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Third POV
The Day of Dushala's Wedding
In Hastinapur.
Dushala moves closer to her father and kneels in front of him, hesitantly she grabs his hand, "Mujhe Shama kar dijiye Pita Ji, jaanti Hun Maine jo Kiya woh saahi nahi tha. Mere is kadam se aapke mann par bhi prashn uthe Hain. Lekin pita shree, aaphi logon ne sikhaya tha na mujhe ki duniya ki parvah Kiya bina mujhewoh nirnay lena chahhiye jo Mujhe sahi lagta Hai? Woh kadam uthana chahhiye jo mere liye aur mere praja ke hit Mein Ho?" (Forgive me father, I know what I did was not right. The step which I took, it raises questions on your pride too. But father, you guys have only taught me na that I should not care as to what people have to say, & do what I feel is right? Take that step which is good for me and my people?)
"Aur Kya pita Shree mere pass itna hakh nahi Hai ki main chun sakun, ki main aaoni zindagi kiske saath bitana chahti Hun, huh? Main Jaanti Hun ki aap log mere achche ke liye hi bol rahein Hain paruntu agar main nirnay nahi lungi toh kaise sikhungi Kya achcha Hai mere liye aur Kya galat hai?"(And father, do I not have this much right, that I could select the man I want to spend the rest of my life with, huh? I know that you all will always think the best for me. But if I do not take decisions, how will I learn to differentiate between right and wrong, huh?) Dushala questions.
But to her disappoint her father doesn't say anything, at least the relief was that he did not snatch his hands from her. Rather he silently looks ahead as if he is deep in his thoughts. Dushala just hoped that it was for her benefit.
"Maha Raj." (King) Ashwatthama kneels beside Dushala, his head a little bent, he was not looking at the King in face. "Shama Karein Hume, jaisa ki Dushala ne kaha humne jo Kiya woh galat tha, shayad. Par Hume aur koi rah nahi dikha, Maha Raj. Hum bhi yeh kadam nahi uthana chahhte the, parantu paristhithi hi aisi thi humare pass aur koi rah nahi tha." (Please forgive us, just like Dushala said what we did was maybe wrong. But we could not see any other path, your highness. We also no way wanted to take this step up, but the situation was such that we had no other path left.)
