Chapter 3 - Sawal, sawal aur sawal
Jalal is walking in his bageecha. His mind filled with lot of unanswered questions, unknown feelings. From the day he laid his eyes on Jodha, his life has totally changed. None of my begums ever dared to face me before the wedding but this Jodha darely stood before me and made two requests. Every woman I met was willingly surrendering to me, but Jodha never let me touch her. She says she does not love me. What is this love? How does it feel? Why is she so brave? From where does she get such courage to stand in front of me without any fear in her eyes? And now what, why she is so restless about my life? Why do her eyes show that she cares about me? Why should she sacrifice her life for me? What if there was no medicine for that poison? Did she think that before drinking it? Is she the same woman who pushed me when I went to her? Why did I feel a huge pain in me when I saw her brave eyes closing?
Jodha was still lying unconscious. Hameeda, Salima begum, Ruqqaiya begum and moti are anxiously waiting for her to open her eyes. Jodha is slowly regaining her consciousness. She could feel that she is flying and somebody is holding her. Who is that somebody? She could not see the face properly. She is trying to focus ; it looks like Shehenshah her Shehenshah. Thank God he is safe. She just wants to lift her hand and touch that face once, but her hand is unable to move.
Suddenly she could not see anything, everything is dark. Where is Shehenshah? Where is he? Is he with Benazir? Oh that Vishkanya, what did she do to Shehenshah? Jodha's mind is running, she wants to find Benazir and Shehenshah. She wants to find them, but everything is dark. Suddenly she sees someone coming towards her. She can hear some loud noise. She is checking who is it..its none other than Benazir. Mubarak ho Jodha, humne Jalal ko katam kar diya. Ab hum jeetgaye aur tum haar gayi. Ab Jalal ko koyi nahi bacha saktha tumhara Kanha bhi nahin.
Jodha shouts nahiii, tum mere Shehenshah ko kuch nahi kar sakthi ho. She keeps blabbering in her sleep. Shehenshah hum aapko bacha lenge, aapko kuch nahi hone denge. Hum hein aapke liye sirf aapke liye.
Hameeda and all others are worried seeing Jodha's state. They call for hakim. Hameeda holding Jodha's hand, Jodha beta Jalal ko kuch nahi hua, woh teek hein. Aapne Jalal ko bacha liye. Who bilkul teek hein. Jodha beta vutiye.
367