Chapter 25

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In the palace of avadhi-
DV went straight to AV's room..
Dharam:Pitaji...
Av:Dharam veer...aao bete andar aao
Veer:Pitaji maine abhi jo kuch bhi kiya vo maafi ke laayak to nahin hai phir bhi agar ho sake to mujhe maaf kar dijiyega
Dharam:Pitaji humne bhi aapse theek tareeke se baat tak nahi ki
AV:Tum dono ne jo bhi kiya ho sakta hai ki vo apni jagah galat ho par humne bhi to aakhon ke saamne rajgharane ki patti bandh li thi...is hisaab se galti humaari bhi hai aur hum bahut shukrguzaar hain aap dono ke ki aapne ye patti humaare aakhon ke saamne se hata di..
Swati:Ab aap log jakar apne kamre mein aaram kar lijiye..kal aap dono ki shaadi ka shubh muhurat nikla hai..
DV left for their room..
Dharam:Humme to yakeen hi nahi ho raha ki aaj ke din kitna kuch ho gaya
Veer:Yakeen to mujhe bhi nahi ho raha hai..
He was dreaming about raksha and how would she look in her wedding gown...how would she react to this whole wedding ceremony...
Dharam noticed that veer was lost somewhere in thoughts
Dharam:Apne khwabon se baahar nikal kar dekho veer..ye duniya kitni khubsoorat hai..yahan tum bhi ho..tumhari dil ke kamare mein raksha bhi hai..aur is waqt is kamare mein tumhare saath hum hi hain...isliye thodi der to humaari baatein sun lo kyunki shaadi ke baad to tum sirf raksha ki hi sunoge..
Veer:Dharam..tum phir apni kavitayein sunane lage..achcha batao nivi bhabhi ke liye kuch likha ya nhai?
Dharam(now he was lost in the thoughts of his lady love):Jo khud hi ek kavita si meethi aur sundar ho uspar koi kavita kaise likhe
Veer:Wah!wah!kya kavita sunayee
Dharam:Humne koi kavita nahi sunayi hum to bas humari nivi ke baare mein soch rahe the
Veer:Kya soch rahe the..yahi ki dobara unke saath aarti kab kar paaoge
Dharam:Veer tum bhi to yahi soch rahe ho ki kab raksha ke saah tumhari nok-jhok shuru ho jaaye..
They continued with thier pointless discussion and later slept
In the morning
In nivedita's room..
Nivi was looking out of the window..
Raksha:Nivi...kya dekh rahi ho?
Nivi:Kuch nahi...bas ye soch rahe the ki humme pata nahin tha ki humara sapnon ka rajkumar humme sach mein mil jaayega..
Raksha:Socha to maine bhi nahi tha ki mujhe veer ke saath ke ilava maharaj MS ke roop mein ek pita bhi mil jaayenge.
Nivi:Kitna ajeeb lag raha hai na...hummari to samajh nahi aa raha ki dharam se milne ki khushi hai ya maa-pitaji se bichadne ka gham..
Raksha:Tum kitna sochti ho nivi...itna sochna sehat ke liye achcha nahin hota...
Maharani Sumitra(nivi's mom)arrived at the door step
Sumitra:Nivedita,raksha....aap log haldi chandan ke doodh se naha lijiye...iske baad ye diye gaye kapade bhi pehen lijiyega..hum shaadi ki baaki taiyaari dekh kar aap dono ka sringaar karne zaroor aa jayenge
Nivi:Ji maa..
After the bath..
Nivi wore a red dress...it didnt have much of an embroidery..neither did it have any sparkling or glossy artistic feature in it..along with this simple yet elegant dress she wore a matching set of jewellery which were as simple as her dress..the last time she had dressed up as a bride her heart and  soul had not supported her decision to marry harsh..she was so very grief stricken at that time but today she was delighted and happy from within...she didnt want to hide her expressions under a heavily designed dress or massive jwellery..
Raksha on the other hand didnt look very eager to wear her wedding gown...she felt it was too feminine for her..yet after some persuasive words from nivi she agreed..
