Time had flown away like sands dripping from a clenched fist in the air, leaving no traces . 5 years had passed on leaving the kingdom of Vidarbh to flourish like never before, it had experienced the footfall of it's allied kings from various stout and strong kingdoms,
revealing it to be one of the greatest strengths ruling all over Aryavart and eventually got established to be one of the biggest
Kingdoms in thethen world in general and Aryavart in particular.
Being one of the shelters of kings like Magadhnaresh Jarasandh , Chedinaresh Damaghosh & others, it was often used to welcome their sudden arrival , though The king of Vidarbh, Maharaj Bhishmak didn't showcase any eagerness to do so, he always tried to keep his kingdom and his family away from their evil eyes, yet he was bound by his duties and responsibilities and righteousness that compelled him to welcome those undesirable creatures in order to maintain the mutual harmony between his kingdom and the neighbouring allied ones; he was always cautious that his beloved ones remain protected from the dark intensions of the kings like Jarasandh ,specially his daughter, his Bhaishmaki . He was seemingly concerned for his eldest son, Rukmi and tried his level best to abstain Rukmi from unnecessary warfares on order of Jarasandh as it caused only harm to his kingdom & his people .
On one fine morning ,Vaidarbhi came out of the Girija Devi temple amidst her prayers as her maids had conveyed the king's message to be present in his chamber to her . She came hurriedly to her father's magestic chamber only to witness him reading a scroll with a frown and his facial expressions changing with every single moment, from frowned face to a tensed one .
"Pitashree, may i come inside ? " Rukmini asked him in her honey sweet voice , careful enough not to disturb him .
"Why are you standing there, putri ? Please come inside " Bhishmak answered cheerfully , cautious enough not to disclose his concerns at all.
" Pitashree, did you ask me to be present here? Any work for me ?" She asked again .
" Nothing serious , putri, i just want you to welcome emperor Jarasandh " - Bhishmak replied , anxiety dripping from his voice .
" What is bothering you, pitashree?
Tell me, i can't see you to be anxious and distraught anymore!" Rukmini who was known for her kind , compassionate and soothing nature, couldn't help asking her father, as it was hurting her that her father was helpless and at sea .
" I'm really fortunate enough to get a gem like you, Bhaishmaki ! I must have done something extremely auspicious that Mata Girija has granted me a daughter like you ! " Bhishmak paused for a couple of moments. " The reason behind my state of mind is the emperor himself, he is invincible as well as the major strength ruling in entire Aryavart , we can't stand against him, nor can we neglect his powers
, putri . " Bhishmak stopped, leaving Rukmini curious to the core
, various questions started arising in her mind .
Bhishmak observed the beautiful face of his dear daughter, the Lakshmi of his sweet abode, turning pale in fear, anxiety and curiosity mixed with agony , for her father, for her 5 brothers , for her land whom she would never allow to fall pray for Magadhnaresh .
" Why so pitashree? Why is the king unconquerable ? " Shree couldn't but ask her father.
" He's story , putri, the story of his birth, it is itself so monstrous that nobody would believe in it, but it's the bitter truth !" Bhishmak exclaimed , recalling the birth of that demonic emperor.
Shree looked at her father , who was her guide since the death of her matoshree, Queen Suddhamati . Eagerness adorned with concern was clearly visible in her lotus-like peepers .
Bhishmak chuckled sadly, seeing his daughter's concern and love for her family and himself . He took a deep breathe & started narrating the story .
" Long time ago, there ruled a king in Magadh called Brihadratha. He had two wives and he loved them equally, but was deprived of the taste of parenthood. One day the great sage Chandrakaushik visited the kingdom of Magadh, and on seeing the pain of the king and his queens, he gifted them a divine fruit as a boon and asked the king to divide it equally in between his two queens. Brihadratha did as instructed by the great sage, and soon the queens got pregnant and gave birth to two halves of a human foetus. "
"On seeing the distorted bodies of the baby, the queens lost their conciousness and fainted ,the king ; after witnessing his newborn's body, had immediately ordered to throw the two halves into a nearby forest . The general-in-charge of the army alongwith a few armymen executed the king's order, not knowing what was gonna happen in the future. "
Rukmini's visional perceivers widened in fear, awe and curiosity . Seeing her child-like eagerness, her father smiled to him and continued the further story .
" Little had the king knew that in the same forest , there lived an ogress known as Jara, who had somehow found the two halves of that baby and through her demonic forces, she jointed the two halves & created a massive demon-like boy. Since Jara had rebirthed him by joining his bodily halves , he is known as Jarasandh; the mighty father-in-law of the late king of Mathura, Kans. No sooner had he taken birth, he acquired all the dark and monstrous powers from Jara and through his penance for several years, he conquered the blessings of Mahadev, and got his two daughters, Devi Asti & Devi Prapti married to Kans; and hence
he wants to avenge the death of his son-in-law. "
Bhishmak stopped for a while, in the meantime, Rukmini pondered a question in front of him," Can he never be defeated , pitashree ? "
Bhishmak seemed to think , after pondering over his thoughts, he replied smiling , " Putri, Mahadev had blessed him, but no one on earth is immortal, right ? He may be extremely mighty, but less than the almighty,so obviously, he is not undefeatable. Devadidev Mahadev had blessed him in such a way that the way of his birth becomes the way of his death . Now come on Putri , we have to arrange for his stay in Vidarbh and i wish you to make arrangements for him, will you do it, putri ? "
Shree nodded smiling , and excused her to take over organising the stay of the emperor ensuring that he wouldn't face any issue and his wrath didn't come over her land .
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