ASHOKA and DEVI....the royals

ashok shut the door of his room and forcefully made her sit in the bed. devi was scared at her nerves of what happened some moments ago and now her husbands anger. but to her amusement he took out a herbal creme and applied it on her neck.
ashok : just wish this wouldn't be a permanent scare...
devi : i...
ashok : don't say a thing , just rest we have to leave tomorrow morning.
it was hard for her to predict his mood , with her he always smiles totally different from his demonic form , sometimes he says rude things , don't show any respect to his own father and sometimes can give his own life for magadha.
ashok : if u think about me , you wouldn't able to sleep . ashok shrugged still eyes closed but know her thoughts and her innocence.

the very next morning ,  kashyap and suman with charumitra has left for gandhar, kayavat with his wife and mother has left to his capital , now only sushim and ashok was there to leave , there wives extra packing was the reason of the longest wait. when bindusaar came to dharma with a shocking news.
bindusaar : dharma , you know the ritulas na , when childrens are shifted to new homes there mother has to go there for some time , to tell them home making , and our rituals.

dharma : yes ! and i already packed my belongings to go with ashok .

bindusaar : you are not going with ashok but with sushim , samraagi had left with suman , someone has to go with sushim too , so you go .

dharma : and what about ashok ? her eyes had tears , it happens always because of bindusaar she has to choose sushim over ashok .

bindusaar : i have already made the arrangements  rajbadhu asandhimitra's maternal grandmother is a hindu , and lives in gwalior she will go with them , and help rajbadhu in her new home .

dharma didn't answer her husband , just head to ashok's room to make him more sad.

ashok : why this always happened ? your husband everytime spoil my happiness .....i was soo happy finally we could live happily in our home and now , you are not coming.

dharma : i will come , when my grandchild will come .

ashok : i will come to take you.

the mother son duo hugged each other tight as dharma noticed an uneasy face on devi .

dharma : go take final blessings from acharya , i will bring devi in main entrance.

when ashok leaved the room she noticed asandhimitra tired early morning.

dharma : what happened to you , my daughter.
devi : this jewellery is so heavy mother.

dharma : i know , but you are the queen of ujjaini , you have to be adore with ujjaini's royal jewels.....and one more thing here is the list , of ashok's favourite foods and the things he is allergic too ......one more thing , he catches cold very easily in monsoons take care of him ok ,

he kissed her daughters forehead , who was now more tensed .

outside the palace stood a beautiful white elephant , decor with jewels , very powerful and strong , beside him stood 12 mesmerizing horse ,  some bullocks with royal seal of avanti , a whole bunch of maids and senaiks , all eyes on asandhimitra as ashok give her his hand on stairs and she accepted.
sushim has already left so that he doesn't have to face ashok one more time.

and then with there final goodbyes ashok helped her over the royal elephant and sit beside her. siamak was the new senapati of avanti and 3 more brothers of ashok from bindusaar's concubines got there place in avantis court , acharya akarmak , all got up in the horse as bullocks , maids , bare foot senaik followed the royals of avanti.

asandhimitra : its scary. ( she whispered in his ears )
ashok : what ?
asandhi : i never rode in an elephant .
ashok : don't be scared he is my friend , jampa .
asandhi : ok ....
ashok : now , tell me the real reason of your tension , i am noticing you from morning.
asandhimitra : is it ok ? i m sitting beside you.
ashok : yes , or where will you sit , you are my consort , you will be with me .
asandhimitra : but i m a commoner .
ashok : you was a commoner , until i married you , now queen of avanti , tension doesn't suites you.
asandhimitra : what if people doesn't like me as your consort.
ashok : if anyone disrespects you for your birth caste , he isn't disrespecting you but the whole maurya vansh , you are my wife , the daughter in law of mauryas , and your respect means ours.
asandhimitra : is it true that after marriage womens caste , religion and everything changes to her husband in hindu dharma .
ashok : yes and according to that now you doesn't belong to shakya clan of buddhist but kshtriya clan of hindus , its only i allowed you to worship buddha , but not everyone do this.
he winked at her , she looked away with a blush.

there day journey ended in gwalior towards an asharm , reaching there siamak rushed for food counter and devi dragged ashok towards an old home of widows belong to her granny.
she rushed inside while ashok moved slowly learning his surroundings , but was shocked to see a parrot sitting in the main room and singing.
parrot : " the most beautiful is kani "
a giggling sound from the widow asahram's , devi was hugging an old women , who was hundred times more happy then asandhimitra.

ashok looked at her from head to toe , she was old white hairs , wrinkled skin but glowing , he couldn't help but noticed same features and smile as her wife . the old lady noticed his stares .
granny : so , you married my daughter .
ashok : pranam . ( he went to touch her feets but the old lady was more young)
granny : how dare you , are you telling me that i am old by touching my feets.
ashok : i....i( he looked at devi for help but she just smiled )
granny : i am more beautiful then your wife come give me a hug .
with the hug ashok knows his life is gonna be strict under this young granny .

the next morning , they decided to go as fast as they can to reach ujjaini before sunset. in the afternoon finally they reached ujjaini , devi was more happy then anyone her new home was in front of her , the royal palace of ujjaini was a mesmerzing palace , stood tall in a yellowish paint with red curtains flowing high on the sky, the path was decorated with flowers , the mukhiya , samanth of each village or town under avanti was there to welcome there royal couple .

ujjaini was god blessed capital , with various temples , vihars and jain temples , it was asandhimitra dream city , she wanted to visit here once but never got the chance infact before her marriage sanchi was the only place she ever visited . ashok helped her down from jampa , jampa was a smart elephant he knows about his mistress , he bowed down to her as she patted .

the head priest and head monk came ahead for there welcome , king ashok excepted it with a pleasant smile , but devi has already noticed the sadness and anger in jain priest and peoples face they are feeling low , because there king was a hindu , hindus will get a special priveledge and there queen was a buddhist means they will get a special priveledge but jains will be throwed out in  a corner.

devi tucked in his arm , telling him to see what she does through eyes , the head priest noticed it .
ashok : i don't think the head priest of jains wants to welcome us .
there kings words made him jump like a baby get his toy back . the hindu priest who was till now developed a hate for devi was now smiled to each other getting to know they were wrong.




 

ASHOKA and DEVI ....aryaputra

m really sorry for this big delay , because my health.

but promise abse pakka updates...

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after 2 weeks,

its been 2 weeks of sushim's injuries , he had stopped meeting everyone and only allows his mother , aradi and virat his 2 year old son to be near him . virat is quiet happy to see his father play with him the whole day. while sushim not feel a percent of shame to hit his wife but aradi knows she is the only mental support sushim has. with the phyiscal abuse still there relationship is the best in the whole palace until ashok has married devi.

it was noon , ashok hadn't saw devi since the morning as he was busy his work from last 2 weeks making it impossible to talk to her. he entered the room shocked to see all the curtains down , the room was a pitch black and a soft silent sobs made his heart flutter .
silently , he walked over to asandhimitra and placed his hand on her head.
ashok : something you wanted to tell me.
asandhimitra : when you arrived....you didn't informed me. says hiding her own visible tears.
ashok : don't you dare lie to me . say what happened .
devi : nothing .


ashok : DEVI , I HAVE NO PATIENCE. he shouted top of his voice scaring the whole home.
devi : i....i...i can't live here. scared of his anger and her in-laws treatment finally she broked into his arms , feeling the pain and insult she recevied in this 2 weeks.
ashok : what happened , tell me .
devi : no one likes me here , except you and mother .....father only shows respect because of the baby i m going to give this family , and rest of the peoples , no one even talks to me , empress has said a clear no to me to enter the kitchen .....she says i will spoil its purity.....i want to go back , to the peoples of mine , you know in vedisanagari , everyone treats me so well ......i want to go away .


ashok was scared for this day , he knew his family members are not insulting devi for her caste but for her beauty , the unreasonable love she is receving from him , his jealous family members can't see ashok's happiness , and his happiness is asandhimitra.
ashok : devi , a little time dear, the court has already decided that it is time to set the viceroys of each states and i know i will be selected , after we will go somewhere else , to our home . okay , and promise me that you will not talk about leaving me ever.
she nodded a no with her head , as he stole her lips for a kiss.


