Samyukta part 9-Veer meets his match

OSR SAMYUKTA Part 9 – Veer finally meets his match!

Palace of Niphaud - The prayer room

As soon as Siya hears the sound of familiar footsteps approaching the comely private prayer room; she wipes her tears, leaps over the musical instruments scattered on the large silk carpet and runs towards the majestic entrance. She cuddles her father tightly; the warmth of whom makes her temporarily forget her recent torments "Ma said you would be home yesterday. What took you so long?"

The king speaks slowly, as he senses the distress in her touch and voice "Oh Siya! I was unexpectedly held up with official matters at the border… no sooner than I stepped into the palace, I came to meet you…" he pauses to look at her "It's not even sunrise yet and you are already awake…is everything all right? Did the feast go as planned?"

She tries hiding her puffy eyes "Nothing has gone as planned…" she loosens herself from him sulkily "Why did you hide such an important matter from me?"

The concerned father quickly scans her friend's faces "What matter Siya? I would never hide anything important from you…"

Siya "Don't lie pitaji! You didn't tell me about any proposal from Rajkumar Dharam, the prince of Aryanagar..." She notices his increasingly confused expressions and continues "Y…You didn't know anything too...we need to talk to mother about why she hasn't mentioned it to both of us yet!"

Siya then takes a deep breath and walks towards the beautiful marble pedestal. She picks a flower from the sizable silver plates around the massive idol of Lord Ganesh "Ma is very delighted that her friend's son, Rajkumar Dharam; has asked for my hand in marriage …" Siya goes on to update her dumbfounded father about all her bitter experiences with the princes of Aryanagar in the past couple of days. She ends her monologue with a spiteful oath "Father! Rajkumar Dharam insulted me…not once… not twice… but thrice…I will never accept his proposal! I will not be a mute trophy in his palace"

The shocked father walks to his daughter "I was not aware of your mother's friendship with the queen of Aryanagar! How impudent and arrogant of Rajkumar Dharam to have treated you like this!" Emotionally affected by his daughter's troubles, his eyes start welling up "You deserve far better than Rajkumar Dharam…as they are our guests, we will treat them with respect till their stay... I don't want to upset Maharaj Aryavardhan. However, I will make sure no one would force you into this wedding, even if it means the difficult task of having to reason with your mother… this is my promise to you…"

In spite of having numerous matters to attend to, he spends some thoughtful time with his daughter in a bid to calm her down and re-assure her of his support for her. Eventually, after he exits the room, the pacified Siya casts a vengeful glance at the various musical instruments on the floor "Marrying Rajkumar Dharam is out of question father! However, I will ensure he tastes his own medicine, before he returns home…"

Palace of Niphaud - The guest bedrooms

With his eyes and ears shut tight, Veer tosses to his left and tries to get back to sleep. After a while, he turns to his right and covers his head with his pillow. Fruitlessly repeating the same procedure a few times, he sits up, holds his head in his hand and sighs. Loud snores permeate through the walls from the room to his left while Dharam's voice echoes in the adjoining room on the right. He sleepily steps down from his large bed, walks through the muslin curtains into Dharam's room and sits on the floor, facing the sleeping prince.

Lost in his world of fantasy, Dharam smiles in his sleep "Did you realize that you have the most beautiful eyes I have ever come across?"

Veer yawns and nods his head "No"

Dharam continues "One glance and I have never been able to forget you… Never have I felt this way before…"

Veer frowns "Oh! …"

Dharam stretches out his hand from his pillow and touches Veer's hair "You made that lovely feast especially for me... if only had I known then..."

As Dharam starts stroking his hair, Veer stares at Dharam oddly, starts moving back and shouts out to him "Dharam…wake up…wake up…now…"

Disturbed;, Dharam sits up wide awake, taking a few moments to descend to reality and to become aware of the change in surroundings. He asks Veer "What are you doing here?"

Veer folds his hands "What am I doing here? Bhalla is snoring loudly in the other room and here you are dreaming aloud. How am I supposed to sleep?" Veer then grins sheepishly, tends his hair and bats his eyelashes "however Dharam… now that you have complemented my beautiful eyes and lovely hair…I think I am going to start dreaming too…"

Dharam ruffles his hair, stuttering in an attempt to mask his embarrassment "Oh! I am sorry... you go sleep…now…w…we have to travel to Gadhwar overnight too..."

Veer nods his head, persisting with his mockery "Tch tch Dharam what are you doing? I never expected this from you. You are really becoming mad…tell me honestly…did you really find that food lovely last night?"