Raksha wore a lavender dress..this dress was beautifully embroidered with shades of light pink..now it was the turn of jwellery..she wore a pair of long matching earrings..a stone embedded necklace..a bindiya etc.etc..she didnt even know the names of many of the jwellery she wore and had atleast a dozen of bangles on each hand...
Raksha:Ye chudiyon ka vazan to talwaar se bhi zyaada hai..
Nivi(smiles):Tumhe agar ye itna bhari lag raha hai to socho jab veer ne sapna ka vesh badla tha to use kaisa laga hoga
Raksha fell silent...she didnt want to feel sympathetic over veer..after all she was the one who had to leave her kingdom and her just-made-parents..
After the bride were dressed up Sumitra came and gave them a golden bangle each..it was her blessings to her daughters
In the marriage hall
Both the princes were sitting in the mandap eagerly waiting for the arrival of their brides..
Dharam wore a cream coloured lightly embroiderd dress...his perfectly combed hair and the elegance with which he sat in the mandap made him look like a true prince charming..
Veer wore light blue dress..it was almost plain with a few pieces of embroidery here and there..he was sitting with an impatient yet charming smile...dying to meet his gussail girl raksha..
Both the princes looked so handsome that it must have made many other girls present there to be jealous of raksha and nivedita
Soon there after raksha and nivi arrived and there arrival would have made the jealousy dissapear..they looked drop-dead gorgeous..they seemed the prefect match for the princes..
Dharam gave a side glance at nivi...she was looking at him...her charm..her innocene and her majestic smile made dharam sway in a dream land for some moments..
Nivi on the other hand tried hard not to express her emotions but her eyes betrayed and everyone around her must have understood that she was madly in love with her to-be-husband.
Veer and raksha were a bit more expressive than their friends..
Veer was staring at the doe eyed beauty-raksha...he had never seen her in such a feminine wear...the jwellery..the dress..everything looked just perfect on her but still it was her eyes that won the show..
Raksha almost slipped from the stairs..no not because of her lengthy and heavy dress but b'coz her akkdoo who was starin at her with his mouth opened..
Whent the brides reached the mandap..
Dharam noticed his kada on nivi's hand
Dharam(whisper):Is kade ki taraf se hum aapka shukriya karana chaahte hain..ki aapne isse apne haathon mein pehna..
Nivi giving a warm loving look at dharam..she didnt know what to say but her smile spoke everything..she wanted to show her happiness and her face gave the right expressions...
Dharam(smile):Saadgi mein  hi sachchi khubsoorti hoti hai...ye koi aapse ssekhe
In VR mandap
Veer was still staring at raksha with his mouth opened
Raksha:Mooh band kar lo verna machchar chala jaayega..
He immeditealy closed his mouth
Veer(puzzeled):Tum..tum aise kapde bhi pehenti ho
Raksha:Kyun achcha nahin laga...
Veer:Nahin..nahin aisi baat nahin hai tum pe to koi bhi kapada sunadr hi lagega..maine tumhe aise kapadon mein kabhi dekha nahin isliye
Raksha:Vo kya hai na ki ye kapde shaadi ke waqt pehne jaate hai aur ye meri pehli shaadi hai...agli baar jab shaadi karoongi to tumse pooch ke hi kapde pehnoongi
Veer(tit-for-tat tone):Mujhse nahin meri patni se pooch lena...
Raksha pinched veer
Veer:AAAHHHHHH!!!!!
pandit stopped his mantras
AV:Kya hua veer
Veer:Ji..vo...
Dharam who had seen raksha pinching veer spoke"pitaji veer ko shaadi ki khushi hai na isliye chillaya"
AV:Ajeeb tareeka hai khushi dikhane ka...koi bhala aise dard se chilla ke khush hota hai..humme laga ki use chot lag gayi hai
Dharam:Shaadi ke baad to patiyon ki khushiyan bhi yuhin dard ban jaati hain..kyun (he was glancing at nivi)
She gave a that-was-not-funny look..
The mantras began again..

After the rituals of the marriage were over both the couples went to aryanagar
Later dharam was the king of aryanagar and veer was the ruler of avadhi
All the four had understood that chaahat gives way to zimmedari and vice-versa
                                  THE END
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