Part 1
It was one of the days when all the men of the house had gone to the neighbouring state to meet their head.
The visit was successful and the head had agreed to help them against few rough groups that were operating in the forest area; kidnapping and killing the passerbys.
Maharana was confident that these groups were supported by the Mughals and hence he was in a very happy mood to get some support against them.
Hence he decided to talk about some light topics and asked Kuwar Shakti about his time when he was alone.
"kya? Dadabhai? aaj aap humse yeh kyun puch rahe hai?"
"kuch samay se yeh prashna humare mastishk (mind) me tha, bas puchne ka avsar nahi mil paya. Toh bataiye, jab aap Mewar se dur the, to kya karte the?"
"hum bas ek desh se dusre deh ghuma karte the ek naye naam ke saath. Veer - yahi keh kar bulate the log hume, aur humne kabhi bhi unki galafemi ko dur karne ka pryatna nahi kiya. Hum ek veer yodha the aur yehi humari pehchan thi. Kai log hum bulate the yudh kala ka pradarshan karne, toh vahan jate the - pratispardha mein hissa lene. kai baar gaon vale hume apni samasiyaon ke nivaran (solution) hetu bulate the toh vahan jate the unki sahaita karte. aur humara pet palne ke liye aur sahaita karne ke liye humare mamusa the ve sada humara Kuwar Vikram ka aur Maasa ka khayal rakhte the. hum jante hai ki daajiraj ne unko yeh zimedari di thi, aur ek tarah se ve hi humari sahayta karte the. Isiliye humne bhi iss baat par koi prashna nahi lagaya."
listening to the last part the atmosphere was a little awkward as the two brothers could never agree on anything relating to their father and hence had agreed to disagree on this and not talk about it.
"toh hume bhi bataiye apne inn veer gatha ke bare mein. kya kabhi apko kisine Mewar amantrit nahi kiya?"
"Mewar?"
"haan yaha par bhi toh kai pratispardha ayojit ki jati thi. humare sare samant apne apne kshetra(area) mein ayojan karvate the. toh kya kisi ne apko amantrit nahi kiya?"
"kiya tha ek baar hume nimantran mila tha, lekin pratispardha ke liye nahi, yudh mein sahayta hetu. "
"Kya? Yudh hetu?"
"ji hum bhi ashchariya chakit the aur hume laga ke kadhachit yeh Daajiraj ka hukum hoga ya fir koi shadyantra"
"toh fir hume bhi sunaiye voh kissa - kahan se aya tha vo nimantran?"
"ek din hum Mewar ki sima ke pass ek gaon mein the, ek pratispardha hetu. us pratispardha ke baad humari mulakat ek yodha se hui. uski umar toh bohot choti thi, ya yun keh lijiye ki ve ek balak hi the, unhone humari veerta ki prashansha ki aur hume amantrit kiya ki hum unke rajya aye. Karan puchne par unhone bataya ki ve Bijolia se aye hai aur unhe humari sahayta chahiye Afghano ke virrudh. Parantu Daajiraj ne hume Mewar se nikal jane ko kaha tha, aur Bijolia Mewar ka hi hissa tha. Issi liye hume laga ki yeh to ho hi nahi sakta ki Mewar ke kisi kshetra ko yudh mein sahayta ki avashkta ho aur Daajiraj aur aap vahan na ho. isiliye humne use mana kiya. Toh voh humse kehne laga ki theek hai yadi hum nahi chalna chahte toh koi baat nahi. parantu Baijilal humse milkar avashya hi prasan hoti, aur yadi hum bhavishaya mein ana chahe toh Bijolia ke dwar sada humare jaise veero ka swagat karenge. yeh kehkar ve chale gaye"
"aapne unka naam nahi pucha?"
"haan unka naam Patta tha. hume bhi yeh thoda ajeeb laga tha, parantu hume mamasa ka patra mila tha ki Maasa ka swasth theek nahi hai. toh hum chale aye maasa ko dekhne. Uske pashchat jab kuch mahino paschchat maasa ke swasth mein sudhar ke baad jub humare maan me yeh baat phir se ane lagi toh humne pata lagane ka prayatna kiya. toh hume pata laga ki, ki aap vahan aye the aur afghano ko bhaga diya tha."
Shakti laughed a little before continuing
"ve balak ati veer the, aur unke mukh ka tej hum aajtak nahi bhula paye. aur unhone kisi Baijilal ke bare mein bhi baat ki thi. parantu aajtak hum nah jaante ke ve kaon hai. Aap to Patta ko jante honge na? Aur kadachit Baijilal ko bhi?"
"Ji jante hai, parantu aapne unke bare mein pata lagane ka prayatna nahi kiya?"
"Kiya tha, tab pata chala ke ve Bijolia ke bhoot purva Samant ki beti aur aaj ke Samant ki badi behen hai. Aur Kyunki unka bhai abhi chota hai, ve hi sara karyabhar sambhalti hai. Aur ek bohot achi yodha bhi hai. Suna hai, ek saath 10 sipahiyon ko maat de sakti hai ve. bas yehi pata chal paya. lekin ve aab kahan hai yeh nahi jante. Kya aapko pata hai unke bare mein? Ek stri ki itni prashansa vo bhi yudh shetra mein humne kabhi nahi suni. Hum ek baar avashaya hi milna chanhenge unse. Kya aap jante hai ki ve dono aab kahan milenge?"
"Patta aab iss duniya mein nahi rahe. Jab uss dhurt Mughal ne Chittor ke durg par akraman bol diya tha toh vahan hue Jauhar Saka mein Patta aur unki patni bhi shamil the"
"Kya? He Eklingji, unki atma ko shanti dena. Aur Baijilal? kya unhone bhi Jauher kiya?"
"NAHI, ve jeevit hai." Pratap replied.
"Dadabhai, tab toh kadachit ve aur unke pati bhi humari iss yudh mein sahayta kar sakte hai. unhe bulayiye na."
however before Pratap could reply they heard a group of men people laughing. this was unusual as they were inside forest and no one was supposed to be in there. So they left to find out who was laughing.
What they found shocked them to the core. they stealthily ran towards the offending people, without noticing that some of the men on the trees had seen them and were ready to trap them in a cage. Before they knew it, they were inside a very very strong cage that even Pratap could not break - no matter how hard he tried.
It seemed that the cage was made especially for him and effort was made so that Pratap couldn't get out.
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