Yadav Kanya

Chapter 23

5 days later, somewhere in the Forest.

The Pandavas were going about their usual routine when they spotted a fleet of soldiers with a chariot in the middle heading towards their hut.

All the 5 boys ran to their house and brought their mother out. As soon as Kunti saw the chariot, she realised it was Pitamah.

She smiled and told her children,
"Putro! Yeh tumhare Pitamah Bheeshm hai!"

(Putro! This is your Pitamah Bheeshm!)

The 5 of them smiled waited for him to dismount his chariot.

As he started walking towards him, all the five boys ran to him and took his blessings.

He happily blessed them and hugged them all.

Kunti greeted him,
"Pranipath Mahamahim "

Mahamahim smiled and nodded,
"Putri Kunti, mein aaj tum sabh ko kissi se beit karva na chahatha hu!"

(Putri Kunti, I want you all to meet someone today!)

Kunti and her five sons looked at him expectantly, all of them wondering who is this person for whom Mahamahim personally came to introduce them.

Mahamahim then looked back and said in a loud voice,
"Putra..padharo..."

(Putra..come here..)

A 32 year old man in simple clothes dismounted his horse and stepped forward.

He walked confidently towards them.

Kunti froze in shock.

He had the same aura and radiance of the Sun.

Kunti's knees buckled and she ran ahead with tears blinding her and almost fell but was swiftly caught by her eldest.

Karn prevented her from falling and gently steadied her.

Kunti sobbed folding her hands,
"Putr..mujhe kshama kardo! Mein tumhe chodd kar.. bohoth bada Paap kiya hai..."

(Putr...forgive me! I have committed the biggest sin..by leaving you..)

Karn had tears in his eyes, he shook his head.
"Mata...mujhe pehele samajh nahi aya...mein hil gaya tha...Mera asthithv...mera pehachan...Mera jeevan...Mahamahim ke ekk satya ne sabh kuch badhal diya...mujhe samay chahiye tha ...lekin abh mein sabh kuch samaj gaya Mata..."

(Mata..I couldn't understand before...I was shaken...my existence..my identity...my entire life...Mahamahim's one truth had changed everything for me...I needed time...but now I understood everything Mata..)

He gently cupped his mother's cheeks with tears flowing from his eyes,
"Aapka dosh nahi hai...Mata..aap ne balpan ki nadhani mein kiya tha..par koi aur bhi toh upay ho saktha tha na...Ganga Nadhi ke alava..."

(It was not your fault..Mata..you did that in your childish immaturity...but there would have been some other solution..right...other than Ganga river...)

Both of them broke down and cried their hearts out,

"Meri buddhi brasht ho chuki thi Putr...Jo meine apne Dasi..ki baath maan ke tumhe aise...galthi meri thi...ek dasi ko ekk sakhi ka sthaan jo diya tha.."

(I had lost my mind Putr...that I accepted the solution given by my Dasia and I did this to you...it was my fault...I had given a dasi the place of a friend..)

Karn shook his head and cried his heart out. Kunti hugged him to her chest and let all the love she had suppressed for her first born out after 31 years.