before the sunset , it is the time for the final court , where what will happen tomorrow is declared , this court has only mens , much to everyone's happiness they doesn't have to see the shrwed empress here.
bindusaar : its time for the announcement of the four aryaputra ( viveroy ) of four provisions .
the four provisions are avanti - capital ujjaini , takshila , gandhara , vhidarvan .
the aryaputra of vhidarvan will be prince kayavat . the aryaputra of gandhara will be prince kashyap , the aryaputra of takshila will be crown prince sushim , and the aryaputra of avanti will be prince ashok .


bindusaar's declaration shocked everyone , prince kayavat is a very good politician and warrior he will be aryaputra no doubt , bindusaar love is daughter suman and everyone knows of prince kashyap's patriotism , but crown prince getting a small provision from his young brother is something to gossip in , indirectly the council members proved that ashok is the only one handling a big state as avanti ( todays madhya pradesh , half maharashtra , gujrat , and half rajasthan ) .


and on top of that as chamanagari lies in avanti his mothers place and vedisanagari too being there it will be easier for ashok to rule over there .
everyone was greeting the new aryaputra and greeting were send to there will be queens.
sushim : ( to himself ) smile ashok , but after tonight you wouldn't able to smile forever .



devi was the happiest person in the earth today as aradi , kayavat wife was finally they will be going to there own home . enough of the stupid rules of charumitra.
champa : what happened to you today .
devi : champa , pack all the things , first clothes and jewellaries , when aryaputra will come then i will pack his books and all things.


dharma was already slept as tushyapa was , ashok was late as usaual but a knock in the main door and a smile on her lips .
she got open the door herself to congratulate him , but to her shock it was sushim in the doors , immadietly she lowered her eyes , and covered her head with her chunri . (wife is not allowed to talk to  husband's elder brother or father as rituals ).
sushim walked a inch close to her as she moved back . he was staring at her in a red saree , she was shining in the moonlight , her eyes has a sparkle but she was still looking down . and silently moving towards dhrama room to wake her up .


sushim : wake up chooti ma , i have to talk to her .
sushim is a coward can not even hurt a lady in her face . as she faced dharma door he placed his sword over her neck . and held her hands for hiis own safety measures
devi : what is this .
sushim : sword , if you wouldn't be alive , how will your son will come in this life.
he placed the sword more tightly making her skin got a small cut , a small drop of blood falled in her fair skin , but before he could tighten it more , in no seconds he was flying in the air .
ashok : how dare you , do this .
devi : swami , her face lit up seeing him arrive with siamak and kashyap . but ashok had seen the small drop of her blood , his own blood boiled seeing a single cut in his beloved.


in no moments , sushim has met his demon brother , eyes red , ashok every muscle shown clearly in the moon light as he removed his uttariya , for a clear punishment.
and made sushim stand up pulling his collar , punch after punch , sushim now joined muscles and bones was again in danger.
hearing the noice everyone came to see a horrified sushim running away from ashok black and blue and red too , and ashok was in no mood of leaving him .
bindusaar has already know what happened seeing devi scared in sharma and subhrasi arm , her neck has  a cut , and sushim fallen sword has blood .
charumitra made her move to stop ashok but in vain , sushim was leing in floor tired of sorries , and ashok was still in his demonic form . but before ashok could kill his brother , a crying virat has already came for his father's safety. hugging him .
virat : plzz , don't kill father  , plzz , .....i m sorry.
ashok can't refuse a 2 year old pleadings , and his regular sobbings , he just placed a hand in virat's head and leaved sushim .


charumitra : now , tell me why you was hurting my son .
but ashok just hold devi's upper arm and forcefully took her with him upstairs .
bindusaar : ashok , stop .
but he didn't ,
kashyap and siamak told everyone about what sushim did .
and bindusaar declared his punishment to be given in court tomorrow.

 

hearts bond...

baade daata was sitting all alone , a family picture in hand, he remembered a painful day , when jaiwanta was having a fever , uday came running from america to see his wife, he remember how one sudden night uday came home holding a bride's hand and said " i got married" . how scared he was when his mother introduced him to pratap, and how shocked uday was when he saw shakti and pratap painting in his official files, when pratap won an essay competition his essay was " my favorite super hero " and he didn't write batman or superman , he wrote my father...

suddenly , a knock on door , bd: come in.

it was uday coffee in hand , and eyes down .

uday : daata , coffee . bd took a sip

bd : u made it. he nodded.

uday : i promise shakti will be home by tomorrow ,

bd: and you.

uday : can u please give this letter too jaiwanta , i don't have the strength to face her. he took out a letter from his pocket.

bd : u r my boy , didn't i told u how to sorry. bd was like a strict teacher.

uday: sorry isn't enough .

bd : ur sorry will be accepted when u will take your wifes responsibility , its on u how to make my daughter fall for u again. uday came forward and hugged his father.

bd ( thought): pratap and his friends will punish u at the right time. he smiled deviliy.

pratap came in and was shocked to see the scene.

bd: and teach your son how to propose . uday and bd laughed on a besharam pratap who laughed too making his daata and bd give him a look " its nothing for u too laugh stupid". he left the room , and went in ajabde's room for u know. don't u.

he slept in the bed , got under the blanket , and soon his hand found her waist , only to send shivers down his spine , and loud scream from him to wake up the whole country . because in place of ajab's soft skin it was a rough one , in place of her 30inch it was surely wider .

 

he slapped him tight on his left cheeks , making everyone entered the room in a rush , just to see two stupid brothers fighting .
sh : dadabhai , it hurts .
pr : what are u doing here, wouldn't u was kidnapped by dheer bhutni,
sh : dadabhai , i m pratap singh younger brother i know how to secure my self ,
pr : what happened there , tell me in detail.
FLASHBACK
shakti head hurt because of the hit in his head . his face was covered in black cloth, his mouth , hands , legs were tied with rope , wait a sec , only his mouth was tied , not his hand and legs .
THUD!!! his chain of thoughts was broken with a slap .
man : woke up, kitten. before he could say another word out . shakti punched his abdomen , as fast he could do , he got up twisted that man's arms , tied him with ropes make him sit in the seat just like he was sitting. and was about to leave ,
girl : wouldn't u will ask who untied u.. he turned to get a shock , eyes wider than a owl .
shakti : phool , a smiled curved his lips , as she came forward and hugged his classmate cum boyfriend.
phool : what are u doing , here . and why bade papa kidnapped u .
shakti : no time , phool we have to run .
FLASHBACK ENDS.
pr : ohh, your chirpy noisy bird is here too .
som : hey she is waiting downstairs with some sort of info.
pr : u go , som . this boy has to pay .
som left both brothers having a pillow fight like puppies.
karna : phool , may i ask u what were u doing in such a place .
phool : rao maldev is my baade papa who take cares of me after my mom's death, I heard his convo with dheer mousi that they had kidnapped shakti I went for help ,
also I had covered the man's mouth with cloth , so know one could knoe who is he , and his mouth is tied carfully too ,and they our big fools , u can go with your plan.
bd : good job my child , but now the question arises how will we punish them .
rawatji : there list of crimes are enough for punishment.

In the morning , patta went school , no one wants the little monkey to get injured , pratap with ajabde drove him school and patta introduced them as his parents, saying he always wanted a good set of parents as his friends had. Uday got a call early morning during breakfast ,
Dheer : hello , uday darling , get your property ready to hand over me, or I will send you shakti's death body .
Uday : no, don't hurt my son , I m coming at 9 . showing dheer fake concern.
Dheer : alright come soon , I m waiting for my money , but come alone . she laughed so loud that in return he got bark of street dogs , who maybe replying to there queen
And here uday after disconnecting the call seeing his younger son , mouth full of parantha , one hand is full with banana and another with juice totally looking like gorilla .

kidnapped...

some days have passed since there hospital trip , pratap is as usual late from work, he is handling his baade daata's company after he retired, jb is in a business trip, som, veeni , aky, has come to stay in baade daata's home as pg to take care of old peoples , and for a family type feeling ,u know.they were welcomed with ajabde waiting, little worried , after the supper

ajab: i have a request? from all of u. a fake smile appeared in her face

pratap: is it something related with patta. patta came running down stairs all crying and stood in front of pratap

patta : i can't sleep pratu, help me

pr: how could i help u in sleeping

pa: bring me my toys, and blanket

pr: all shops must be closed by now , i will get u tomorrow ok

pa: no, my toys which jija has brought me , they are in monsters home

aky : why i m feeling like hum sab ki band bajne wali hai...all buddies swallowed a lump in their throat.

