Part 13
Truth or dare????
Cornelia: Kshama kijiyega!!! Samrat!!! Aap chaliye mere saath …. yahan paas hi mein ek jheel hai …. Vahan chal kar apna muh dho lijiye….
[Cornelia takes him to a nearby lake where CGM sprinkles some water on his face and after coming in a condition to say something…]
CGM: Sach Sach bataao!!! Tumne ye jaan boojh kar kiya na???
Cornelia: Nahin nahin!!! Sandrocottos ji!!! Sach mein…. Bhool se ho gaya!!! Wo aapne baat hi aisi kar di!!!
[CGM didn't like himself to be called by that Greek name "Sandrocottos" so he protested against it]
CGM: Mujhe is naam se mat bulaao!!!!! Mera naam Chandragupta Maurya hai!!! Jo ki mujhe tumhari aavashyakta hai isliye tumhe chhoot de raha hoon mujhe mere naam se bulane ki…. Samrat na bhi bole toh mujhe koi aapatti nahin!!!! Jaise van mein bol rahi thi….. "Bandhu" us naam se bhi bulaao….. chaho to!!! Bas "Sandrocottos" nahin….
[Suddenly, on hearing this…. All the friendly attitude Cornelia was showing at that time… was vanished and she was back on her track!!!]
Cornelia: Achcha???? Sach mein!!! Sandrocottos bahut lamba naam hai…. Isliye tumhe toh ab main "Sandro" keh kar bulaaongi!!!
CGM: Kya??? Tumhe ek baar mein koi baat samajh mein nahin aati??? Kaha na mera naam Chandragupta Maurya hai!!!
Cornelia: Jab pucha tha ….tab toh bataya nain!!! Ab kya laabh??? ….. Toh nirnay ho gaya!!! Tumhe main Sandro ke naam se hi bulaaungi….
CGM: Parantu kyon aur kab tak???
Cornelia: Mera koi vishwaas tode…. Ye mujhe pasand nahin!!! Aur tumne mera vishwaas toda!!! Isiliye… Aur chinta mat karo Bandhu!! Jis din… tum mera vishwaas punah jeet loge…. Us din main tumhe tumhare asli naam se bulaaungi!!! Thik hai na???? …….."Sandrocottos"!!!!
CGM: Tum!!!!!![then controlling his anger] Dekho…. Tumhe jo bulana hai bulaao!!! Parantu… mere prashn ka to uttar do???!!! Kya tum meri sahayata karogi??? Raajkumaari se milne mein!!!
[Hearing this… Cornelia gets reminded of the fact that she was still in a big dilemma …. And the one with whom she has just raged a cold war… was the one who will literally blow her head off when he'll get to know that she too had been lying all this while…]
Cornelia: [in mind] Ye maine kya kar diya??? Is jhooth bolne par itna sunaya!!! Ab jab ise pata chalega ki main khud bhi jhooth hi bol rahi thi….. tab toh ye mujhse aavashya hi badla lene ke liye kuch na kuch to karega hi…. Main kaise bhool gayi ki ye raah chalta koi aam insaan nahin… balki Bharat ka Samrat hai..!!! Greek ki suaksha ispar nirbhar karti hai!!! Aur main….!!!! Tera kuch nahin ho sakta Cornelia!!!! Ab main karoon bhi toh kya??? Ise raajkumari se milna hai!!
Agar main ise sach sach sab kuch bata deti hoon toh… kahin ye rusht na ho jaaye… ho sakta hai… ye Greek ke saath apni ki huyi sandhi bhi tod de!!! Pura Greek nasht ho jaayega…. Ek taraf Cassender aur ek taraf Magadh!!!
Agar main mana kar deti hoon toh phir ye pitaji ke paas jaakar apni is ichcha ko rakhega!!! Phir mujhe isse milna hi padega!!!
Dono hi paristhitiyon mein… ise raajkumari ke bare mein pata chal hi jaayega!!! Haalanki… agar main ise raajkumaari se milvaane ka vachan deti hoon toh… paristhitiyaan mere haathon mein toh rahengi!!! Ye baat agar pitashree tak pahunchi toh…. Main kuch nahin kar paaugi!!!
CGM: Kya hua??? Meri bhasha samajh mein nahin aayi kya??? Tab se dekh raha hoon …. Kis soch mein pad gayi???
Cornelia: Kuch nahin… waise aapko Raajkumaari se kya kaam hai??
