd Pundit Ji said.
Everyone shattered after listening to the truth. All of a sudden all the voices had gone silent.
After a few hours, a sahukaar gave an idea.
"How about Pundit Kedarnatha?" a sahukaar said.
Hearing that, there was a stir in the crowd.
sahukaar advised everyone to go to Pundit Kedarnatha.
"There is only one man who can clash with that anti-system creature." The sahukaar told his assessment.
The Kshatriyas, the Brahmins, the zameendaars, and the sahukaaras, all came together in the mansion of Kedarnatha.
Kedarnatha and his servant listened to their words.
The servant went fast to the Kopa Bhawana and told everything to Tejasraja.
Kedarnatha who was trying hard to forget his greatest defeat remembered everything that happened in the Brahmin parliament. He started feeling shameful again. He tried hard but failed to forget that he was standing with folded hands in front of Achhoots.
"What do you think; we did not try to stop that anti-system? We did and were defeated very badly." Kedarnatha shouted.
The crowd was frightened by that shout. Everyone could feel the pain in Kedarnatha's words.
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Vardaan 1...The Ultimate Boon
Historical FictionLife is a story and every story has a writer. As the pages of the story of life keep turning, we start to feel that there is someone who is watching as well as testing us and writing our story. He is continuously observing us with sharp eyes. There...
