The Pandava Princess

INDRAPRASTH

Khandavprasth was more depressing than expected. There was not even a wild plant growing anywhere. The land was dried up and cracked. I had shared chariot with Bhrata Arjun. Panchali had befriended a peasant girl named Vrushali who accompanied us. We surveyed the place and then got ready for Bhoomi Puja. Suddenly all our surroundings were covered with black. It took me a split second to realise that those black things were snakes. The army of Nagraaj Takshak. Within seconds the people who had accompanied us were being attacked and killed. We rushed for our weapons. I got my bow and started immobolising the snakes. Others were also busy protecting the people even Panchali was fighting. It was a massacre of both man and naags. And when we were almost done with the snakes the earth below us shook and there was a soul penetrating hissing sound and a large snake appeared. Takshak,himself. Before he could wreak more havoc Bhrata Arjun hit him with an arrow immobilising him momentarily. But he couldn't defeat him that easily. Then I and Bhrata Arjun attacked him together and atlast he went back to his abode- the Khandavban.

The place which was teeming with life a few moments earlier then felt like a land of death. Not a single man,woman or child who had accompanied us were alive. Panchali was crying silently looking at all the dead and thats when Jyesth said," These people are not dead yet. If we get the snake which bit them to suck out the poison from them then their life can still be restored." This was a silver linning for us but the question was how would we bring the snakes out. Then Bhrata Arjun came up with a plan. The Khandavvan was made magical by Takshsk's friend Maydanav and therefore it was impenetrable so Bhrata Arjun decided to set fire on the forest and make Agnidev eat away the magic then we could easily penetrate to the forest. Thanks to our luck everything we plan doesn't always go as planned and therefore Indradev who happened to be a friend of Takshak retalliated on his behalf. Bhrata Arjun kept on neutralising his attacks and at last he threw his mighty weapon the vajra at us.  Before the vajra could hit us Kanha stopped it with his sudarshan chakra. He wasn't present there before but before we could know he was there.( Later whenever I asked him how he knew that we were in trouble with Indradeve he would say that he couldn't let me die such an insignificant death.)
After this Agnidev gave Bhrata Arjun a divyadhanush and Indradev blessed us and instructed Lord Vishwakarma to build the most splendid city ever for us. By the time the city was building we cured the people. Maydanav in the mean time came and surrendered to us and according to Kanha's plan left for the Northern lands to bring jewels to put in our sabha. And atlast our city was built. In the former barren lands of Khandavprasth stood the most beautiful and splendid city anyone has ever seen and I blurted out before anyone else could speak,"Indraprasth." Oblivious to the presence of the sakha-sakhi and the thousands of citizens six of us isolated us from the others. We looked at the city with soulful eyes. Our city it was. It was the fruit of our struggle,honesty ,our love for each other and dharm. We wouldn't let it go all in vain. Taking these vows in our mind we entered our city along with the others. We entered our INDRAPRASTH.

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