Pandav Priye Vallabha (OS)

One For All And All For One

Beauty with brain. This was heard by Draupadi right from her birth. Her family and friends have always said her that she as a human was the only such on this earth. But after her marriage, her notion changed towards this statement, when she started living with eldest Madreya, Nakul. 

When her year with Nakul commenced, a different sort of celebration broke throughout Indraprasth. The two most beautiful humans were going to unite. What beauty will they give birth to? Will he/she be compatible enough to make any god's beauty fail in front of that child? People thought like this but not Draupadi. After spending a year with Yuddhisthir, she had to enter fire in order to restore her virginity and forget her life with her eldest husband. It was a very difficult sort of meditation but with her husbands also meditating in front of fire and waiting for her arrival out of it, she with pure heart entered in fire and came out, cleansing herself.

Prativindhya, her eldest son, after was nursed and made to sleep by Panchali, got herself decked up for her first night with Nakul with the help of Dasis. Today Prativindhya won't be staying with her but with Guru mata in the east tower. Panchali's tower was in North, from where she could see the forest and the flowing Ganga from her verandah and from the window other side, could see her developing city. She was a perfect lady who could keep eye on everything as well as find serenity for herself.  

Let's shed some light her eldest son Prativindhya. After Ghatotkach, Prativindhya is the eldest son of the whole Kuru Clan, much to Duryodhan's dismay who couldn't even marry by then but was relieved that this lad will have rule only over Indraprasth and not in Hastinapur, but feared a bit even though. He then didn't know that Prati never ever got the chance to sit on the throne of his father as he was compatible enough to conquer and set his own kingdom in Shakala with his wife Subala in northern region.

Unlike other new born, Prativindhya was a much silent child and less demanding. He was a easy child to handle much to Panchali's relief. Her heart didn't want her to leave her child alone in such a far tower, almost four kilometer from her room. But her duty was to serve her current husband which she could never ignore. She could have been in relief if her son stayed with Yuddhisthir, but he too had to leave towards North Western side for conquering the regions there and attend the Swaymvar of Shivi Kumari, Devika (His second wife) with the consent of Panchali. Panchali pumped milk out of her breast, emptied it in bottle, left her sleeping two month old child with Guru maata and started proceeding towards her room, all decked up with constant flowing tears from her eyes. The reason for accumulation of tears in her eyes was for many other reasons. First, she left her child so far, second, along with her eldest husband, all the other brothers except Nakul, have left for conquest in different directions and regions of Aaryavart. In her first year, other then Yuddhisthir, all were outside, but for the birth of the first child in clan, they cut short their Digvijay yatra and came to Indraprasth. Now since celebrations were over, they again left, now leaving Nakul behind. Their Kingdom needed to be independent as soon as possible for bringing their Maata in their abode and free themselves from Hastinapur, shelter for all evils. Last reason for her sadness was Arjun, who married rather forced to marry Uloopi. Before marrying, he didn't even ask for her permission. Why? What could be the reason? She was utterly disappointed with him. She didn't know that Uloopi asked for his life if he refused her marriage proposal and get herself a son from him. Panchali was unaware of that situation or else she wouldn't have stayed angry with him. 

She didn't realize that she crossed her corridor and entered the gallery room. She was about to turn around and go back to her corridor when she saw her painting with Nakul. She marveled at his husband's beauty. She forgot everything that was eating up her present mind. A smile appeared on her face as she quickly reached her corridor, which was empty. She had three rooms only for herself. Her husbands possessed two, but on special request to Mayasur, she made an extra room, where she spent her spare time with her hobbies, now child and her husbands in the secret garden attached to her third room. Her third room led her to a secret garden which only she had access to and the husband in whose year she was in. After one year, though the husbands used to forget that access, she never did. The other two rooms just like the rooms of Pandavas, were a study room which contained books in shelves and various financial scrolls, pilled up on her table with ink case, peacock feather and and heavy copies. Some filled, some empty. And the last room in the row was the most beautiful, the largest and the most elegant room in the whole Illusional palace. This mythical room belonged to the most divine lady on earth, Yagnaseni Draupadi. No body can ever imagine its beauty and magical aura without having a look at it. Its beauty can be a great competitor for Vaikunth. She herself has set her room up so it was bound to be the best of all. Not all the residents residing in the palace were lucky enough to have glance at it.