"Maa!" Arya shouts.
"Maa what is happening? Are you going to die? Don't leave me! Please! This spear…uhm..aah…!"
Arya removes the spear from her mother's abdomen.
"Maa." She cries in defeat.
"Arya. Go. Complete the Vardayini dham. Go." Saying this Anasuya collapses.
"Maa. How can I leave you in this forest? How.." She cries remembering the worst memory of her life.
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"Maa, I am so tired of walking. Please rest here and give me some water." Arya says.
Anasuya runs her hand over her daughter's head and says, " जलकूपी रिक्त है|" (the bottle is empty)
"But don't worry. There is a river nearby. Can you hear the sound of the flowing river? "
"Maa! I am thirsty. Neither I can think nor can I hear faint sounds. Let's go quickly."
Anasuya smiles at her daughter.
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"Come on, now. Wash your hands well and let's go, Arya."
"Where to, your highness?" Comes a foreign voice. Anasuya turns towards them shocked.
Anasuya recognizes them as the soldiers of Asrasya from their armour.
"To Vardayini dham." She answers confidently.
"May I ask why do you want to go on one of the most dangerous pilgrimage place ever. Do you know that you might not return alive? "
"Leave it, Mahesh. Probably she will be begging the goddess to give her a man who will keep her. Who would want her anyways? Used. Maybe if she even passes through dangers there, the goddess might pity her and give her some idiot." Says another soldier.
Everyone laughs.
But Anasuya can't forgive this. She bursts out and says, " I will be praying to the goddess that my husband and you soldiers get at least one fourth of the brains of the world's most stupid person."
The laughing stops. A clear frown and annoyance is seen in each of their eyes.
"I hit your nerve didn't I?" She replies smartly.
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For those who don't know what Vardayini Dham is, it was said in the old times that if a person returns alive from this pilgrimage, he or she would receive a boon from the mother goddess, Durga. But right now the sight is easily reachable to the mankind due to destruction in the natural scenario of the pilgrim place.
-DS😊
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