Dharam takes Veer by his arm and leads him to his bed in his room "Stop it Veer… I am not mad…just go to sleep now..." he forcefully tucks the amused veer into his bed.

Suddenly, the comparatively silent morning is brought to an abrupt standstill by noises of discorded instruments accompanying harsh voices. Veer and Dharam stare aghast in response to the dreadful songs that manage to deafen even Bhalla's snores.

Fearing an outburst from his brother, Dharam speaks up "You go to sleep Veer… I mean you try to… go back... to sleep... I will take care of this…don't worry..." Dharam quickly exits the room in order to investigate the cause of the cacophony; leaving behind an astonished Veer.

Palace of Niphaud - The prayer room

Walking through the corridor, he follows the source of the noise that leads him to the arched entrance of the prayer chambers. He casts peculiar glances at the two grim guards standing on both sides of the enormous wooden doors. He then asks the guards, as he peeks into the room "Can I enter? …"

One of the guard replies "I apologize Rajkumar! Rajkumari Siya is concentrating on her prayers now… she cannot be disturbed…"

Dharam laughs "Concentrating in this noise... I mean with this voice…" he pauses "I…I love music too…can I participate in the Bhajan? I wouldn't dare to disturb them..."

The guard shakes his head "I am sorry Rajkumar…we have been asked not to allow anyone to enter… I apologize…we are only following our orders…"

Dharam crosses his hands and shifts on his feet in an attempt to catch a glimpse of the performance. In keeping with her devotional act, the princess strings the tanpura in her hand while seated cross-legged on the fluffy carpet, facing the large idol of Lord Ganesh. As she sways to her tuneless renditions, her musical entourage repeat her verses and play agonizing notes on their respective instruments. Dharam is blissfully unaware of how the sound of Siya's unmelodious voice becomes muffled by the mischievous smile on her lips. Lost in the morning glory of the vivacious young girl with cascading wet hair, he becomes oblivious to her lack of talent and gets absorbed into the perfection of her features. He leans on the door frame waiting for them to finish their concert, unaware of the baffled gestures of the guards standing next to him.

Nanda opens her eyes by chance and becomes alarmed to find Rajkumar Dharam smiling at them. She tries to nudge Siya, who responds by continuing her act with tightly shut eyes and renewed fervour. Dharam smiles to himself coyly, as Siya's friends try harder to grab her attention and finally desert their act and stand up out of respect for him. Siya casually opens her eyes to find herself being watched by the pleasant visage of the attractive prince.

Suddenly, Veer's roaring voice from the corridor; catches everyone's attention "Dharam! What is this? You were supposed to take care of t...t…this…"

Dharam replies defensively "They were praying Veer…how could I disturb them?"

Veer becomes wide-eyed "Praying? Everyone…even the Lord himself would have come down personally to stop this torture" he pauses "apart from Bhalla... of course... who is still sleeping..."

Siya scowls at Veer as he addresses her sarcastically "Rajkumari... yesterday, we unintentionally ruined your game of hide and seek in the garden. Don't you think this punishment is too harsh? It's barely sunrise yet and you are disturbing…" he notices Daksha playfully giggling at his anger and turns away uncomfortably, again becoming conscious of himself.

Siya forces a sweet smile at Dharam "Your brother is insulting my pure devotion to the Lord….would you not tell him to stop?" for a while, Dharam stands torn between the two of them until Siya tries to sway him ultimately, with a few flirty winks. Dharam becomes astounded, while Veer notices this and places his hand on his mouth shocked.

Leaving behind an uproar of mocks and sniggers, an abashed Dharam starts dragging Veer away "Lets go Veer! We have many important things to finish today…"

Mystified, Veer whispers to Dharam "Dharam…did she just…w...wink at you?"

As they continue down the corridor, Dharam tries diverting the conversation by reminding Veer of their plans for the day "Veer... get dressed to leave for the bazaar ... as per our discussions, I and Bhalla will join you as soon as we finish our work...."

Unable to recover from the incident, Veer carries on mocking his brother "Listen to me - she is a dangerous influence on you! There is still time to escape... from her clutches..."

After the princes are out of sight, the group of girls start rejoicing in joy at their first victory and jeer at Dharam "Watch out for more Rajkumar...this is just the start of your worries." Ignoring the racket around her, Siya walks towards the idol of her Lord, faced by a strange dilemma. She mentally thinks to herself about the conversation between the princes that she just overheard "What important plans and work could the Rajkumar have been talking about? Since when have princes been so interested in shopping at bazaars? I have a funny feeling about all of this... I have to find out more..."

