After weeks of discussing each and every shlok of the 10 Upanishads, the Maha-Shaashtraath finally came to an end.
"Toh sabki sehmati se, inn Upanishado ke pratyek shlok ko maanya kiya gaya hai. Aaj se yeh 10 Upanishad, Vedic Grantho mei samellit kiye jayenge." Narad Muni proclaimed.
"Uttam !" Everyone cheered. They all felt blessed to have been participated in the Maha-Shaashtraath, where they got such beautiful knowledge of sansaar in such easy words.
"Kintu Vedic Granth tab tak laabh nahi dete jab tak uska gyaan arjit na kiya jaaye. Hey Kashmir-kumari, inn 10 Upanishado ka gyaan kaise baatengi ?" Narad Muni asked.
Vidyashree smiled and stood up, facing everyone.
"Gyaan arjit karne ka sabse uttam samaye balya-avastha hai. Iss liye Maartand Mandir ke jitne bhi chhaatra hai, mai unhe yeh gyaan dungi. Iske saath, Shardapeeth Vishwavidyalay ke kuch Acharya aur kuch varisht chhaatra bhi meri kakshaa mei samellit honge. Jisse mere baad, yeh gyaan woh pravah kar sake sampoorn vishwa mei." Vidyashree said.
"Sadho ! Sadho !" Everyone praised.
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Vidyashree was in her room, staring at the beautiful kingdom while deep in thoughts. From tomorrow she has to teach in the Maartand Sun temple, but this wasn't the cause of her worries.
"Putri ?" Gyaansagar called entering.
"Pranam Pitashree." Vidyashree turned around and bowed.
He was quick to know that there was something bothering her, for her smile was not as wide as it always is while greeting him.
"Kal Upanishad padhaane ka pratham divas hai toh chintit ho ?" He asked.
"Nahi toh." She shook her head.
"Toh meri putri ki chinta ka karan kya hai ?" Gyaansagar asked keeping his hand over her shoulder.
"Upanishad ka gyaan dena toh mere jeevan ka pratham udeshya hai. Kintu iske baad jo dwitiya udeshya hai, woh meri chinta ka karan hai." Vidyashree said.
"Dwitiya udeshya ?" Gyaansagar asked.
"Tapasya." She said causing his eyes to widen.
"Parantu kyu ? Putri, tumne shaashtro ka adhyayan kiya hai. Tumhe toh pata hai ki jeevan ke 4 aashram hote hai. Brahmacharya, Grihasth, Vanprasth aur Sanyaas. Abhi tak toh tum Brahmacharya aashram mei ho, tapasya hetu samaye nahi aya hai." Gyaansagar said, a sad smile appeared on her face.
"Maharaj Sagar ne Anshuman ko singhasan saupa aur fir apne 60,000 putro ke mukti ke liye Ganga ko prithvi par laane hetu tapasya karne gaye, unse kuch nahi huya. Anshuman ne fir apne putra Dilip ko sighansan saupa, aur tapasya karne gaye, parantu unse bhi kuch na huya. Dilip apne putra Bhagirath ko singhasan saup ke tapasya hetu gaye kintu unse bhi kuch na huya. Kintu Bhagirath safal rahe. Jaante hai kyu ?" Vidyashree asked.
"Kyu ?" Gyaansagar asked..
"Kyuki Maharaj Bhagirath ne apne purvajo ke mukti hetu Vanprasth aur Sanyaas aashram ki pratiksha nahi ki. Singhasan milte hi woh tapasya hetu chale gaye, jiske karan woh Ganga ko prithvi par laane mei safal rahe, jis karya mei unki pichli kai pidhiya asafal rahi kyuki unke paas paryapt samaye nahi bacha. Pitashree, mera dwitiya udeshya bhi ek Bhagirathi prayas hai." She said.
"Tumhe kiski mukti chahiye ?" Gyaansagar asked with a melancholic expression.
"Mere hridaye ki." Vidyashree said, he looked at his daughter with confusion. But didn't ask a question.
"Kintu Pitashree, chinta na kare. Ek baar meri tapasya safal ho jaaye toh mai punah awashya aayungi yaha. Aapke aur Mata ke charan sparsh karne. Bas mujhe ek vachan dijiye." Vidyashree said.
"Kya ?" Gyaansagar asked, she smiled and held her father's hands affectionately.
"Jab mai tapasya hetu jaayu, toh mujhe rokiyega nahi. Mata toh sambhaal lijiyega. Kyuki yadi aap dono mujhe haste mukh se vida nahi karenge, toh mai jaa nahi paayungi. Aur mere tapasya mei hi, sampoorn sansaar ka kalyaan hai." Vidyashree said.
"Thik hai." Gyaansagar nodded emotionally.
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A/N
In english there is phase when you successfully complete a seemingly impossible feat, A Herculean Task, after Hercules who undertook a tumultuous test by the gods.
In Sanskrit the equivalent of this phase is Bhagirathi prayas. Because Maharaj Bhagirath made the impossible possible for bringing the holy Ganga down to earth.
And these days writing and publishing a chapter for me seems like a Bhagirathi prayas cause of college and also because I am sick.
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