Nara looked at Sahasrakavacha and spoke with you. 'I have not done any penance....But my brother Narayana is doing it for me! And instead of him, I come to fight with you!'

Sahasrakavacha frowned and then started laughing, 'Seriously, you cannot think that your brother's penance would come to help you...! He is separate! He is not you! That does not count.'

Nara merely smiled at the monster, his weapons raised. Sahasrakavacha was now annoyed. This puny human was willing to challenge him to a fight and was not even remotely worried that fighting him would mean certain death for him and all for what? Destroying ONE of his armours....He still had 999 armours to go...

Sahasrakavacha raised his weapons and the fight started. Sahasrakavacha faced the attack of Nara and was astounded. He found that Nara was powerful and had indeed got a lot of power from the penance of his brother. As the fight went on, Sahasrakavacha realized that the penance of Narayana was giving Nara strength. As Sahasrakavacha's first armour broke he realized that Nara and Narayana were for all purposes one.....They were just two persons having the same soul.But Sahasrakavacha was not too worried. He had lost one of his armours. He watched in glee as Nara dropped dead, the minute one of his armours broke!

But Sahasrakavacha was not prepared for what happened next! He blinked his eyes as he saw Nara run towards him! Sahasrakavacha could not believe what he was seeing. He had just seen Nara die before his eyes!

Sahasrakavacha focused again and saw that the sage was not running towards him but towards the fallen Nara! Sahasrakavacha remembered what Nara had told him. Narayana....

Sahasrakavacha looked at the running sage and bellowed at him, 'Your brother is dead! And all for what?' Sahasrakavacha sneered at Narayana. 'Just to destroy one of my armours!' Sahasrakavacha mocked at Narayana. 'Could you not make your brother see sense? Did he really think it was worth dying just to destroy one of armours?'

Narayana smiled and looked at his brother. He closed his eyes and muttered a mantra. Sahasrakavacha could not believe his eyes when he saw Nara wake up! Sahasrakavacha cringed as he realized that Narayana had performed penance for a thousand years and had hence obtained the 'mritunjay mantra'Sahasrakavacha realized that he was doomed when Narayana picked up his brother's weapon and challenged him to a fight. Nara now retired to the forest to perform the penance for the strength of his brother....

This went on. Both Nara and Narayana performed penance for a thousand years while the other fought with Sahasrakavacha. The minute Sahasrakavacha's armour was broken, the person fighting with him fell dead only to be brought back to life by the other....

Sahasrakavacha lost 999 of his armours to the twins. Realizing that he could never beat the two brothers, Sahasrakavacha gave up the fight and ran away. He decided to take refuge with the Surya as he was the one who had granted him the boon in the first place....

Narayana and Nara both went to Surya, 'Hand over that monster to us now!' Narayana said. 'He has caused havoc to the people everywhere! He is a monster!'

Surya slowly shook his head, 'My Lord! Despite everything this man has done, he is my devotee! He has worshiped me with unparalleled devotion! And he has come to me for help!' Surya vigorously shook his head. 'I cannot just turn him away now!'Nara narrowed his eyes angrily. He pulled out some water from his kamandalam and threw it on Surya and cursed him. 'You have gone against my Narayana! He asked you for something and you refused! For this I curse you that you would be born as a human and suffer for this!' Surya bowed his head. He knew that he should not have sheltered a monster but he was willing to pay the price for his devotee.

Anviksha stared widening her eyes, of course she knew the story of Rishi Nar and Narayan, the eternal gods who created the universe. And knew their story of killing Dambhodbhava, but not in such details.

Kritvarma had mono-acted the story, he very well knew she was trying to distract and he acted oblivious, "Then......

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"O Rishi Nar, I, SamudraSuta Lakshmi, curse you, like the way you cast my request of being my brother and called me your mother, your own mother will cast you out, you feel never have her love.
You denied my wish because Narayan is your brother, then I curse you that you shall many brothers but you shall never receive their love."

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Rishi Nar, cursed Suryadev to be born as human, but if Suryadev comes down on Earth, how will the solar system work?

"Suryadev can spilt himself in two, and let one part of himself be born as human."

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"Rishi Nar," Suryadev asked, bowing his head, "Dambhodbhava has committed many crimes, but he is devotee, please forgive him. It is my request."

Rishi Nar, being benevolent person he was, agreed, "I shall liberate him from this world." 

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"Woah." Anviksha was awestruck, "Did he really say that? How kind can a person be? To think of such good, even for his enemies."

Kritvarma smiled, "That is- Rishi Nar being Rishi Nar."

Anviksha merely stared, for an enemy he who did such a hard penance, he so easily agreed to liberate that demon? "It's unbelievable," she replied, still in surprise.

"He is Narottam, the best among men, he is always unbelievable." Kritvarma's eyes glistened as he spoke. "Now you little about Rishi Nar, you are fit to hear the story of Harivansh."

"Before you start- I have another question," She asked very seriously, but then spoke grinning, "If there was a tiger who came to Rishi Nar and asked him to give his body flesh to satisfy the tiger's hunger, will he give it?"

"I think so." Kritvarma responded, and her face fell in a more serious one, "I mean, like really?"

Kritvarma thought for a second, "I think he will, for two reasons, first to satisfy the beast's hunger and second then the tiger won't hunt a deer or any animal saving their life.

"He is synonym of Kindness,"

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*utaring nazar* Hayee Arjun/Rishi Nar is so kind... I am in awe

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