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"Parth, Parth" again the magnetic call reaches to him crossing the waves of the ocean of time and space, It seems to him the call comes from beyond the ages.
"Who is Parth? and who are you?" with much effort he murmured like always
The overwhelming smile again spread over the horizon "ask yourself Parth , drown within your heart , you will feel me"
"Please don't puzzle me anymore , please tell me what do you want and why do you call me Parth? I am not Parth " he was restless as usual
"for rest of the world you may not , for me you are Parth , my Parth .. Now listen to me carefully Parth , fire can't reach under the Earth, keep that in mind" voice started fading out
"wait , don't go again , at least tell me your name" he almost begged
"wait for right time Parth , you yourself will know , for now remember what I told you" voice went away from him
"no, stop please" he tried to move and in the process opens his eyes and discovers himself lying on bed of his room , sweating , confused and all alone.
He , The Youngest son of Kunti , prince of Hastinapur , Son of Devraj Indra , student of Dronacharya , considered the greatest archer of his time, The Third Pandav Arjun.
Upon recovering himself to sense Arjun silently kept sitting on the bed for a while, in an effort to understand what exactly was happening with him.
"is it really a dream or any illusions of my subconscious mind?"for nth time he asked this to himself , he even meditated for hours to get the answer but all was in vain , it remained as the greatest mystery of his 18 years old life.
He leaned himself on the pillow for a while and started recollecting the memories of his journey with this dream throughout all these 18 years. 18 years may not be that a long period to hear or count but the turmoil he and his brothers had gone through till now has surely helped to increase his maturity level than a normal prince of his age.
Being born in forest struggle for existence were part of their lives and he never had any complain regarding that , rather life was very peaceful and simple then all what he can recall . Affectionate Father Pandu , strict yet caring Mother Kunti and loving Chhotima Madri (he still can recall a tune she used to humming, she had a very sweet voice), two elders most obedient of all kind natured brother Yudhisthir who then used to study all time and brother Bheem having everything huge, a huge body , huge strength, huge anger , huge hunger and most importantly an equally huge heart filled in love and protectiveness for them and two toddlers , adorably good looking Nakul and shy sahadev these were his world.
In spite of all hardship of forest life they were happy. He used to dedicate himself to his born companion bow and arrow forgetting everything, from that early age archery remained his passion. Life was going smoothly only then a sudden tragedy turned their life upside down and that was the very time since when this mysterious dream became part of his life. How much old was he then? hardly 6 years, when parents arms are regarded only safe shelter for a child he was forced to face the harsh reality of life for the first time , first time he got to know about death and also came to know about existence of someone beyond understanding.
He still can remember every bit of the first ever dream he got. Not only the first one whenever he closes his eyes he can replay each and every dream had he dreamed. He still gets thrilled when he recalls the moment.
"Parth , never think yourself alone , no matter what tragedy strikes you never break down , remember someone is always there to share your pain and sorrow"
That magical voice from very first moment mesmerized him . but with all his ignorance he answered quite rudely that day
"Neither I am Parth nor I have any pain or sorrow so please don't disturb me , I don't need anyone." ego is always a characteristic of Arjun even in the age of 6.
There was a momentary pause then the tone turned sad and painful "since very birth of yours all your feeling are not all your own, someone has equal share in that, you can't help it"
"will you please explain? I am not getting you" he was confused like anything
"it will take time Parth, for now make yourself strong and prepared , a great tragedy and complications of life even greater are awaiting for you. so never breakdown, the voice faded out leaving a confused , scared , thrilled , perplexed Arjun behind,
He still would have ignored the dream as a mere nightmare unless he wouldn't have received the first rude shock of life the very next day - sudden demise of father and self immolation of Chotima which changed their lives completely.