in no time , pratap, aky , som, veeni,and they called chakri too(hum akele q phanse).all were driving too mm home

aky: lets go

som: r u naive , if we will go to the main door we have to fight with bodyguard(after that incident, he had put some)

pratap: we r going like thieves , and mm gonna see his worst dream

kitchen's window was open, all jumped in

aky: its cake. i m eating it

som pulled him again, all heroes in their tip toes. gather all patta's toys and something ajab called too. as they headed back , they found mm sitting in his room watching t.tv

som: i have an idea , all agreed with a devil smile,aky shut the main switch according to plan , before mm could get up from his seat , he was surrounded by 5 mens,

veeni :do what we say or otherwise , u will pay with your life

mm: who r u , and what leads your way here

pratap: we r the criminals from central jail, we want some entertainment so we came here , any problem

mm is a born coward, he hit ajab from behind, so how could he fight with criminals in disguise

mm : say what i have to do , but don't kill me plzz

pratap: that's a good boy. now go and stand there , he reflected with his torch , and dance ( he did, a quit donkey dance), sit like a dog and bark (he did) , now stand still and save yourself, the worst , the buddies are standing in dark , so he can't make out , who are they)

chakri : i will start , he throwed a vanilla cake on mm , which hit his face .

som: my turn , he picked up paneer ki sabzi , some fell inside mm mouth.

mm (thought ): isse toh accha hota maar dalte , gyi saari izzat aab toh

the gang continued throwing dishes until kitchen was left with none.

aky: he looks like a ghumta-ghamta sabzi bazaar

mm: leave me please. he begged hard.almost crying

pratap: alright, just last thing , tell us all your crimes list

mm started blabbering , not even thinking what he is saying

mm: i raped girls i forgot number, how much sons i have i forgot, i was the reason of my wife's suicide. i bitted my childrens , and not the least , i cheated my best friend uday singh , he trusts me i broke his marraige by given a false report of jagmal saying that jagmal is us son but no, he is not . just this , now leave me

pratap was numb.he remembered all his memories with his father .

aky: why u did soo . everyone was fuming with anger

mm: it doesn't consist u

it was enough for pratap , to go and pick him up with collor

pratap: why u did such a thing with my parents, why . pratap's eyes has tears , he is like a wounded lion, who has lost his best buddy his father because of this man

mm: ohh , so its pratap singh and gang , i should have think it before

pratap punched his face so hard that his eyes were black, nose mouth is bleeding, he threwed him hard on floor, aky pick him up , one by one he was punched , slapped , kicked on his every part of skin, by everyone . finally, mm opened his mouth

mm: jb's marriage was fixed with me , uday singh came in between , married jaiwanta in the same mandap , were i was going to marry her , and then u came , w**ch she was,

pratap can't handle much now , throwed him in his glass door, hearing loud noise bodyguards came in

pratap: i will kill u , ba****rd . chakri pulled him opposite side

chakri: leave him pratap, law can go against us , if we will react now, vaise bhe sirf naam ke liye zinda hai ye mamrakh. they all pulled him outside . the whole journey , pratap think of his father , and mamrakh's word

they were welcomed home with serious faces , rawatji was there too , i friends not even had a single scratch for any one to make out of their fight

patta: pratu , thnks god u came back , bhai shakti is not in home.

pratap: where is he , in this time of hour.

rawatji: relax, pratap. sit down , ajabde bring some water.

baade daata : pratap, its a serious matter , u wouldn't do any stupidity in your anger, it can cause shakti loose his life.</font>

rawatji: dheer, rao maldev has kidnapped shakti

pratap: why for , he was shocked to even think his shakti is kidnapped.

rawatji: as uday filed divorce against dheer asked for his property, he said no, and now they had kidnapped shakti , asking for your father's, bd, and your own property

pratap: that stupid , can't even take care of himself

"rawatji: the kidnappers have called us, and shakti gave u a message

shakti's message ,

dadabhai,the sunrise is from east , the sunset is from west, rememeber how we urge bd to take us to a place,in that place a baby is going to be born

i m waiting dadabhai

pratap: stupid, writing poems while kidnapped

ajabde: wait , its not a poem , its a message , see his waiting for u

 

ajab: pratap , the middle part of message is easy for us to solve , we should concentrate on that first.

aky: yeah, remember buddy , the place.

pr: can't remember , bd do u know?

bd: how can i forget , we visit gardens every sunday. but different park each sunday.

rawatji : he give the description of sunrise , sunset , think a parks name.

us: the east west park. suddenly , uday makes a entry.

bd: how dare u enter my home. bd was fuming with rage but pratap was looking down because of guilty.

us: its all happening becoz of me, once shakti will come back all safe and sound , i will go.

karna : but why u didn't give your property to your own son . she taunted her son making his eyes moist.

rawatji: i will tell. he narrated followed by chakri showing there video recording.(did i tell, they made a video of mm) making everying controlling their laugh, and patta jumping in excitement.

som: alright, so now we have to make a full proof plan for shakti's rescue.

karna : but before that , ajab take patta , babies should sleep now.

pa: my toys , pratu .

pratap: here, come on i will help u fall asleep.

som: pratap, just help patta ok . everyone chuckled making ajabde similar to tomato, and pratap (he is a born besharam), he followed her. soon, patta was sleeped between his jija and pratu.

ajab: goodnight . she was about to turn pratap held her wrist and soon his hand was travelling in her waist under her tee. noone spoke a word just enjoy there little moment until they got a call from chakri outside the room.

rawatji: they are near east west garden but new born baby,

ajabde : maybe some new building , something constructing near by.

som: hey ! a mall is building infront of the park.

veeni: i never know shakti is so brilliant , to give us the location without even the kidnappers knowledge.

pratap: but such a silly line. he laughed alone.

rawatji: i m sending cops , for rescue.

us: no rawat, i have some personal issues to sort out.

pr: i too, that peoples have to pay.

pratap and uday looked at each other but guilty arose and both looked away.

uday(thought): just shakti came home , then i will go far away from everyone, jaiwanta has moved on , i don't want her to feel all the guilt , saddness again.

dheer:how dare that uday slapped me , he said a no for giving jagmal his property , for pratap and shakti , once i get the property then they will see the real dheer.

ss: uday knew about our lie , and mamrakh did half of the things. he glared at him.

mm: pratap, has to pay for what he did with me , i will kill him.

rm: just once , they give us there property then they will see who are we, ajabde said a no for becoming my wife, she will pay for this , i will make her pay.

they all laughed a evil smile , not knowing they are going to be attacked soon

 

 

ASHOKA and DEVI.....ahinsa marg

bindusaar has called ashoka for a meeting in the court, devi was all alone in the room pacing from this corner to that when , dharma and subhrasi and dai maa came.

devi : maa...

dharma : come sit here , she make her sit in the dressing .

dai maa : devi , it is the royal families rituals , u see when a marriage alliances held , the new bride brought her kingdom as a dowry , but when a marriage for love is held , the bride brought glory and happiness to the family , it is said that her every move attracts the god and goddess towards the home indicating happiness in her form , to make it easier for our lords to see the bride , she has to wear some special jewelaries for 2 months.

dai maa opened a box ,it has payals , a kamarbandh , and a bajubandh. and made waer all this .

devi : you okay , dai maa. she had already noticed her numb eyes.

dai maa : last time maharani durdhara wore it , she looks soo beautiful. when your mother in law came she too has to wear this , but the empress has a clear no in her jealousy.

devi looked at dharma , who was recalling the past.

 

 

in the concubine home ,

con 1 : i heard rajkumar ashok bride has arrived.

con 2 : but maharani dharma doesn't arrived here to let us meet her.

con 3 : must be scared that hum usse nazar lga denge.

con 1 : but it is the ritual she should gift us new clothes as her daughter in law , has arrived.

empress: maharani dharma , she is ready.

maharani dharma : she is.

it is the rituals when a new bride comes the lady of the home (empress) took her in a tour of the palace. and in the name of bride gifts were given to servants and concubines.

the tour has made devi really excited seeing a library full of books , the royal kitchen and especailly the music room. ( she has a great fond of music and dance).

much to dharma amusement , asandhimitra has already established a friendship with charumitra .

they heard a sorrowful moan of sushim from dangal sthal , charumitra and dharma run to there full speed former scared for her son , later scared of her son .

devi was looking from upstairs , ashok brothers , friends , senaik all were present there and she was not a women to go in such a place.

charumitra entered to a scene , her son lying on the ground all black and blue , holding his left broken arm in great pain , while ashok was standing nearby , with his coconut water.

charu : ashok!!! what did u do?

ashok : badi mata , we were just practising and brother lost for his younger brothers happiness . he smiled sheepisly pointed at himself.

charu : say the truth , why u did this.

ashok : it is not important what i did and for what , take him to the hospital before all his blood is soaked by ground.

charumitra and sushim's friend help him get up and started to leave when.

ashok : brother , never even try to go near her , u know na i am a true monster .

before him ashok leaved for his room and found a terrified devi in the doorsteps.

ashok : what are you doing here ?

devi : i was...i ...i

daasi : rajkumar , aapko samrat ne bulaya hai rajkumari ke saath .

ashok and devi came to the open garden where a priest was talking to samrat bindusaar .

samrat : he is my son rajkumar ashok , ashok he is a great priest from himalayas seek his blessings.

ashok with devi touched the priest feets , and he blessed them

samrat : tell us , what they have in there future.

the preist after thinking for some time .

