"Mata, I had become the medium through which Lanka is going to get burnt. How could I forgo Lord Saturn's warning and dress up aunt Shurpanaka? Lord Saturn had warned me that if aunt goes outside from Lanka, she will be the medium through which Narayan will come to Lanka. I knew everything Mata. Still, I decked her up and sent to Panchavati. I should have waited for Prince of Lanka to come so that he could ascertain who was the ascetic looking man in Panchavati," Sulochana was crying uncontrollably in Mandodari's lap.

Surpanakha had come shouting to Lanka that prince of Ayodhya had insulted her and she wanted revenge. Ravan had sent Khar and Bhushan to attack Ram and Lakshman. But Ram had killed both of them. Now to satisfy his sister Ravan had come up with the wicked plan of kidnapping Ram's wife. Mandodari and Vibhishan had fell at his feet not to touch a chaste lady. Mandodari pleaded a man who is a warrior should fight the war from front. Kidnapping a lady is done by cowards. Unfortunately, in front of Surpanaka's rant nothing fell in Ravan's ears and he proceeded with his plan. As per the last information they had he had gone to ask help from Mareecha for his wicked plan.

A distraught Mandodari had gone to Sulochana's room to express her pent-up feelings. But now Mandodari was not sure whether it was right to burden her daughter in law with her anguish. Sulochana looked so broken and guilty. She gently caressed her daughter in law's hair.

"Daughter what would you have done. Didn't you try to stop your aunt enough. Didn't I try. Did she listen, asked Mandodari.

"Mother I could have denied to help her right. She might have gone somewhere else and got up. Atleast I would have had the satisfaction I didn't bring the destruction of Lanka with my hands."

"Daughter you know Shurpanaka. If her ego is hurt, she will do anything to harm you. You know she had told Lankesh she had gone to get Sita for him, not that she had fallen in love with Ram. Similarly, she would have woven some false story about you and made Lankesh punish you or banish you from Lanka. You very well know your husband won't come to support you against his father."

Sulochana got up from Mandodari's lap and stared at her. She had to admit what her mother-in-law telling was true. She would be disgraced by her aunt. Saddest part was her husband won't come to support her though he might keep his promise of not marrying again. She would be deprived of her sons and none would care except her mother-in-law and uncle Vibhishan.

"Mata are you aware Sita is my niece. I had not told this to anyone that Sita's mother Sunaina is my sister and we were separated at birth. I had longed to meet my nieces Sita and Urmila. Now Sita is coming to Lanka. It is an irony that I won't be meeting her in pleasant circumstances because the woman coming here is not my niece. She is the wife of Ram, prince of Ayodhya, she is the Kulvadhu of King Dasrath and I am the Kulvadhu of Lanka. Neither I can cross the boundary nor she can cross it and accept each other. Can my fate be more terrible Mata to see my niece as the captive of my husband's family? If that is not enough if not today tomorrow my husband will have to fight with her husband and her brother-in-law. Why Mata we women our relations become the victim of men's desires and egoes," lamented Sulochana.

Mandodari didn't know what to reply to her daughter in law. Sita was her niece was a new knowledge to her and she didn't want anyone else in Lanka to know about it. It would not be good either for Sita or Sulochana. Thinking Sulochana might help her Lankesh can even kill Sita which will only bring more misery to Lanka. She looked at Sulochana.

"Daughter whatever you told me please don't tell it to anyone else in Lanka. Its not going to be good for you or her. I am sure you yourself knows that," warned Mandodari and Sulochana nodded.

Once her mother-in-law went Sulochana sat in her room thinking about the picture of her nieces she had seen years back. She remembered Urmila who was smiling sitting close to Sita and she had felt an uneasiness. At that point she didn't knew why she felt an uneasiness seeing Urmila. But now she understood. A war in the name of Sita was eminent. In that war her husband was going to face Lakshman. A man who had sacrificed his personal life to protect his brother and sister-in-law and, in that battle, she will be pitted against his wife, her own niece Urmila. A simple girl but who had shown extra ordinary courage to let go of her husband for fourteen years in the service of his brother. The thought itself brought tears to Sulochana's eyes.

"Sita and Urmila I had wanted to hug you when I meet you. But look at the destiny girls. One of you is going to be a captive in Lanka and I am expected to fight with all my chastity and divinity to deprive the other of her husband. Is this a joke. This is what the famed leela of Narayan where which ever side you choose you lose in the end," Sulochana wished she could question Narayan on why he was doing such painful Leela's where one is pitted against their loved ones.

Then she remembered her father's words. He had mentioned Narayan never considers earthly attachments a basis of deciding who will fight against whom. For him its not about father and son or brother and sister. Its about dharma and adharma which again is decided based on one's karma ya action. If two people from the same family are on different sides then of course fight will happen to establish dharma for life to thrive. Sulochana wiped her tears. She wouldn't gain anything by crying. She had to be strong to face the consequences of her actions. She had to fight this battle as she had given word to her husband that as long as he kept his word that she would be the only woman in his life she would stand by him till the end. Without thinking about relation, she would have to abide by that and she knew Urmila would do the same.