ShairShing raani ko leke mahal chala jata hai. Sabhi log ye dekh kar heran the.
Tabhi unhi me se ek Jiska naam Maya tha. Maya rajya me banane wale hathiyaro ki pramukh thi.
Maya: Hum par aaj tak aesi Rani raaj kar rahi thi, jo hamari to kya apni khud ki bhi raksha nahi kar sakti!
Mohini: Maya, jab puri baat pata na ho, to kuch bolna nahi chahiye.
Maya: Kyun nahi bolna chahiye? Ek anjan ladke ke liye khud ko kisi ke samne bech diya tumhari raani ne.
Vasundhara: Tumhari raani! Kya wo tumhari raani nahi hai?
Maya: Haan, nahi hai aisi rani jo khud ki raksha nahi sakti, to hamari kya karegi.
Maya ke sath me or bhi log aami bharne lage the.
Vasundhara: Haaa haaa, sahi to kaha tumne, Maya.
Maya mushkura ne lagti hai. Mohini hairani se Vasundhara ko dekhne lagti hai.
Mohini: Vasundhara!
Vasundhara: Sahi to kaha hai, Mohini. In haram, ehsan faramosh logo ki raani thodi na ho sakti hai.
Maya: Apni jaban band karo.
Vasundhara: Tumhare samne kya sambhalna, tum raani ke na ho sake to hamari kya hogi.
Vasundhara: Wo raani jo tum sabke liye itne dard sahan karti hai, use aaj tum apni raani manne se inkaar rahe ho.
Vasundhara: Jo gunah usne nahi kiya, uski saja wo bhugat rahi hai, taki tum sab aram se reh sako.
Ye kehte huve Vasundhara bolne lagti hai.
10 saal pehle,
Prakriti Dwip par Rani Padmini ka raj tha, aur Chanralekha (raani) abhi 25 saal ki thi, ek raaj kanya. Prakriti Dwip par, parivaar dwaara nahi, balki pratyogita (competition) ke through agli raani ko chuna jata tha.
Is pratyogita mein unki sastra aur shastra ki pariksha hoti thi. Aur isme sabse adhik ank jama karne wali kanya ko agli raani ke liye raaj kanya banaya jata tha, aur usay raani ki shiksha di jati thi. Is shiksha ke dauraan, agar raaj kanya ka vyavhaar acha nahi raha to use rad kiya jata tha.
Is pratyogita mein Chanralekha ne sabse adhik ank jama karke raaj kanya ke liye chuni gayi thi.
Prakriti Dwip ke log sabhi khushali se jite the. Raani Padmini ke raj mein, rajya ki samrudhi apni charam seema tak thi. Is samrudhi ko dekhkar aas-pass ke kayi anya rajyo ko jalan hoti thi. Kaise kisi mahila ke rajya mein itni samrudhi ho sakti hai. Rajya kai aadmi aurate ek saman kam krte the, sainya me bhi sath sath ladate the.
Unme se ek rajya Bundelkhand tha, jo Prakriti Dwip se bada tha, lekin itna samriddh nahi tha. Iska raja Bhairo tha, jo Prakriti rajya ko apne adhikar mein lane ki ichha rakhta tha.
Prakriti raajya ke kile par khade ek sainik ne dekha ki samundar mein 9-10 jahaj aate hue dikh rahe hain. Is drishya ko dekhkar sainik apna shankh baja kar yudh ka ishara deta hai.
Shankh ke nad se sabhi ko harkat la diya tha. Raani, apne yuddh ke vastron mein, dhoti aur angrakha pehankar bahar aayi. Usne ek kavach bhi dharan kiya tha, jise alag-alag prakar ke prahar se surakshit rakhata hai.
Raani ke aadesh anusaar rajkanya ko mahal ke nichle taikhane mein surakshit rakha tha, jahan pe teen sainik bhi the. Unki raksha ke liye tainat kiye gaye the. Rajya ke aurate aur baccho ko bhi anya taikhane me surakshit rakha gya tha.
Iss aur jahajon se mahal par golo se prahar kiya ja rha tha, Jahajon se utare sainik mahal ki or badh rahe the, unke hath mein talwar aur dhanush the. Dhanush se teer samay-samay par mahal ki or chod diye ja rahe the. Mahal ki diwaron par khade sainik bhi teeron ki barish kar rahe the.
Is yuddh mein kai sainik apni jaan gawa rahe the. Inme ek aisa yodha tha, ShairShing, jo Prakriti rajya ke liye lad raha tha. Vah ek badi talwar liye khada tha aur mahal ki diwaron par rassi se chadh kar aane wale dushmanon ko apni talwar ka shikar bana raha tha.
Mahal ke bahar, Bhairo aur uske sainik dwar ko todne mein lage the. Ek bada sa lakda dwar se takra kar use tod rahe the, dwar ke hinges diwaron par apni pakad chod rahe the, jiske sath hi awaz karte huve dwar gir jata hain.
Dwar girne ke sath hi Bhairo aur uske sainik mahal ke maidan mein pravesh kar gaye, aur bich mein khade sainikon se ladte hue aage badh rahe the.
Dur khadi Raani Padmini pareshan ho gayi, kyunki uska rajya tabah hone ki kagar par tha.