"the first child of rajkumar ashok with his first wife and better-halve, will win the lanka with ahinsa , he will up from any royal tag , and will make his parents proud on him , the child will come true with samrat chandragupt maurya's last wish "

ashok and bindusaar was shocked plus happy looking at eachother , while devi was happy that her son will be in ahinsa path .

samrat : how come winning a land with ahinsa .

chanakya : thats what samrat wished to see his great great grandsons in ahinsa marg.

later that night ,
bindusaar : dharma is soo happy , learning about his baby's baby.
chankya : it is a happy news to travel like fire all over the palace .
ashok : can i join u ?
bindusaar : can we ask what are u doing here , you should be in your room ?
ashok : i was just ....going .
helena : see , bindusaar here we are dreaming about are choota rajkumar and your son is roaming around the palace , how will our rajkumar will come ?
her questing made ashok jump from his seat and move towards his room , with a huge grin on face , finally able to spend some time with devi after such a long tiring day.

sushim : i wouldn't ....leave you ashok....nor you....nor your wife...
revati : i don't think you will be able to walk for some weeks now.
sushim : shut up ....you moron ...where is aradi ?
sushim anger was engulfing him after he got to know about the priest words.

ASHOKA and DEVI....man and wife

devi was sitting infront of her dressing , nervous by seeing her dress, she was wearing a red silk dhoti , with no uttariya to cover her chest ( dress like charumitra's one ) , she was wearing a very light set of jewellaries , her ezposed back was covered with her long shining hairs. suman came for more teasing but was stopped seeing the dead expression on devi's face.

suman : u want something , bhabhi.

devi : suman , i m wearing less clothes , more jewellary, i m not going anywhere like this.

revati : don't go anywhere na , go to your room , rajkumar ashok is waiting.

she closed her eyes , with a heavy heart moved toward the room . the room was decorated with flowers , but has no lightings only the moonlight was there (enough to lit up the room)

devi : why there is no light ? bhabhi.

revati : what will u do of lights , today . revati left giggling with suman , aradi was already in her room quiet happy to see sushim playing with his little one.

she sat quietly in the sofa but was jumped out of it hearing ashoka's talk with suman , down stairs.

today was an enough tourture for ashok , his absence from 1 month has made enough disturbance in the army and he has to calm it down , he was soo much tired that completely forgot about being married.

ashok throwed himself in the bed , and hit his head again and again in the pillow , a twingling sound of payal make him look up to a nearby pillar , a smile curved on his lips seeing devi hiding herself behind a pillar. he moved towards her , held her hand , it was cold.

ashok : come out.

devi : no , came a weak response , but he was ashok never heard a "no" , he gripped her hand more tight than before , and make her come from her hiding , it was like thunder shook his very spine , he never known she can appear so much seductive , the moonlight was falling on her milky white skin , she was looking like the day of there first meet but has a difference that day she has anger in her eyes , today she has love.

in no time , she could feel like flying , he took her in his arms and get her comfortable seat in the bed , he moved towards the balcony laid the curtains and smiled at his wife who smiled back at him , blushing.

the night encountered the meeting of two bodies becoming one, souls cherished in eachother's love , the boy everyone proud of his bravery , a prince of adventures , is now a man of responsiblity , a man of love ; the princess of his father is now the queen of her husband, the girl who has love for everyone is now a woman whos world consist only her husband.

when ashok was sure that devi was sleeping he got up from his bed , quietly not in a mood to disturb her early morning , he made his way towards his arena .

from an early age it was the first thing he do , to practise his skills, but today was a dead day.

bindusaar : ASHOK !!! his fathers word made him jump with his sword.

ashok : good morning father , he lowered his head thinking what he did now,

bindusaar : don't u think u should be with your wife now.

ashok : but my daily routine is important .

bindusaar : this tim of your life will never come back , and one day a disturbing person will come in your life throwing u thousand miles away from your wife , like u did.

with a weird look bindusaar moved towards his chamber , confusing ashok on the topic of kids , but he too has no choice then going back ,

devi was still sleeping , he lay down beside her covered her again with his arms , and slept .

the next thing he know he woke up late then everyday , devi has already chnage and was sitting quietly , caring his hairs .

his hand reached her cheeks , she blushed and look away .

ashok : why u love me , my love .

devi : what are u asking my lord.

ashok : just asking ...wait...what...lord.

devi : yes.

ashok : no need , of being formal.

devi : but i mean it . her eyes was getting moist making ashok realise he can never win against her. he just moved close and hus her.

ashok : u win , she giggled. now , tell me why u love me...my skin is rough , i m not good looking then...

devi : i m not a princess , then why u love me...

ashok : becoz u r far better than a princess.

devi : and you are far much better looking then anyone i have ever seen . she clung to him , remembering last night and he replied with same love.

in no time , his lips met hers , a kiss long then an eternity , but they parted from each other when a daasi came with breakfast.

ASHOKA and DEVI...humiliation and changes

devi was wearing a golden dress teamed with maroon dupatta , each part of her body was covered with jewels , especially choosen by dharma , she looks not less than any princess. but her eyes has questions for herself.

will my new family like the fact that i m not a royal ? will they accept me ? will rajkumar 16 mothers accept me ? and fathers concubines ...who cares about them ? what if rajkumar will stop loving me ?

her chain of thoughts were broken by dharma who has come to take her for there last journey from pataliputra's entrance to there palace .

she was quiet in her palaquin , she could feel a hundred eyes staring at her as they entered pataliputra , the public started cheering for there young couple : rajkumar ashok ki jai !!!

rajkumari asandhimitra ki jai !!!

a smile curved on her lips seeing peoples love for her husband , her palaquin stopped when they arrived and ashok came to take her hand , the palace was looking hundred times more beautiful than ever , the stairs was covered with rose petals , long red curtains was flowing with joy , the ministers and bindusaar's 14 wives with their son and daughters were present with wide eyes to see such a matchless beauty in their wild prince wifes form , and ashok showing her soo much love and respect , they fumed with anger.

but when they arrived infront of home's main door , it is the duty of charumitra being bindusaars first wife and lady of the home , to welcome the young couple but she stood in a distance fuming.

bindusaar : samraagi , did u forgot your duty of welcoming the new couple.

charu : i didn't have forgotten my duty , but u did , a lady who has disrespected the yuvraaj will never be welcomed in my palace.

bindusaar : chrumitra , your son has crossed his lines and stepped in her room , he should be punished.

charu : being yuvraaj , he has his first right to propose a girl , and whom he left should be gone to his younger brothers .

ashok : mata , brothers right laid on that girls who are not engaged to anyone , not whos marriage is hours away.

charu : don't u dare back answer me ashok , i m your first mother .

ashok : but u never behaved like one.

charu : ashok!!!

bindusaar : charumitra !! sushim has already shamed me a lot , now don't dare u create a drama infront of everyone.

charumitra left the hall tears in her eyes , with sushim and revati , but a lady was still standing there , with a baby behind her . a glare from sushim and she followed him , she was aradi , sushim's first wife and his child's mother too.

noor : now , who will welcome your daughter maharani dharma .

