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Arjun picked up a magnificent dhanush easily, and took one of the two arrows kept. His eyes were red due to anger. He took one arrow and aimed it behind him, and without even looking once, he shot the arrow. 

There was so much anger on his, that a mere look could vanquish an entire army. The veins in his hand were visible, and his eyes were blood red.

Arjun woke with a jerk, he had been having this dream since a few days, or specifically from the day Ashwasen died. He had been trying to avoid Uloopi, as if his presence would harm her. And these dreams he has been having, they were no less.

"Arya," Uloopi woke up hearing his voice, "the same dream?" Despite his lacking efforts, Uloopi always made sure he was fine. Arjun nodded, this dream of his was creating havoc in Arjun's mental peace.

Uloopi did not know what to do, the dreams Arjun had been seeing were worrying her, she hated to see him suffer. "Arya, enough. You are living in guilt as if you have done something wrong. Which you haven't. And we don't even know if Ashwasen's words will come true. And even if it comes, it can be anyone, like my brothers or family from Kauravya, even though they are not replying to my letters at present." She spoke in a breath.

Arjun smiled, she always tried to cheer him up, how much she cared for him, and he? Just ignoring her. He felt bad for treating her this way when she was always there for me. "Thank you Uloopi, for being here." He kissed her forehead lovingly.

"I want to be here Arya." She replied back, melting under his touch.

He slept down next to Uloopi, but sleep was far from his eyes. 'She does a lot for me, I also must do something.' He thought. 

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A Y O D H Y A :

Nayantara was resting on her bed, clutching a necklace in her hand. Her eyes were wide open, and her face was pale. She couldn't eat even a morsel of food, knowing that Arjun was married.

He knew she was waiting for him, and yet he chose another woman? 
She knew that he had clearly denied her love, but yet her heart broke and demanded answers from him. Her heart was burning in rage, she felt betrayed. Here she was planning to runaway with him, and he had married another woman?

Like a crazy woman, she got up and threw everything on the floor, broke everything that her hand reached. She destroyed her room in anger and madness. 

At last she sat down in a corner and sobbed her heart out. Pouring all her emotions. 
Call it jealousy, but she couldn't imagine any other woman in his life.
Hot tears made their way through her cheeks, stinging her, reminding her that, even if she married him, he will never be only hers.

"O Rama, Dasthrathi, KaushalyaNandan, SiyaVallabh, please, make him mine, only mine" She begged, asking for an unjustified blessing. 

Drowning in her own world of pain, she didn't hear the door open and close, "You called me?" Said a voice, shocking her. 

"Krishna." She asked, looking at the man standing in front of her.

"Are you hurt Avadhi?" He asked with concern, looking her worriedly scanning for any injuries.

"My heart is broken Krishna, I do not wish to live," She cried.

He sat next to her, and caressed her hairs, "Why so Avadhi?" He asked. 

Fresh tears sprang as she spoke, "Arjun is married Krishna. He can't be mine." 

"But he can marry again, right?" He said. She shook her head, "A man belongs to his first wife, no one can take her place. Even if he marries me, he will still be hers. Not mine." She said.

"But why do you even want him?" Nayantara shook her head at his words, "I love him Krishna."

Krishna smiled, as if waiting for her to answer this, "Avadhi, if you truly love him, then you shouldn't care if he is yours or not. True love is to surrender, not desire.
If you want him to yours, it's mere attraction.
But if you want to be his, it's love." Krishna explained.

True love was never about what we have, it's about what we give. 

"Surrender to love Avadhi, it has wonders." Krishna guided.

In her previous birth as Hrushika, blinded by her ego, she didn't see his true form.
In this birth as Nayantara, she was blinded by her desire, but this time Krishna won't leave her.
He would guide her to the true path, and won't let suffer.

He remembered how hard her penance was, she stood on the lands of Pokharan, where he, as Ram had vanquished water. The dry soil was burning like coal, yet her legs were firm. 

She went for many years, never did she move. Not for having a morsel of food, not even for a drop of water. She was now thin, her bones were sticking out, but she didn't give up. 

"Om Namah Narayana." She chanted again, completely immersed in her devotion.

"Hrushika." Nayaran appeared before her, "Open your eyes," he said.

"Prabhu." She was delighted to see him again, she immediately ran and sat down next to his feet.

"Ask for anything," Narayan said. "You know Prabhu, what I want. I wish to see the divine form of yours."

"Hrushika, when you started this penance, you broke all you ego, and at that moment you were worthy of Virat Darshan. Hence you will see that roop of mine in your next birth. Ask for something else." Narayan assured.

"It is so, then Narayan, I wish to serve your brother Rishi Nar till the end of eternity." She said.

He was the one who showed her the path of salvation, and she wished to spend her life serving him.

Narayan smiled knowingly, "Tathastu." He said, she smiled at his words.

"Prabhu, I have another request. I was born with the perfections of human, my outer beauty can put Apsaras to shame.

When I would be born as human, to serve Rishi Nar, do not make me any beautiful, let me have the average face, throw away this beautiful face." She said.

"Hrushika, if you are no longer beauty, do you think my brother would accept you?" Narayan spoke with a knowing smile.

"Prabhu, the one who taught me to see the inner beauty, he is your brother. And he doesn't care for what is outside." She replied back calmly.

"But why do wish to discard your outer beauty?" Even though he knew her answer, he wished to hear it from.

"So that no one would be attracted to me. Humans are attracted to the outer beauty, and if I am born with this face, I will theirs in their dream.
And I won't be of anyone else, even in their dreams." She said, tears brimming her eyes, she would hate to be of anyone else, even if it were a mere dream of that someone.

Narayan nodded and said, "Tathastu. But there is something you must know," He sat down next to her, and held her hand.

"When my brother will born as human, he will have ansh of Mahadev and Indra. To meet him, another girl will born, she will hold the ansh of Mahagauri and Indrani." She smiled with pain at his words, "I will accept her," She said.

"No, you will have to make you accept her. She will his first wife," Narayan said softly.

"Then I will forever serve Devi Parvati and Devi Sachi as my elder sister.

It is my fortune Prabhu, that I would be able to serve my Lord and the Goddesses in next birth." She said.

True, nothing greater than love, so pure and so pious.
Her love for him was so great, she was ready to discard her face for it.
And her devotion for the Adi Shakti was such that she would compromise her happiness for it.

She then decided to go to see Rishi Nar, and stay with him until it was time for them to be born.

She then went to see Rishi, but he was deep meditation. He had chosen mediation for the rest of his, until it was time for him to born again.

She spend her days taking care of him, feeding him; she even sang songs and narrated stories to him; Unaware that even in deep meditation, he heard everything.

And that was how he fell in love with her, actually her voice as he didn't see her.

When he was born as Arjun, he forgot everything, but his soul remembered her; the moment he heard her voice, he felt that love again.
And Hrushika, she had always in love with him.

Nayanatara wiped her tears, Krishna's words were magic. She felt relived in a moment, "What are you doing here anyways Krishna?" She asked.

"Actually I was going somewhere, thought I should meet you and go." He replied.

"Where are you going now?" 

"Panchal." He replied back again.

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Do not misunderstand Nayantara, she is just having a lot of emotions and no time to process.

Panchal war,
Drupad against the students of Dron.
I will add a line or two about this war in next chapter, as I feel it would be fine to not add much of it.

This reminds me, that after the War, Ashwatthama will become the King of half Panchal
*heart breaks* Drauni & Dhananjay will separate now?