CGM: Wo mujhe…[thinking] Ise amatya ke bare mein bataya toh kahin ye sab kuch jaakar raajkumari ko bata de… jisse amatya ko phir se bhaagne ka avsar mil jaaye!! Ho sakta hai.. aisa karne se Amatya sachet ho jaayein…. Kya pata Amatya ab tak wahaan par hain bhi ya nahin… Seleucus se ye baat nahin keh sakta kyonki wo ye baat sunte hi Amatya ko phir se kahin chupa dega…. Behtar hoga ye baat ki… mujhe amatya ke yahaan hone ki soochna hai… sabse gupt rakhi jaaye…. Raajkumari se hi is bare mein koi baat ki jaa sakti hai….
[to Cornelia] Maine Raajkumaari ki bahut prashansa suni hai!! Bas yahi kaaran hai… ki main unse bhet karna chahta hoon!!! Asha hai ki tum meri sahayata aavashya karogi!!! Helen!!!
Cornelia: Thik hai… main prayatna karoongi!! Raajkumaari se is vishay mein vartalaap kar ke aapko soochit karti hoon…. Waise mujhe lagta nahin ki raajkumaari aayengi!!! Wo thodi manmauji hain… kisi ki baat nahin sunti!!!
CGM: Nahin sunti toh sunna padega…
Cornelia: Ye vinti thi ya aadesh????
CGM: Jo bhi tumhaari Raajkumaari ke samajh mein aa jaaye!!! Chalta hoon!!!
[CGM turns back and was about to go when a thought struck his mind]
CGM[in mind]: Vichitra baat hai… log mujhse baat karne se darte hain… mera aadar karte hain… aur iss jeet ke baad toh koi yavan mujhe aankhein utha kar bhi nahin dekhta… parantu ye kanya … mujhse aise baat karti hai jaise ise koi fark hi nahin padhta!!! Parantu jaise hi maine raajkumaari se milne ki baat ki… achanak se mujhe samman dene lagi…. "tum" se "aap" par aa gayi…. Ye aavashya hi kuch chupa rahi hai!!
[CGM turns back]
CGM: Achcha Helen!!! Vo dono ladke kaun the jinse tum thodi der pehle baat kar rahi thi???
Cornelia: vo dono Raajkumaari ke bhaai the!!! Unmein se ek the Raajkumar Antiochus aur ek the Raajkumaar Alex… [Cornelia didn't use the whole name of Alexander as she had to hide the fact from anyone that Alexander's son was still alive]
CGM: Vichitra baat hai… tum jis tarah unse baat kar rahi thi… ek kshan ke liye mujhe laga ki… vo dono tumhare bhai hain!!![gives a smile and leaves]
Meanwhile Agatha and Omegas arrive there as after leaving Agatha informed Omegas that Sandrocottos was having a talk with Cornelia…
Cornelia: Use sandeh ho gaya hai!!!
Omegas: Kis baat ka??? Mujhe sab kuch bataao ki …. Ye sab kya chal raha hai???
Cornelia tells then the whole story of jungle and what happened just now…
Agatha: To ab tum kya karogi???
Cornelia: wahi soch rahi hoon!!!
Omegas: Meri maano toh unhe sab kuch sach-sach bata do!!!
Cornelia: Kaash bata paati…… parantu abhi abhi unhe itna kuch bola hai ki…. Ab sach bataane ka khatra nahin mol le sakti….
Omegas: To ab???
Cornelia: Ab kya??? Raajkumaari ko unse milna hoga… parantu unke bina sach jaane!!! [gives a look to Agatha]
Agatha: Kahin tum mujhe raajkumaari to nahin banana waali!!!!!! Main aisa kuch nahin karoongi!!
Cornelia: Mujhe pata hai!!! Aur waise bhi sandrocottos ne raajkumaari ki 'prashansa' suni hai… tum jaisi bheegi billi ko dekh kar wo shan bhar mein pehchaan jaayenge ki tum raajkumaari nahin ho!!! Aur waise bhi wo tumhe dekh chuke hain!!! Aur is samay pure Greece mein aise koi ladki nahin jise main apni jagah unse milva sakoon… Saare log pitaji aur Sandrocottos ke naam se itne bhayabhit hain ki koi ye karya nahin karega!!! To iss vichaar ko apne mastishk se nikaal do!!!
Omegas: To ab kya karogi???
Cornelia: Main hi unse miloongi!!
Omegas: Tumhaare is mastisksh mein chal kya raha hai???
Cornelia: Kal pata chal jaayega!!!
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
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