" i will " a firm voice echoed in the hall , as an old lady entered a thaali in hand , her mere presence brought smile in bindusaar's lips.

dai maa : ashok , introduce to your wife.

ashok : devi , she is dai maa , after maharani durdhara's death she took great care of my father and after that mine too .

devi touched her feets , and the lady replied with love in her eyes .

a minister : rajkumar ashok , u could have married a princess who has brought her land as dowry and an emmense support for u , but u know a mukhiya's daughter brought nothing with her.

the minister's words was like bullet on devi's chest , she hung her head low in shame , as guilty engulfed her , she look herself as a burden on her husband , she has brought nothing with her .

ashok could hear her sobs .

ashok : i m not a person who uses his wifes land and prosperity to sit on the throne , for the throne i m ok alone!! and my wife , don't confuse martial alliances with marriages .

the minister was about to say something but was stopped with ashoka .

ashok : one more word against my wife , and u know what i am .

it is not the serial , where i will have arguements with ministers , it is real life here i will cut u in pieces and no one will ask me a question .

bindusaar ordered all peoples to depart especially the new couple , devi was totally scared of her new home and more of her husband's brothers except siamak , drupad , tushaypa everyone was staring at her with lust.

ashoka and devi followed suman who has became a guide for devi to her new home .

they entered the kings personal palace or anthapuram . the main door was opened in a big hall , which has thousand of doors opening through it.

suman : this is the main hall , u see bahbhi that door ( she pointed towards the last door ) it is the concubines palace , never go there they are so low status . then u see these 16 doors , it will open in our 16 mothers home , the biggest one is joined with my mother ( charumitra ) palace , brother sushim and his 2 wives live over there , then this door (opposite to charumitra's ) this is maharani dharma's home . and the others are given to the rest respectively .

she opened the doors to dharma's home , it has a big living room full of comfortable sofas , a short diwan , and some musical instruments. halls one side was open from top and has a beautiful mango tree on it . the hall led to a kitchen , dharma's bedroom , her dressing room , and various room

suman : bhabhi these small bedrooms will be given to brother's other wives , she winked at ashok who unnoticed it .

suman : (she pointed towards the two big bedrooms on 1st floor ) the right one belongs to brother ashok , and the left one belongs to tushypa . but for now u have to be in chooti ma's room , u can enter brother's bedroom in night .

ashok : suman , don't say stupid things .

ashok left for his room quiet understandable about his younger sisters double meanings. and suman took devi to the dressing room to prepare her for the night ,

when ashok was quiet shock to see his bedroom , which was completely changed , in place of his big map of magadha it is now a painting of radha krishna , hiw white curtains was now red , even his bedsheet was changed his dressing area which he never used now has his things in a corner , his swords , arrow , and other tools was now in a corner and in its place was two big peacock made of soil ,

ashok : maa , maa . she didn't come. but kashyap came in her place.

kashyap : thats what happens.

ashok : what do u mean ?

kas : after your first wife arrives , everything changes from your bedroom to your life style , sometimes i think why first wife exists ,

can't only other wife exists who has nothing to do with our room neither our life .

ashok was about to nod , but one smile of devi and he smiled too , thinking now his everything belongs to her , everything is gonna change.

kas : well , i am going . your sister wants oranges , i have to find them or she will throw me out of the room .

ashok : that's what happens after marrying .

kas : but i love her . he sighed and started looking for oranges , while ashok was busy for preparing for his first night .

devi was in dharma's dressing never she had seen such a big dressing , the maids were getting ready her bathing milk with almond oil and rose petals , dharma has 6 sincere maids , who has given there daughters for devis care and champa who was with her since birth was ordering them , proud that she know devi more than the other 6 . this 7 ladies are for devi's care fo there lifetime enough time for impressing their new mistress.

suddenly , 2lady entered the room , both are of devi's age,

aradi : nice to meet u , i m yuvraagi aradi , first wife of yuvraaj sushim , and she is rani kaana , the 16 wife of pitaji .

devi was shocked to see her , she was the same age as her , but in her mothers status , she smiled at him , give devi a box , kissed her forehead and leaved.

aradi : don't take her wrong , u see she is of our age and marrie to father for martial alliances , when she arrived , she had backanswered mother , and mother got father against her , making samrat enter her room in night against her wish , after that night she never spoked to anyone.

devi : is she alright ? bhabhi .

aradi : may be. but u relax.

devi : where is your baby , i want to meet him .

aradi : i m sorry , but yuvraaj has said a clear no , to take virat away from his room , he has fever.

devi : no worries , bhabhi take care of him .

aradi : one more thing devi , i m sorry on behalf of my husband , i know what he did , plzz say ashok to ot break his bones , please .

devi : i will try , we can be friends , right ?

aradi : yes we can,

finally , devi got a new friend in her new home.

a proposal

in the waiting area,

bd , daadisa was sleepy in the sofa, som,veeni, aky , chakri,and patta was still roaming around.

pa: i want burger, aky bhai.

aky: at12 u want burger. patta make a puppy like face .

aky: alright, i m going.

pa: som bhai, i want to play games, download one for me, or if u didn't ,i will cry.

som: patta , u r disturbing all of us, kindly fall asleep.

patta started crying so loudly that doc. comes for giving them warning.now, everyone has to make sure he don't cry.

som is finding a good movie for him to watch (he had rejected 100 till now).

chkri and aky are finding a icecream parlour at that hour, that to patta favorite rarest flavours.

veeni is stuck for being a a horse for patta , and is neighing the whole night.

such a dangerous kid he is,

pratap came in ajab's room , she was fast asleep because of medicine , he went and kissed her forhead, nose, cheeks , earlobes, but when he comes to lips.

pratap: ajab , i will kiss u the day u will accept my feeling, and my proposal of marriage, now i m not going to be away from u for second , u knew sweetheart.

saying this he hold her hands and fall sleep.

karna daadi's story end only to find , ajab sleeping one hand holding pratap's hand, and another holding his shirt, she smiled to a silent love wrap both of them in blanket , and left saying, blanket always helps for cozy romantic moves.

they both woke up at 8 . wrapped in each other's arms like newlywed. both knew that the another one is not sleeping but still holding each other tightly.

their movement end , when a blushing nurse come to check ajabde,

nurse: u have to live the room mr. checking time.

pr: sorry , i m not leaving her, check her .

nurse: ur husband is too much possesive, mrs ajabde.

nor pratap , nor ajab get the nurse out of confusion just hold each other tightly.

ajab: the food looks yuk, i m not eating it.

pratap: no worries, nurse. i will make her eat.

nurse leaved the room. pratap helped ajabde to get up , and started feeding her.

pratap: it feels like mummy bird , feeding baby bird. he chuckled with the thought. but ajabde is in the 9 cloud as after her mother's death at patta birth, pratap is the only person who cared for her.

 

uday singh's room,

us: rawatji, i want your serious help.

rw: say uday, is it something serious that u need an cid officer.

us: very serious , u knew i got divorce from jaiwanta 10 years back, the reason for that divorce was my best friend rm comes with the medical report of pratap stating that he is not my son, i got soo much depressed that i even tried suicide. u know that

rw: yeah , i know, and in that frustation u slept with ur secretery dheer .

us: i was drunk rawat, drunk and broken . he continued with a week smile, pratap looks like my mirror reflection u know.

rw: why u didn't trusted on jaiwanta bhabhisa's loyalty at that time.

us: the circumstances was like that , i still remember that night i begged jaiwants to not give me divorce but she left me.and as she left, dheer came knocking at doors , saying she is pregnent, yeah, rawat i married dheer but only because she was my best buddy rao maldev's sister, i never lived with her in the same roof, from last 10 years i m killing myself with the fact that my love jaiwanta cheated me, but today i see a hope , hope of finding my love again. do u think rm, and dheer could plan something so horrible against me.

rw: we need proof , uday .

bd's home,

after the night incident , bd had taken patta and ajabde in his home. to take care of both of them. which mean all the boy's became horse turn by turn for patta all neighing.

ajabde is in her room, pratap sneeked in have some cozy time and was sitting in bed , suddenly ajab came out of the bathroom , in her baby pink knee length , bare back with dooris (or something like that) night gown, find it too much difficult to tie them ,

her heart burst out with a loud noise, when cold finger touched her bare back tieing the dooris , yeah she know its pratap. he tied her back and give a feathery kiss in her back, neck making her shiver ,

pratap (in a deep, husky) voice : u should bear full clothes or i will do something . he added tesingly and left ajab who took 5 mins. to even think what just happened.

back in the hospital,

rw: from what u told me uday , its clear that dheer is a cheap women , only remembers u when it comes with money. do u knew any men in connection with her apart for her brother.

us: i never lived with her , how could i know. he is irritated with dheer name.

rw: rm companion with whom he is always with?

us: after thinking for some time... surtan singh, mamrakh...

rw: doesn't surtan singh the same person who claimed to be pratap's father.

us: yes...after a long silent... i and daata bited him till no end , i don't know if he is alive or not.

rw: rao maldev and dheer is said to be born in a very poor family , right?

us: yes, rm was brilliant , despite of his social status .

rw: the truth is revealed, uday.

contemporary writings on mahadevi asandhimitra

whenever the topic of ashoka's wife came , there is always an argument or discussion on weather empress asandhimitra and maharani devi are same or not . you have read this lines in various articles and from various peoples. that " some contemporary writings proving devi and asandhimitra are the same .
but did we try to figure out what are those facts proving them the same.
          
            so , i m here with some of the writing as a proof, i wish after reading this article people will stop disrespecting her.
                                   

