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Duryodhana's POV
In Evening
In Kalinga.
"Devi yeh kya keh rahin hain aap?" (Lady, what are you saying?) I question stuttering over the words.
"Kal mera Swayamvar tha, Rishivar, parantu pita Shree ke rakhe hue pran ko koi purn n kar saka." (Yesterday was my Swayam Var, Rishivar, but no one could complete the task set up by my father.) She begins. "Is kaarn se mere Kul guru ne mujhe yeh upay diya tha. Mere pati aap hue, Rishivar."(Due to this reason, my family Pandit suggested this measure. You are my husband, Rishivar.)
"Mujhe shama kijiye ga Raj Kumari parantu main ek sadharan Rishi hun jiska koi ghar nahi, main aapne jyeshta aur unki patni ke saath rehta Hun jungle Mein adhiktar." (Pardon me, princess but I am a simple Rishi, I have no house, I live my elder brother and his wife, in the jungle mostly.) I say slowly. "Aisi ksht pradh jivan jine ka koi hak nahi hai aapko. Aapne nirnay par ek bar punh vichaar kar lijiye." (A life with these many problems is not something you should live with. Please rethink on your decision once again.)
"Mujhe yeh rah jisne dikhaya hai, main unki baat tal nahi sakti, Rishivar." (I cannot un-follow the one who gave me this order, Rishivar.) Princess replies, her voice firm. "Aur unke baat ka palan karne ke liye agar mujhe aapke saath is kathin rah par chalna padega toh main chalungi. Yahi meri niyat mein hoga, Rishivar." (And if to follow his words, I need to walk with you on this tough road, then I will. This must be in my destiny, Rishivar.)
I breathe in un- steadily I had hoped that the princess would resent living such a pull downed life but she seemed stuck on her decision. She didn't at all seem ready to leave it.
What should I do? What would Bhabhi Ma do in such a situation. The idea was a thunderclap over my head. Bhabhi Ma.
She was the one who could tell me what I should be doing. Let's go to her, get her help in here.
