2.LakshMila Ka Vivaah(I)~Mili's Version
Lakshman:
The sacred fire was lit and we were being called.My eyes fluttered wide open from a deep sleep and I was back to the reality of life.The previous moment we were there,both of us admiring our respective brothers and sisters in their wedding galas.
We were the next,and I just remembered that I was a groom too,and next to me stood my beautiful wife.She was shy,yes,I could see,she was!I loved the way her cheeks blushed when the priest took our name together.
Urmila:
How Ironical this situation has been!I never expected my marriage to turn up so soon,such a fast track of events happening in my life.I would have preferred knowledge to a suitor.My mother has been lecturing my elder sister a few days back,about marriage and new relationships,and I had been sitting there,listening them way too lightly.
Everything is happing so fast,the past few days had changed everything. I don't know what to feel.
Lakshman:
I don't know what to feel.We were exchanging our garlands.For the first time,I was so confused about myself.I have been the most angry as well as the most fun-loving among the four brothers.But Bhaiya was my whole wide world,and I do wonder,Will I ever be able to take care of my wife?It sounds so unacceptable.Wife,or when she is Urmila herself, will I ever be able to take my eyes off her!The smile on my face has carved out as a reflection from my heart.
Urmila:
The heart,oh the root cause of every irony!Siya di was in love with Jijashree Ram and they are getting married,and that is so perfect.But how did I fell in love with this oh-so-angry Prince of Ayodhya?And forget it,I knew my love story would have no conclusion but I am here,eventually getting married to him.I am so happy about it, yet his those words still keep ringing in my ears.Had I done the wrong thing?Was that not a life saving promise?I wanted him so desperately,or I wanted to stay with my sisters?We were asked to sit down in the mandap,and the holy chants began.Its just like we won't be like a normal couple, as my instincts assure me.
Lakshman:
I feel proud and embarrassed over myself at the same time.Was I really supposed to get married?Will I be able to keep a balance between my duties and my life.I had decided it long before that I won't get married, no one would have believed it ,being the mischievous teenage boy I was.Oh great!Look at me now,I am too shy to look around.I made a disgusted face before,but I didnt wanted her to sense that I was unhappy about this marriage,because truly ,I was not.By the way,Urmila is looking gorgeous in this attire,for the first time,I had seen such a girly side of hers.
Urmila:
The kanyaadaan was was being performed.I looked up at my parents and found tears in their eyes,which made me emotional as well.Those eyes spoke a lot and I had found guilt,care,respect
and absolute love in them.Was that for me?I realized a little lately that I had been crying. Images of my life till date kept on flashing before my eyes.My parents' eyes spoke of the guilt that they feel for not concentrating enough on me.I wanted to speak to them,tell them that I never thought like this and I never will.Instead,everything made me stronger and independent.Siya has been my blood sister and I love her the most in this world,that's it!
Lakshman:
She was in tears,actually,she was emotional.But I can't see her like that,it doesn't feel gud.How weird life is,I thought!Even if I had to get married someday,was it had to be Urmila..?
Really,she is one of a kind.She is so chirpy,although most of our qualities are quite similar,her biggest passion is to fight with me.We still are poles apart,but won't she be such a wonderful wife?I would be even happier if I would just stare at her all my life.URMILA,was going to be my wife,how can I believe?
Urmila:
After my kanyaadaan,something terribly shook me from inside.I was going to be PRINCE LAKSHMAN'S wife!And this is not a game,I would be in a sacred relationship. I have to be a support to him and his strength. I don't know whether he'll accept me whole heartedly or not?Because I have done that and the promise I made to him,in which I shall never interfere in his duties,is to be always kept no matter what.He is one in a million,either somebody accepts it or not,I know him.He is no ordinary...
Lakshman:
Urmila is extraordinary, I realized it yesterday when she promised me that she won't stand between me and my duties towards Ram.She isn't just a mere woman,she is divine just like her own sister,intellectual and rational like her parents.The respect she has gained in my eyes ,over these vivid days,cannot be described.Shanta Didi tied my uttariya's one end to her odhni's one,it symbolized a relation between a husband and a wife.I automatically felt as if our fates have been connected, and that itself brought a sense of responsibility in our lives.
Urmila:
The pheras have to begin anytime soon.I was his better half now and he was mine.My heart began to pump loudly,I found myself really nervous.I am confused whether he'll still accept me or not.I suppose myself to be really lucky having getting married to the person I loved.But will he love me back?Yesterday,whenever I talked him about my love for him,he would speak of his regret to not to be with me completely.So many thoughts at the same instant,I could not help thinking so much.
Lakshman:
We were asked to stand up for the pheras.As soon as I held her hands in mine,I could easily sense she was really nervous.That made me think as well.Hmm,life would be so much fun with her,I thought,each day we both would come up with a new theory to tease our brothers and sisters.She would make our palace's atmosphere so lively,as far as I know her.It brought a smile on my face that very moment.Aren't we perfect?
The priest began the first phera...
TBC...
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