                                              mahadevi viewing the construction of sanchi stupa.

1) mahendra and sangamitra :
                                 ashokavandhan is a book or granth written on the life of samrat ashoka but in that book it is nowhere written that devi had a son and a daughter named mahendra and sangamitra.
it is a shocked thing but quiet true , that mahendra and sangamitra was there childrens is mentioned in the text and documents from srilanka only .
                                 some peoples have given this as a reason they say devi has two childrens and asandhimitra has no one . and one more thing to be noted all the books ashokvandhan , dipvasma etc. was not written on ashoka's period but after his death . so , it could be possible that the after maurya kings doesn't want to mention a prince from a vaishya queen.
                                 it should be one reason why , we take asandhimitra as childless.

2) who was maharani ? :
                                  in ashoka's rock edit , he himself has stated that karuvaki was dwitya devi or maharani , if devi was not the empress , she should be maharani according to rules ,
        the rule is all the wives of emperor should have a royal title , only concubines doesn't have any titles with them .  in the serial based on ashoka , charumitra was not the empress too but was a maharani .
         come back to the topic , if asandhimitra was the empree / samargyi , karuvaki was the maharani , what was devi , a queen ? no , karuvaki can never be maharani officially until devi death . but devi was there.
          this point only consist one think , that devi and asandhimitra are the same  the empress, and karuvaki was the maharani .

3) why she didn't go ? :
                                 it was a custom back days , when son doesn't continue his father's lineage and goes somewhere else , his mother has to follow him , after some age his father is no more responsible for his mother but he is . but this custom is not followed when the mother is his husband's better half or his love. back at that time womens weren't leaved on there own either she should be with her husband or son .
              when mahendra leaved the country , devi should have leaved with him , but there are no proofs nor any documents stating that ,
              devi didn't leaved for sri lanka because ashok has her responsibility being her better-halve.

4)  her religion :
                              it was written in his rock edits and various documents , books when ashok converted to buddhism he gave liberty to his country-men , his family members to follow there own religion or which ever they liked , but when he converted , following peoples too converted  them with him they was : vitashok (tushyapa ) , karuvaki , mahendra , sangamitra , agnibrahmi . (yes , karuvaki choosed buddhism after getting married , and mahendra was a buddhist after his father was )
             so , now where was asandhimitra , why ashok didn't wrote her name in conversion it means if she exists , she didn't converted to buddhism , but if she didn't then why ashok wrote in pillars ,
" The Chief Consort, Empress, and Beloved Wife, And A Strong Believer Of Sambuddha"
             it simply means that she was a buddhist before ashoka or say a born one , and her full name was " mahadevi asandhimitra " .

5)  is devi a name ? :
                               kumara devi was chandragupta's first wife , the chola dynasty raja raja chola's first wife was Lokamahadevi , emperor bimbisaar consort was kosala devi , and emperor ashoka consort was vidisha mahadevi , or ( the viceroy of ujjaini , the raja of ujjaini wife was vidisha devi ).
                                i have a very clear doubt that devi is not a name but a title given to the wife of ujjaini's viceroy , as u see in last para every women has devi or mahadevi situated with them according to there husband's position .
                                when ashoka became an emperor, devi got the title mahadevi , before his coronation if she had the title mahadevi it is to taken as a insult to bindusaar's  empress , and if after his coronation she had given the title it is a insult to ashoka's empress.
                               ( in hindu dharma , mata parvati is called mahadevi being superior and other goddess are called devi)
                               as it is a the highest title a women could have and should only be given to the first lady or the empress , so now it is quiet clear that mahadevi was a title for empress. nor for any other women .

6) titles / names :
                            devi , vidisha , mahadevi , shakyani , shakyakumari , vidisha devi , vidisha mahadevi , a total of 12 names and title she had , what was asandhimitra doing , from so many titles devi had from public it is clear , that she was loved by commoners , but  asandhimtra has no titles except being an empress , her husband too had atleast 24 titles , it means she too have given some titles .
                          but in writing , asandhimitra has none , but devi has 12 , why she was soo much loved in place of asandhimitra because they are the same persons . it was " mahadevi asandhimitra "

7)  the sanchi stupa :
                          ashoka had given devi the liberty to see the construction and decoration of sanchi stupa , back at that time no one gives authority to anyone for important works , but only to there consort as she has the right to do anything in her husbands kingdom without anyone's permission not even her husband .
                          ashok had given  devi the liberty to do whatever she wants to the stupa , she was responsible for its decoration , architecture , and everything . if she was not his empress , just one of his wifes she should just have the permission to look after it , and send reports to ashok but no she had seen the construction on herself. it means she was the empress and has full right to see the archtecture of the stupa.

8) the vihar :
                     some says ashok had build a vihar for devi near the stupa but who had seen the vihar they had recorded that the place is used as a hospital , learning center , has a big garden , a library , the biggest hospital of its time . but no one mentioned someone's living over there , it is sure has devi's interest in it ( a hospital and a library) but no rooms  for being someone's home , if devi does not live in that vihar ashok had made for her , then where she lives ?
                       in pataliputra , with her husband.
that vihar is no more.........

alex von tunzelman , Krishna Swarup Saxena and Benimadhab Barua are some historians who proves that devi and asandhimitra are same and she was his first and beloved wife.
 and the first person who proved that it is not mahadevi and asandhimitra , it is mahadevi asandhimitra is none other then ashoka , he was the one who stated karuvaki as his second wife and maharani and mahadevi asandhimitra the same.....

don't destroy such a beautiful love story , and don't show your disrespect towards the
                 chakravartin mahadevi asandhimitra of chakravartin samrat devnampriya.

ASHOKA and DEVI.....a new journey

the brahman was continuously crying in ashok's feet but as ashok gave him no response , he left him him and sprang in front of devi's feet asking sorry for his curse but inplace made devi hold ashok upper arm .
sumitra : now , why the hell are u here.
brahman : for asking sorry .
ashok : where is your freind.
brahman : we were leaving for pataliputr that day but suddenly from somewhere a fierce tiger came and attacked on my dear freind.....he is no more, your curse came true , i beg rajkumar ashok please take your curse back i don't want him to became a dog in next birth , please.
ashok : get up , it doesn't suit u . and for the curse , it was your deeds falling in front of u , you are born in a brahman's clan , your every step should be in the way for peoples welfare nor to curse them . and whosoever will not take care of there duties , or will harm my praja i will make sure that they will pay for that. now , go and follow your duties.
ashok's words was followed by his jay jay kaar from praja , as devi tightened her grip on his arm proudly.

soon , devi was brought in a room by suman and subhrasi .
subhrasi : devi , it is our custom that the bride and groom make there first night in there own home , but as it is also said that who so ever spends time together in mahashivratri , are together for seven births.
suman : soo , we will send ashok bhrata here......for some time.
subharasi : yes...for some time.

both left giggling as devi make her way in the balcont , the cold breeze welcomed her. the scents of flowers from garden make her open her hairs .she was lost in the beauty soo much that didn't even noticed when he arrived , half in senses , half in bhaang.
ashok : my love , he came and kissed her hairs softly.
devi : be away ,
ashok : yeah, yeah.
devi : thanks....she smiled at him
ashok : for entering my world.
devi : how do u know , i m gonna say that.
ashok : becoz i too feel the same.
they hugged each other , wanted to be there for ever.
ashok : u know, a month ago no one even talks to me as  sweetly as u do except mother.
devi : before u , no one ever cared for me that much , and nor didn't cursed anyone.
she laughed with a charm that make him smile too.  both don't know for how much time they talked but when suman came to take devi away from ashok , he was already sleeping , and devi was sitting beside him brushing his haiss , and left kissing them .