Niphaud Bazaar – At the blacksmiths

Veer adjusts his painful headgear and fake moustache, while he lazily strolls towards the small shop at the far end of the bazaar. Being pushed and shoved by women with large baskets and scampering children in the narrow streets, he wipes his sweat off; hoping for Dharam and Bhalla to join him quickly and end his ordeal. Once at the shop, he calls out to the old blacksmith, who approaches him fervently.

The old man beams with pride as he professes about the skill and efficiency of his workers "Your order is ready as per your request yesterday…. I am sure your partners would be very impressed with the quality of our weapons...your deal would be a success" The man then beckons the workers at the back. The veiled girl starts sorting Veer's order from the remaining stock after which; a strong man brings forward the bundle of weapons and places them on the wooden table. Confident of their goods, they wait for a response from their distracted customer and hope for the remaining payment to be made.

Veer briefly searches around the street for any signs of Dharam or Bhalla, as he is left with no option but to wait patiently for them to arrive at the blacksmiths; in accordance with their plans. Veer becomes preoccupied by thinking of how to while away the time. After taking a while to react, he astonishes the old man by sitting on the floor informally and starting a relaxed conversation. He then picks up each individual weapon from the table and technically inspects them in a leisurely fashion. The workers become weary of Veer's nagging persistence and grumpily get back to their work.

Eventually the old man asks him "Sir, would you please make the remaining payment?"

Veer peeps into the street momentarily and then replies "Oh! Is there anyway I could try these knives? They seem sharp, but they are very light…are they strong enough?"

The frustrated blacksmith replies "Why are you so unsure of your purchase sir? Trust me you would not be able to find a better weapon anywhere else…"

Veer nods his head and sighs "I apologize for this. However, I do not purchase anything without trying it out"

The old man stares in disbelief at his stubborn customer and finally decides to lead him through the back of the shop. Veer follows him quietly around metallurgical tools and wooden pails, not minding the frustrated glares from the workers. They enter a small marshy patch of land behind the shop, with thorny shrubs and sparsely dotted with trees.

Aware of the assembly of a small audience behind him, he stylishly picks one of the weapons from his hand and pauses to choose a target. Holding the knife parallel to his eye, he takes aim at a large crevice in a tree at a considerable distance straight ahead. Briefly reflecting on his contests at the Gurukul, he grins and hurls the knife skillfully. The silver weapon whizzes through the air and hits the centre of the crevice. The children watching him encourage him with cheery claps and he humbly bows down to them. Fuelled by the thirst to display his skills further, he swings back and removes another knife to try and aim it at a similar spot.

Just as he is about hurl the next one, two rapid objects whizz past his ears and hit the centre of two smaller crevices on both sides of the knife already lodged on the tree. The startled Veer takes a few moments to recoup from the unexpected tough competition, as stifled exclamations and admirations are heard from the few onlookers behind him.

He turns back with hidden fury, fuelled by the desire to find out more about his challenger and shouts out "Which of you men is so proficient at this art? Please step forward. I would be delighted to meet you…"

He scans through the crowd in anticipation but everyone in the crowd looks at the other inquisitively. He once again surveys the faces of all the men for a reply. The only movement from the crowd is that of the veiled girl from the blacksmiths, bending over to pick her bundle of items from the floor. Flustered, he again addresses everyone.

The veiled girl walks towards him with a hand on her hip, lightly pulls back the dupatta from her forehead and lets go of the corner of the veil, seductively bitten in between her teeth all this while. As the veil waves away from profile, he notices her shrouded faade for the first time. Never having faced such a predicament with a girl in the past; he observes her large captivating kohl filled eyes and her handsomely tattooed chin that embellish the dusky complexion of her face endowed with sharp bewitching features. He marvels at how her scruffy dress and braided hair decked with chunky mismatched jewellery, contrasted her meticulously enticing smile and proud posture.

Though taken aback by her engaging form, he finds it unable to accept the truth and stutters to ask the questions "Did you a…aim those knives?"

Reading his mind; she smiles with an air of authority, picks a weapon from Veer's hand and flings it nonchalantly towards the tree. Veer ducks from the missile that whooshes over his head and entrenches into the centre of the large crevice, nearly displacing Veer's knife.

His frustration and anger gradually changes to one of admiration.

