A Worried Guru

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Just as the Travels of Krishna and company were nearly completed,
the news of Krishna being summoned back to Mathura had spread throughout Aryavart. The news that the son of Devaki had been called back to Mathura was enough to start a lot of debates because of the Prophecy surrounding the young lad. Not only about Krishna but news about all four people travelling towards Mathura was spread throughout Aryavart, it caused hope to rise in the majority of people's hearts but in a few places, the worry was also present and one such place was the Ashram of Dronacharya.

Dronacharya had not been able to eat or sleep well in the past few months and nobody noticed this apart from his favourite student Arjun, one day Arjun's curiosity got the better of him and he approached his Gurudev with a question," Gurudev lagbhag Pichhle Ek varsh se main dekh raha hun ki aap Itni Chinta Mein Dube rahte hain aur Pichhle Kuchh Dinon Se To Jaise aapke Pran hi Atak gaye ho Kisi chij mein! Kya baat hai Gurudev, kya main aapki koi sahayata kar sakta hun?"

" Nahin Arjun, tum meri Chinta ka nivaaran nahin kar sakte Kyunki Meri Chinta ka Karan Hai Meri Pyari Shishya Jo Mere Liye Putri Saman thi, Rajkumari Prema." This caused Arjun to become even more curious as he cross-questioned his Gurudev," Rajkumari Prema! Arthat vidarbh ki Chhoti Rajkumari. Aap unke bhi Gurudev Rah chuke hain? Kintu vah to Mujhse Bhi Do varsh Chhoti hai, Nakul aur Sahdev ki aayu Ki Hai vah To Unki Shiksha abhi kaise samapt ho gai."

" han Arjun vidarbh ki Chhoti Rajkumari Prema Meri shishya Rah chuki hai, Kyunki na Keval vah vidarbh ki Chhoti Rajkumari Hai Kintu Ujjain Ke uttradhikari Bhi Hai, aur Ujjain ki Parampara hai ki Unki jo bhi uttradhikari hongi vah 3 varsh ki aayu Se Hi Gurukul Mein Rahana aur Gyan Grahan karna prarambh kar denge 12 varsh ki aayu Tak vah Gurukul Mein Hi rahti hai uske bad vah Apne Ghar,
Apne Raj sinhasan Ko Grahan karne ke liye Laut Jaati hain. Aur is Bar Main vah saubhagyshali Guru the Jisne Ujjain ki Bhavi Maharani ko apni shishya ke Swaroop mein prapt kiya." He explained the entire system of Ujjain and his voice indicated that he was very proud of his youngest student.

" Satya me Gurudev!" Came voices from behind them, the pair of Guru and Shishya turned around only to find out the rest of the Pandavas standing there.

" Satya me bacchon!"

" to guruwar aapko Chinta kis baat ki hai?" Asked a worried nakul

" Aao baitho, batata hun." Commanded Guru Dron and the students followed his orders. After everyone was seated Guru Dron said," To baat Kuchh aisi hai Ki Tum Sab to Mathura ke dusht Raja kans ko jante Hi Ho, Jab cons ki bahan Devki ka vivah ho raha tha tabhi Ek aakashvani Hui aur use aakashvani Mein yah tha ki Devaki ka aathva Putra
Kans ki mrutyu ka Karan Banega aur ISI bhai se cons ne apni bahan aur jija Shri ko karavas Mein band kar diya aur uske bad Unki jitni bhi santane Hui unhen एक-एक Karke Maar Diya Gaya,"

Just as Guru Dron was about to continue yudhishthir asked," Parantu Guruvar, Devi Devki ki to Sari santanon ko Maar Diya gaya tha to Fir abhi kans ko kis baat ka bhay hai?"
Dron smiled at the always inquisitive yudhishthir and said," Toh yah Kahani ab Rochak Ho Jaati Hai,
Maharani Devi ki ke sare bacche nahi Mare unke Aakhri do bete,
Unki satvin aur aathvin Santan surakshit thi Gokul Mein Jaise hi use is bare mein Pata Chala usne UN donon ko marne ke anginat Prayas kiye Kintu Har Bar vah asafal Raha aur uske bhejen Har Asar ko Krishna Aur Balram Ne mrutyu ke Ghat utaar Diya,
Jab Baat bilkul bhi nahin Bani tabhi kans ne Krishna ko apni Shakti aur uske Prem Se Dur karne ke Prayas mein Krishna ki Premika 'Radha' Ka Vivah Ayan yadav se karva diya."

Before Guru Dron could continue Nakul angrily said," Yah Kitna dusht vyakti Hai Kisi Ko Apne Prem se vilak kar dena is Jagat ka sabse bada Paap hai."
Guru dron looked at him with a raised eyebrow and said," aur Usi mahapap Ka Bhi use dand Milega, usne Khud apni mrutyu Swaroop Krishna Aur Balram ko Mathura Wapas bulva liya hai!"
  This confused Arjun and he questioned," Gurudev Kintu in sab se Rajkumari Prema Kya Lena dena?"

Guru Dron sighed and said," Ab Krishna Ki Har Baat se Prema kha lena Dena avashya hoga, Uski Ardhangini jo hai vah!"

This confused Yudhishthir very much as he questioned," Yah Kaise Sambhav Hai Guruvar? Vidarbh ki Rajkumari aur Ujjain ki Yuvarani ka Vivah Ek Sadharan gwale ke sath. Kuchh Dinon purv Tak to Krishna, Devki aur Vasudev ka beta hai yah Baat kisi ko bhi nahin Pata thi.
Toh Ek Rajkumari ne ek Sadharan gwale ke sath Vivah kaise kar liya?"

" to Hua Kuchh Aisa, ki Rajkumari Prema Ki Mata Maharani Vaishali per Jab vidarbh ki Rajyasabha mein jinhone aarop Lagaye tab vah Sahan nahin kar Pai aur unhone aatmhatya kar li Uske bad unke apne bhai ne Unki Putri Prema Ke Piche Hathiyar bhejen Kyunki Prema hi Ujjain ke Raj sinhasan Sacchi utradhikari hai,
aur Jahan Tak Mujhe Pata Hai Prema Mahal chhodkar Bhag aur uske bad kya hua yah mujhe gyat nahin Kintu mujhe bhi Kuchh Din pahle hi Pata Chala Ki Prema Aur Krishna ka vivah ho gaya hai aur Prema, Krishna ke sath hi, Mathura ja rahi hai. Aur ISI baat ki to mujhe Chinta hai."

Arjun reassured his Guruji by saying," Aap Chinta kyon karte hain Guru Ji,
Rajkumari aapki shishya Hai kans uska Kuchh Nahin bigaad Sakta."

" are putra Arjun! Mujhe kans ka bhay Hai Nahi Mujhe uske liye bhay lag raha hai, agar kans Ne Prema ke samksh Kuchh Bhi abhadra vyavhar Kiya aur Prema Apna Krodh per niyantran nahin kar Pai to Krishna Kuchh Kare Na Kare Prema uska Vadh avashya Kar Degi."
This caused everybody to start laughing yudhishthir had a good idea which he expressed," Gurudev agar aap Rajkumari Prema Ke Liye chintit Hai To unke liye Mathura Ek Patra bhej dijiye."
Dronacharya really liked his idea and went to go start pinning down the letter.

" vah bhai kya kanya! Aayu Sahdev jitni hi Hogi, Kintu Gurudev ko use per Kitna Bharosa Hai." Said Bheem in wonder

" Aisi veerangana se Milana To avashyak Hai." Exclaimed Arjun feeling a sense of familiarity from the princess.




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