the next morning , ashok woke up in that room alone , he could smell a very sweet smell covering his nostrils while he make his way towards the mandir , but was shocked to see the scene infront of him.
devi was sitting beside his mother , she doesn't look like a mukhiya's daughter anymore , but looks like a princess of ashoka , her hairs was wet so left open to cover her exposed back , she was wearing a dark pink dhoti with a matching utariya , her head was covered with dupatta , in each body part of hers was covered with jewellaries , her hand and foot has mehendi ,
the summary is now she is looking a newly-wed pricncess , with a permanent blush or her cheeks.
dharma : u want something? she eyed ashok then devi , who was staring at her husband .
ashok : break....breakfast, i m hungry. so , i was finding u.
dharma : do u think i m free , u should have looked for devi , now i m not responsible for your needs.
ashok : devi....
devii : maa , we have to do the aarti na , then how can i ?
dharma : u can do it afterwards , but ashok we have to leave for pataliputr soon rem.
ashok : yes! mother. he eyed devi to follow him and she did.

she served him his breakfast , while he was still eyeing her and just one thought crossed his mind , in one night from a carefree girl , she is behaving like a perfect wife should behave , responsible , loving and caring.
ashok : why aren't u eating.
devi : i will eat after u.
ashok : stop it , say aaahhh
devi : what .....no ...u r my husband , u can't feed me , what if, someone see us.....no ,no ,no
ashok : stop babbling...i can't see you r hungry , and i m eating here, and if someone will see us , it doesn't matter , u forgot the accident happened with samargi durdhara , she was sharing food with her husband. he added teasingly, but it has opposite effect on devi.
devi : u want me to be dead.
ashok : how , could u even think that , eat now. he ordered.
she was sitting infront of him , and he was eating first then feeding his wife , with a care in his eyes.

soon , it was the time for bidaai , and devi cried hugging his father .
devi : take care father .
bg : i will ....
sumitra : devi , don't disturb rajkumar ashok ok , behave nicely.
devi : get married soon....so , i can come to meet u.
bg : i know u will be a good girl , as ur mother.
the name of her passed mother was enough to start her sobbing again . when her mother passed away , his father had taken great care of sumitra and devi , inplace of his other 2 children from his 2 wife , and now here she was standing behind a pillar controlling her sobs, when she entered this home devi was everything for her , and she is leaving today.

devi : maa , devi came and hugged her step-mother tightly.
devi : maa i can never pay for what u did for me and brother.
maa : no my child , u can pay to me.
devi : how can i ?
maa : in future , if your step-son or daughter will need your love , love them like your own , soo much that the world will address them as your childrens . this way u can pay to me.
devi : i promise maa.
(at that time , every person with a authority , has 2 to 3 wives and atleast 6 to 8 concubines as concubines back at time show a mans status and power , so it was normal for devi to accept the fact what really matters back then is becoming someones first wife , as per the rules only first wife could sit with husband in poojas yagyas and throne , it is a strong point saying devi and asandhimitra are the same)
maa : be a good wife , always stay with your husband , shower your home with everything u has .
her maa and dharma make her sit in her palki , ashok was riding on kulbhushan beside her , scared to hear her sobs from 1 hour .

suddenly, in devi's palki a hand came then an orange, she looked outside to see ashok with oranges in hand , smiling.
ashok : i promise , your father u wouldn't cry.
devi : how can i cry with my sorrow-free-man around? she smiled proudly and ashok laughed to hear his new name .

devi : u told me once , u have  mountains of granth (books).
ashok : yess..
devi : can i read them..
ashok : now they belongs to u , like i do .
devi : swami....

she blushed at his eyes full of love and lust for her.

ASHOKA and DEVI......the wedding

ashok was in his wedding dhoti , a white silk dhoti , with matching uttariya(worn in chest) , plus a red scarf type on his one shoulder (bindusaar wore a blue one in serial , rem.) , siamak was helping him in wearing a yellowish pagadi , and suman was quiet busy with scents , but was disturb too which ashok had noticed.
ashok : what happened ? suman , don't u dare hide it from me
subhrasi : what did she hided from u ? ashok you was the one sitting with her before her wedding not even her own mother .                                                       

 FLASHBACK
bindusaar and charumitra was having there evening snacks in there balcony , while a 5 year old suman was playing with new set of dolls her father has brought for her , suddenly sushim came and broked one of the dolls in two pieces with his sword .
suman : what did u done ? i will tell father . she went sobbing to bindu.
bindusaar : wow, my son so now u finally learn sword . suman its ok i will brought more dolls for u.
suman left the room in her cries and a 9 year old sushim took his seat with father.
suman : brother , brother .
ashok : what happened to u ? suman came and hugged ashok and narrated what happened with her.
ashok : until i m here noone will dare to hurt my sister. by saying soo ashok went with his sword and suman to sushim.
ashok : brother have a duel with me.
sushim : with u ashok , ur barely a child of 7 , and want a fight with me.
ashok : do u rem. u r just nine not an adult who r saying soo.
charumitra : go sushim , and teach your brother a lesson,
but soon sushim's sword was broked into pieces , a fuming charumitra slapped ashok , for disrespecting her son . but suman was all chearing for his half-brother nor for her real brother.
FLASHBACK ENDS

ashok : i have always protected u , suman what is the matter today.
suman : brother , my mother in-law, send me back because i was not able to consive. she started crying and fumed anger on ashok , siamak, drupad.
siamak : and where was your husband that time.
suman : he was on the war.
ashok : if i find it out that its all his mistake , u have to return to help your broken husband.
siamak : excatly , he wouldn't be alive after that bec...
dasi : rajkumari suman , maharani dharma has called u too meet your husband .
a excited suman couldn't even wait to listen more just run away to meet him . and ended in his warm arms.
kashyap : why u came here without infroming , i was tensed.
suman : your mother...
ka : have said u something and u forgot my love and came here , right ?
they both laughed after soo much time together that naturally forget about the going wedding.

devi was infront of her dressing wearing a red silk dhoti with a white uttariya , and the jewellaries of her passed mother , her head was covered with a red bridal dupatta , suddenly she noticed a small hands then a small face and after that tushyapa climbing from the window into her room .
devi : what r u doing here?
tu : brother has sent gajras for u , i was coming from door but your sister blocked my way and pinched my nose , i came from here .
tushyapa gave a gajra to devi on behalf of ashok , and she noticed a red mark on his nose and cursed her own little sister .
devi : do u want any medi. for your nose.
tu : no, i m a brave boy like brother , and i m going now , bye .
devi blushed a bit seeing the gajras in her hairs as her freinds came to meet her.
champa : devi , u r not going to miss this scene , come with us.
they let devi to the open balcony to a scene which made her heart jump out of her chest.

as it was mahashivratri , the aghoris (u must have seen them in mahadev ) were all have drunked bhang , and was dancing in there own joy . in there centre , was a rock like throne in which sat her wild prince in the same posture as mahadev wearing his wedding attire , rudra jewellaries with gold one , holding a bhang glass was all enjoying there shiva wedding celebrations as a true shivalik, by seeing a smie curved in devis lips as her ears heared her freinds voice.
champa : i have listened from peoples that some belive rajkumar ashok to be a saviour sent by shiv for us peoples .
reeta : yes , u rem. that lakshya ghraa accident in pataliputr , he saved all at the age of 14 . thats why people says he is the rudrashiv's sent saviour.
devi felt something very strong for him at that time as in her mind she took his name" ashok" and he turned to her, and smiled noticing her stares, but at the same time , he noticed a want in her eyes , as she looked at him the way he looked at her, he took one more strong sip of bhang and she run away can't control his stare more. but he had already made his mind " tonight u will be mine" .

devi has said a clear no of coming down as her heart was still in a race rem. his stares.
a worried dharma come to devi's room as she had said a clear no for coming down ,
dharma : what happened my child.
devi : he...he is . she felt hesitant to tell dharma .
dharma : tell me , i m your mother naa.
devi : he was staring at me , and if i will go down he will stare more.
dharma felt releived seeing her daughters child behaviour , she was just 16 , still unaware of a man and wife relationship . and the fact of being a mothrless child it is more difficult for her to learn about a wife's duty and a husbands love.
for the that time dharma had seen herself in devi when she was a 14 year old girl who was pregnant with  ashok and don't even know anything about being a mother or a wife.
dharma : he would not stare at u i promise. come with me.
devi : i m looking good na .
dharma : that's why he is staring at u.

the mandap was decorated like a bride, the bhikkus , and pandits , aghoris and common peoples all were present to see the wedding , ashok was already in place waiting for her , when a payal sound stopped everyone's gossip , he turned to look at her , but was stopped why his father to look at the agni infront of him , and not at his wife , but ashok doesn't know it was bindusaar one of tricks for his patienceless son.