She then firmly indicates with her eyes asking him to fetch the knives back. Not used to feeling intimidated, he takes a few moments to swallow his pride; before walking up to the tree. He casually tries to remove the knives, but the strong well-fastened blades don't budge. Alarmed, Veer again tugs on them with renewed might and they dislodge with pieces of tree bark falling at his feet. Left speechless by the impressive quality of the silver blades in his hand, he ponders on the recently unfolded incidents. He nurses his hurt ego and smiles humbly at the girl out of respect and regard for her. No sooner, he pays the old man the remaining amount after modestly expressing sincere gratitude.

As he steps out on the street with the heavy bundle on his shoulder and still no sign of his partners, he mutters angrily "Dharam… you make all the plans and then desert me to face situations alone…what a fool I had to make of myself, in front of those blacksmiths…"

Mentally trying to erase the strange experience and the girl's visage from his memory, he continues to drag the agonizingly heavy bundle "The man with the map and directions for Gadhwar must be waiting for us… all our plans are spoilt because you must be busy dreaming of Rajkumari Siya somewhere…just wait till I meet you…"

Lashy, 🤗

This is awesome, exquisite and the scenes are breathtaking. 🤗🤗After I read this part, I felt like this 😍😍😍 and all I could say was ummmmmmm 😍😍😍 I love the entry of the new lady and dharam and sia's scenes and bhabi and devar scenes. 😆

What I loved about todays episode :

Awwww it was sad to sia cry and it was so touching the way she hugs her father and missed him 😭 😭

How the king senses that siya is not happy and asks her what happened. I like how the king reassures her that he has never hidden anything important from her. such a touching scene 👏

Aww I like the way the king is stunned when siya tells him that her mum being delighted about dharma asking for her hand in marriage. He must be thinking ke meri biwi ne mujhe yeh bhi nahi bataaya 🤣🤣🤣

How sia says that dharma insulted her three times and will never accept his proposal. awww Aur bechara dharma ne siya ke sapne dekne shuru bhi kar diya 😆 😆 I like how she says that she will not be a mute throphy in his palace. Loooooool I don't think that there is any chance of siya being mute 🤣🤣

How the king sweetly explains siya that its rude of dharma to treat you like this but she must still treat them with respect as they are guests. Dharam is not even aware of the chaos that has been caused because of his arrival. 🤣🤣🤣

I also like how the king promised siya in saying that no one will force her into marriage with dharma even if he will have to reason with her mother. I think the king should wear a body armour that day because I am sure there is going to be fireworks.🤣🤣🤣

So sweet of the king to spend some time with his daughter even though he has lots of matters to attend to. I like the way he is trying to give her his support and calm her down. Loool little does he know of the plans siya has made for him 🤣🤣🤣

I like the way siya looks at the musical instruments on the floor like she has a plan in her mind and is going to give dharma is own medicine. I remember a saying that "revenge can be sweet sometimes 😈

Veer not getting any sleep because of bhalla's snoring and covering his head with a pillow. 🤣🤣🤣

Veer going into dhrama's room and hears dharma talking in his sleep saying "Did you realize that you have the most beautiful eyes I have ever come across? " and Veer yawns and nods his head "No" looooooooool I nearly fell off my stool with laughter 🤣

Dharam "One glance and I have never been able to forget you… Never have I felt this way before…" loooool and veer frowning thinking "Am I hearing alright or is there something wrong with my ears. 🤣🤣🤣

Dharam stretches out his hand from his pillow and touches Veer's hair "you made that lovely feast especially for me... if only had I known then..." llooooooooooool kya zulfe hai tumhari veer. Me really really want to see this scene 🤣

As Dharam starts stroking his hair, Veer stares at Dharam oddly and starts moving back "Dharam…wake up…wake up…now…" Bechara veer is totally bemused as to what has happened to dharma and thinking he should wake dharma up before he starts saying "Ke kya chaal hai tumhari - chanchal si"🤣

Loool dharma asking veer what he is doing there after he has told veer everything and veer tells him that he is dreaming loudly, bhalla snoring and how is he supposed to sleep 🤣

Veer then grinning, tending his hair and battling his eyelashes and saying that now that that you have complemented my beautiful eyes and lovely hair…I think I am going to start dreaming too. 🤣🤣🤣 😍 ☺️😍 If only daksha could see Veer doing this looooool 🤣🤣

Dharam getting embarrassed, and veer saying that you are going mad and asking if he found the food lovely. So sweet he tucks the amused veer into his bed. Lool veer is never going to let dharma forget this.😆😆

Dharam and Veer being woken up by noises of discored instruments and harsh singing. 😆They both look so shocked at the dreaful songs and how they even make bhalla's snores sound peaceful. 🤣🤣🤣

