Ishq

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Except for the bride, who had a melancholy expression on her face, everyone was excited for the royal wedding.

"Can you tell me what happened to you?"Today is your wedding, and you should be overjoyed, yet you appear to be having the worst day of your life." Krishna raised his concern.
"I'm not interested in marrying him, Kanha. I love someone else. I'm quite concerned that he won't come here to save me from this marriage."
"You don't have to be concerned, Lavanya. Whatever occurs, it is for the best. If you and that man are truly meant to be, fate will bring you together. Until then accept the things that fate has bound you to."

"So you're telling me that you're my friend's husband?" Karna questioned.
"Yes, Angraj," Arjun responded.
"How can I put my faith in you? I'm not even sure you're telling the truth." Karna had inquired.
"Angraj, you can see this. Lavanya was the one who wrote this letter. "Arjun began showing Karan the letter.

"Yes, I recognise her handwriting.However, I can't believe she's now married."
Arjun cautiously nodded, fearful that Karna might discover his true nature.

"Do you both have a plan to call off the wedding? Because, obviously, none of my plans are going to succeed." Arjun and Sahdev were asked by Karna.
"Actually, I've devised a strategy." Sahdev answered.

'Having said this, Yaja poured the sanctified libation on the fire, whereupon arose from those flames a child resembling a celestial who possessing the effulgence of fire, was terrible to behold. With a crown on this head and his body encased in excellent armour, sword in hand, and bearing a bow and arrows, he frequently sent forth loud roars. And immediately after his birth, he ascended an excellent chariot and went about in it for some time.

Then the Panchalas in great joy shouted, 'Excellent, Excellent.' The very earth seemed at that time unable to bear the weight of the Panchalas mad with joy. Then, marvellous to say, the voice of some invisible spirit in the skies said, 'This prince hath been born for the destruction of Drona. He shall dispel all the fears of the Panchalas and spread their fame. He shall also remove the sorrow of the king.' And there arose, after this from the centre of the sacrificial platform, a daughter also, called Panchali, who, blest with great good fortune, was exceedingly handsome.

Her eyes were black and large as lotus-petals, her complexion was dark, and her locks were blue and curly. Her nails were beautifully convex and bright as burnished copper; her eye-brows were fair, and bosom was deep. Indeed, she resembled the veritable daughter of a celestial born among men.

Her body gave out fragrance like that of a blue lotus, perceivable from a distance of full two miles. Her beauty was such that she had no equal on earth. Like a celestial herself, she could be desired (in marriage) by a celestial, a Danava, or a: Yaksha. When this girl of fair hips was born an incorporeal voice said, 'This dark-complexioned girl will be the first of all women, and she will be the cause of the destruction of many Kshatriyas.

This slender-waisted one will, in time, accomplish the purpose of the gods, and along with her many a danger will overtake the Kauravas.' On hearing these words, the Panchalas uttered a loud leonine roar, and the earth was unable to bear the weight of that joyous concourse. Then beholding the boy and the girl, the daughter-in-law of Prishata, desiring to have them, approached Yaja and said, 'Let not these know anyone else except myself as their mother.' Yaja, desiring to do good unto the king said, 'So be it!'

Then the Brahmanas (present there), their expectations fully gratified, bestowed names upon the new-born pair, 'Let this son of king Drupada, they said, be called Dhrishtadyumna, because of his excessive audacity and because of his being born like Dyumna with a natural mail and weapon.'

And they also said, 'Because this daughter is so dark in complexion, she should be called Krishna (the dark).'

A/N:

I apologise for not updating in such a long time because I was preoccupied with school examinations. But I promise that from now, I will upload a chapter of Ishq on a weekly basis. Thanks for the support.