Petrichor - Time Travel To Mahabharat Era

Divine - II

Not even a single sound was heard from the cave she was in. No birds, animals, and animals called humans could enter the cave. It's been 2 years since she had any human interaction with anyone. Her determination was so strong that even gods were contemplating disturbing her. The sun will give her only the amount of Vitamins and light she needs. The rain only pours when she wants to have water. The wind will breeze only when she achieves even a tiny little step in her goal.

All of a sudden, her head felt like it was floating, and she could feel the sensation near her crown. She frowned as the sensation soon turned into pain and it was burgeoning, so much so that she couldn't breathe anymore. She began to hyperventilate, just then a gust of wind came to give her a little bit of comfort. But the fire of determination formed around her again, not letting any element break her Tapas. But the god of wind was adamant to save her, so he

Jambavati saw this happening from outside and immediately rushed towards Krishna. "Swami! Swami, I went to check upon Vaishu and- and there-", she couldn't complete. Krishna kept his hand on her shoulder and gave her a reassuring look. He immediately went towards her along with Balram.

Meanwhile, a violet hued light emerged from her crown area, as if it was getting emitted from her skull and an indigo hue appeared from her third eye, if it existed. She jolted back which was caused by the power it was possessing. Soon, the maiden started to levitate in the air, with her arms wide open. All this while, she was uttering only one thing, which was rapidly proliferating her power.

"OM"

"OM"

"OM"

"OM"

"OM"

The whole cave started to tremble under her reign and the conflict between Fire and air surged up. Soon, the whole cave went up in flames, wind howling and sky was dancing with thunder and lightning, while the Damsel was defying gravity with her folded hands. The golden glow emerged and this time, it was hovering upon her, and her third eye absorbed it along with the indigo hue, and every other chakra of hers started to get activated.

Root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye and finally now, The crown chakra released their respective colours and got immersed with her Golden glow, finally forming into a Purple glow, which resided on her fingertips. She felt the most powerful at that point, and she didn't needed anyone anymore. She just wanted to get amalgamated into Paramatma.

As she was on her final verge of defying life and death, she heard a scream faintly, "Vaishnavi!! Come back!". She decided to ignore it and continue with her jnana Yoga. But in her heart, in a small corner, something was telling her to open her eyes and listen to the scream, but she decided to ignore it. She wanted to get rid of all worldly connections.

"Vaishnavi!!! Please come to your sister!", this time the voice was clear, but still she felt it was far away, trying to come to her. Instinctively, her eyes opened to see Subhadra, her sister, standing there with folded hands. "Come to me, Vaishu! Please!", she was crying. Her mind deviated for a split second, within which you can't even blink. But she composed herself back and started to expand the purple hue. Rukmini, Satyabhama, Jambavati, Revati, and Vasudev were standing there watching the phenomenon, unable to do anything. Balram came with Krishna and started to say,

"Vaishu! Come back to your brother! It's an order!"

"Come back, Vaishu!"

"Putri! Your mother is crying for you! Please, at least, consider her!"

Vaishnavi couldn't take it anymore. She thought she won over all materialistic things but these people are making it hard for her.

Her whole family came into her mind, which she didn't have in Kaliyug. Tears were streaming down her eyes as it was becoming unbearable for her. She shot open her eyes and stared at them wide eyed. "You guys are disturbing me! Go away!", she growled. Subhadra came forward and said, "No! I'm not going to leave my sister! Afterall, I'm the eldest one, this is my responsibility to take care of my younger one". A sense of nostalgia hit Vaishnavi, as she remembered the exact same words from Subhadra in Hastinapur.

Hastinapur! Mata Kunti! Mata Gandhari! Dushala! Karn! Pitamah! Maha mantri Vidur! Even the selfish Kauravas came into her mind. The time she spent with them there, some bitter, some sweet, and some bittersweet, she started to remember all these. The purple hue started to go away and the climate was slowly becoming normal. She started to come back to the ground ever so slowly. Simba, who was also having tears in his eyes, neighed loudly.

'Heh! Simba! I named him. Nakul was taunting me for my skills in Animal management that day. Hehe. Bhrata Yudisthir and Sahadev hated this name. But Bheem would come in support of me anytime, even though he didn't like the name. The only one who liked the name was, Arjun.

Arjun! Oh, Arjun!'

With all these thoughts, she finally landed on her feet, with Dhanunjaya filling her thoughts. The fire did not seem to exterminate even after the wind stopped. Vaishnavi, inside the fire, was engulfed in a dilemma of going back to those, whom she claimed hers. But some unknown force was stopping her. She looked at everyone who was happy that she listened to them, but also were scared that something might happen to her due to the fire.

'I promised that I would wait for him'

Devaki immediately went towards Krishna and said, "Kanha! Save her! She is gonna burn! It will hurt her!", she cried. Krishna looked at her with a calm expression and said, "Mata! It won't hurt her! It is her determination! It will be tamed only by her!".

Balram ordered his men to extinguish fire by blankets. But as soon as they got near the fire, many got burnt and the blankets turned into ashes. She was seeing all this and thought,

'Maybe my determination is stronger than anyone'

And with that, the flames became bigger. Balram immediately said, "But, even though she listened to us, the fire doesn't seem to extinguish! Is she still determined?". Krishna looked at him and said, "Dau! Her determination is more pure than fire itself! If we try to get her through this, we will be the ones who get burned down. She is still in a dilemma, and that's why the fire is being adamant". Subhadra chimed in and said, "Then, how will we break her determination, Bhratashree?".

Krishna chuckled at her and said, "That, she will do by herself, Subhadrae! And i exactly know how to make her tame this fire of her determination!", and took the Purple cloth from his pocket and put it on the fire.

She saw that the purple cloth, given by Arjun, was in fire with a perplexed face. "No!", she shouted and ran towards the cloth, making Krishna smile at the sight.

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