Dharam going to check the cause of this whereas veer is thinking that I cant wait to go back to aryanagar. 🤣🤣

the guards saying that siya is concentrating on her prayers and dharma laughs and says with this noise and suddenly changes the word to voice and how he loves music, and wants to participate. Maybe he should take some ear plugs. 🤣🤣

Siya with tanpura, and playing agonizing notes on the bechara instruments and enjoying the effect she is causing. 😆🤣🤣

Dharam too memersied with siya to notice that she is singing with unmelodious voice with a mischievous smile. 😆He is enthralled by siya's glorious cascading wet hair and her features that he does not even notice her lack of singing talent. He then leans against the door frame in a dreamland state and not even aware of the guard standing next to him 🤣

Nanda trying to nudge siya and dharma smiling to himself while they are try to get her attention, whereas siya takes her time to open her eyes and sees herself being watched by handsome dharma. 😍

Looool veer's grand entry when he roars to dharam !🤣 🤣 What is this? You were supposed to take care of t...t…this…" Dharam is too busy enjoying himself looking at sia to worry about taking care of the noise.🤣🤣

Looool dharma defending himself by saying "They were praying Veer…how could I disturb them?" 😆Veers response ""Praying? Everyone…even the Lord himself would have come down personally to stop this torture" 🤣

When he says to siya that does she not think this punishment is too harsh and loool once he sees daksha giggling at him, he becomes shy 🤣🤣👏

Siya smiling at dharma and asking him to tell veer to stop. 😍😆Dharam torn betweene two and thinking why involve me in the discussion between bhabi and devar. He is going to get hit by both no matter who's side he takes🤣🤣

Siya's flirty winks, 😍😍which totally shocks dharma and veer. Veer cannot belived that siya did that and asks did she just wink at you. ☺️ Looool its time someone shocked these two. Can you imagine if daksha winked at veer, what he would do?🤣🤣

Veer still in shock telling dharma that siya is a bad influence on him and there is still time to escape. 😆

The girls laughing at their victory so sweet and siya's determination to find out more. Siya's thinking of another scheme on teaching dharma a lesson about making her wait for entire evening. Me so so looking forward to her next plan. 🤣🤣

Daksha asking siya why she is giving Veer a hard time loooooool she is not too worried about dharma who everyone is after. 🤣🤣 Then she says dharma too In fact she is more worried about veer's his fair complexion getting scorched in the sun. Don't worry daksha I will give him by factor 25 sun lotion to put on. 🤣🤣

Siya telling daksha that she is worried about veer than her life and how he was insensitive to her. Siya confused as to who the real dharma is and I like the fact that she notices dharma staring at her and she feels something when he does that. 😍😍😍

Veer examining each weapon so carefully and annoying the workers and the blacksmith. Then he says if he could try the knives – does he want to try the weapons on agni and then bring them back 😆😆

Loooooooool when he said I do not purchase anything without trying it out" then takes aim at a large crevice in a tree. I like how two objects whiz past him and hit the centre of two crevices and veer is not happy and wants to find out who did that and gets flustered. 😍

I love the entry of the veiled girl from the blacksmith, the way you have described her, hand on her hip, the way she pulls the dupatta back, how she lets go of the corner of the veil.😍 I like it how veer notices her large kohl filed eyes, dusky complexion with sharp bewitching features. 😍

How he is amazed at her dress, braided hair and mismatched jewelley along with her enticing smile and posture. Me thinks Veer is dumbstuck by the lady and yeh bhi gaya dharma ki tarah.gaya 😆 👏

I like the fact that he cannot accept that she threw those knives and stutters to ask the question. 😆 I like seeing veer stuck for words.👏😍😍 I like the way she throws it again and veer ducks from the missile that went over his lovely hair. 😆How his expression changes from anger to admiration. I think veer has definately met his match. 😆

• I like the way she indicates to veer with her eyes to go and get the knives and he feels intimated. 😍☺️☺️ 😍 Lool I think this is the first time a girl has told veer to do something and he is not used to it. Koi baat nahi there is a first time for everything and soon he will get used to it. loool🤣🤣🤣

• I like how he first tries to remove the knives casually and they don't budge and then he uses all his might and eventually they fall. Loool I think he is convinced now at the quality of the knives and how he goes and pays the old man.🤣🤣

• I like how he is angry at dharma for deserting him as he made a pura fool out of himself at blacksmiths and at the same time he is trying not to think about the veiled girl.🤣😍😍

• Loool veer angry about all plans being spoilt because dharma is too busy dreaming about siya. 😆😆

Awww lashy 😍 😍, me love the entry of the lady, i cant wait for the next episode for them to meet again 👏