Chapter 79: Death of Pradumna-Padmaja & Shalu's adoption of Shatrughna!!

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Story Unfolds:

At the small bedroom chamber of the Palace of Anga: Fortnight later:

A beautiful girl was sitting grumpily. A small baby was seen playing in her lap happily. This is not her baby. As her own Boy was now grown up. He was around nine at this time. And he was not present here. He was at his Gurukul. At her maternal abode. At Mathura. She was none other than the heroine of our story, Devi Vatsyala or Shalu herself.

She was wearing a simple Khadi Saree without any border

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She was wearing a simple Khadi Saree without any border. It was of white color. She had no ornaments on her body. She did not discover any urge to wear any.

The baby was playing with it's limbs and was giggling hard. It even uttered some syllables. Meaningless One. Only it could understand the meaning. The girl did not stir a little bit. The baby seemed dissapointed. It kicked her. With it's tiny legs. And clutched the Saree with it's fists. Then it put it in it's tiny mouth and chewed it happily. The entire world was the playground of this small baby!!! It's ifnenty would be revealed later.

She was sitting upright. Her eyes were blurred in tears. The reason of her cry was unknown to all of us. Let us delve into the story once more.
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At the Royal bedroom chamber of the Queen Mother of Anga: 10 days ago:

"Jiji!!!"

Padma was standing tall calmly while looking at the sky of midnight. She was at the verge of losing her beloved son Vrishaketu. In the battlefield of Manipur. At the hands of Babrubahan the estranged son of Arjuna. Later he, for his bravery, kindness, benevolence and generosity revived by Vasudev or Lord Krishna. Along with Arjuna. (For it read my Padmaja and Chitrangada stories.) This story was given the most prominent place in the Uttar or later Mahabharata katha.

Padma was now thinking about the life and it's complexities. She felt so very relieved to know that her Vrishi was safe and sound. She felt restful to save the last son of Karna and her baby sister Supriya. She wanted to protect the legacy of Karna over this world and she had been successful. Yet she was not very assured. She was so petrified!!! Padmaja dissapered!!!!She was at her childbed!!! Where she could go at this point?!!! As a dotting mother she was so scared for her. For some reasons Padma had been feeling a heaviness at her heart!!! She was so very scared about the future of her dear daughter Padmaja too!!!

 For some reasons Padma had been feeling a heaviness at her heart!!! She was so very scared about the future of her dear daughter Padmaja too!!!

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