devi come and took her seat beside him both could feel others presence but didn't looked at eachother the thousand eyes were enough to stare at them . a girls voice break the silence. she was talking to her freind.
girl : today is the day when shivji had married parvatiji.
friend : soo..
girl : did u saw there wedding?
friend : how can i stupid...
girl : then , see it today , mother said rajkumar ashok is as fiercer as thr rudra shiva , and his going to be wife is as calm and gentle as the mahadevi herself.
friend : yes, my mother too said that they will work for our welfare , and that if u want to see the best couple in magdha see them .
both childrens don't know that there talk was overheard by all . and everyone present there was also nodding with a smile , enough to make devi blush and look at her mehendi while ashok was staring at his brothers who was busy with the food.

the priest had started wedding rituals , devi's eyes was teary rem. her mother , and ashok was already getting sleepy because of the bhang when kashyap came and said something in his ears.
kas : u can't sleep today . he went to his wife after making ashok laughed heartily at him .
soon, the time of kanyadaan came and devi's father gave her hand in ashok's hand , her hands was cold and she had already started sobbing. making ashok scared.
he was scared after realising that he is the reason she has to leave her father. he looked away to see dharma and tushypa sobbing too and bindusaar staring at both. the preist requested them to stand up for pheras. as ashok gave his hand to her , and she accepted .

with each pheras he made a promise to love her, respect her , and always be with her not like his father who lived his mother when he was a little kid for insulting his other queens , his grip on her hand tightenedand she responded with a promise to love him , respect whatever her husband love to , help him , and think about magdha being his wife, and most important like he had given her the right to follow her religion after marrying him , she too will cherish his dharma.
he looked behind with a smile as the preist told devi to exchanges places. devi's step mother came forward with a thaali with sindur and a gold chain to him . he took the sindur and make a small round tip on devi's froehead (at that time , married womens don't fill there hair patition that happened after mughals came). the priest announced them as man and wife, and requested them to take blessings from elders .

only then a running brahman came and made his way to ashoka's feets.
the same brahman who cursed devi(but only one).

ASHOKA and DEVI....proud

it was the month of feb , and the day of mahashivratri ( the shiva's wedding day ) , there morning was started by a chirpy noise coming from outside.
" brother , where r u ?" ashok came out of his tent to find a small body running towards him , a smile curved on his face ,  "tushyapa" (tushyapa is the younger brother of ashoka , commonly know as tissa, or vitashok, tushyapa" .
he came and hug his brother .
tu : sorry , i can't come before because of my classes . a 6 year old tushyapa said while noticing devi , smiling at him .
dharma : putr , come meet your bhabhi , tushyapa went down and touched devi's feet.
devi : nice to meet u .
tush : you are so beautiful , but ans. one thing .
devi : ask ?
tush : will you snatch my brother from me ? he asked with a teary expression , but before devi could ans. ashok pulled him towards his room .

in the room ,
ashok : is it a way to talk ?
tush : sorry , but i like her .
ashok : that's good .
tush : she has a younger sister or not ?
ashok : yes , she has one , somewhat of your age .
tush : is she just like her sister .
ashok : be quiet , brother.

in the noon ,
it was the time of there haldi , first ashok then it will go to devi .
ashok : i don't its good to send devi , my used haldi , it will get her scratches in her soft skin.
dharma : she loves u ashok , and it is a custom .
ashok : but maa.
dharma : she loves u the way u r , and i m sure if we didn't send her your used haldi , she is gonna cry . by hearing that like a obedient boy , ashok sat down on the stool , but only subharasi , dharma and suman has the dare to apply haldi to him , all the ladies who has come neither the royal , nor the relatives of dharma dare to go near him .

devi sat down on her stool wearing a yellow saree upto her knees , her all relative from nearby make there ways to sanchi in just one night to see the wild prince ,
lady 1 : asandhimitr could have got a better husband , he is so scary , does he scared her to get married to him .
lady 2 : or did asandhimitra used herself for getting a royal tag ?
lady 3 : i heard that the mukhiya of besnagar had got a warning from rajkumar siamak to be away from this marriage .
lady 1 : i don't think this marriage will work good enough.
devi was there hearing this convo , a tear drop down her cheeks that her own peoples are thinking of her this way , but more hurt is the way they talk of her husband , just to marry her he even did ahinsa and what peoples think of him is that he scared her . determined , she make her way towards the group of ladies , smiling .
devi : jiji , thanks for coming in my wedding , i m soo lucky that i got rajkumar ashok , as my husband , u know why ?
lady 2 : why devi ?
devi : because , he is not a man who wants to win my body , he is a person who has win my heart forever , and more thing jiji , whatever u think of him its your own wish but dare to disrespect him , or say anything wrong about our relation and i m here to answer .
lady 3 : u should be devi , after all , he is giving to u a royal tag .
devi : u will never understand what we are for each other , she said proudly and then added , because not everyone is lucky to have a husband who will not compare u with gift but will compare u with his heart , and i m proud to be the lucky one . by the way , u told me last time jiji , that your husband always gives u lot of gifts and u allow him to get  married again .
devi left the ladies with a proud in her eyes , and a name in her heart " ashok" .

in the grooms area , ashok to have heard the convo , going on about why are they getting married , he controlled his anger knowing the face that he couldn't punish anyone in such a day , he coldly walk walk to them .
ashok : after a long time rajkumar . he greeted them , but they could see anger developing in his eyes.
raj : congratulations , rajkumar ashok for your 1st marriage.
ashok : i should congratulate u , on your 3rd one , but where are my bhabhis , i could not even see one .
raj : , who will take three headache's on a trip , they are in home waiting for there gifts.
ashok : what ? they are waiting for there gifts not for ...YOU.. ashok smiled a taunting smile , letting his freinds head hung in shame.
raj : not everyone is as lucky as u rajkumar ashok , for whom a princess will leave her reiligion .
ashok : that's what i mean , i know i m lucky , and i m proud on that , and glad too that you realised , because if u don't then we should have a competition of death tomorrow only .
ashok's stern voice make his face go pale.

until , siamak came to him with a serious aura around him ,
siamak : brother , we have to be careful .
ashok : what happened ?
siamak : my resources told me that yuvraaj sushim is around the ladies area .
ashok : that person .
siamak : after u told me that yuvraaj sushim always looks at bhabhi , i have settled guards around her for safety .
ashok : that stupid thinks he can fool me , but how could i leave that eyes who tried to look at her .

devi was in her room all alone , brushing her hairs , humming her own tune of lovee , but suddenly she heard the same humming by someone else in her room .
devi : rajkumar , go from here , what if someone will come here . her words doesn't get a answer , just she could see a shadow behind the curtains .
devi : rajkumar , i don't know why , but it is the first time till now , that your presence is scaring me .
yuvraaj : really , my presence is scaring u , by hearing a strange voice behind her she fumbled and got up from her seat ,
devi : what are u doing here , yuvraaj sushim .
sushim : don't take me wrong , i m just here to open your eyes , a beauty like u should have a husband like me full of charm . he looked at devi , with open arms . and continued , that deshbhakt ashok doesn't even had time to eat properly , what time will he spend with u , u know he just love his matrabhumi ,
devi : i should tell u yuvraaj , just like him , magdha is important for me too , now u should leave.
sushim : last time , i m giving u the offer , come to me . with open arms he looked at her , who is looking away.
but suddenly , as she looked at sushim , a smile curved on her face , the now paleness of her turned into rosy cheeks , and she run towards him , sushim to with a winning smile closed his eyes but only to hear a scaring name .
devi : rajkumar ashok , i know u will come .
sushim turned behind , ashok was standing there ,in the balcony , with one hand pulling devi more close , and the another was holding samrat chandragupt maurya's sword , ashok's eyes was full of hatred , anger , and a signel to sushim "u r dead " .

with a loud noise the door was open  by siamak , and a shocked samrat bindusaar , came in with acharya chankya , samrat bindusaar was ashamed because of his son , as he saw devi still crying hiding behind a helpless ashok , as because of rituals he could not involve himself in to a fight after applying the haldi and before the marriage rituals ends.
sushim was shivering , as he was caught red handed , he was welcome with 2 slaps by bindusaar , and a stern order to ashok .
bindusaar : " ashok i order you , you will taught your elder brother some rules and regulations , and whatever , punishment u will give to sushim would be think as a punishment from me . "
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this story is my fiction . no one knows such a minor detail , i just write this story keeping in mind a single line
that sushim eyed her for her matchless beauty.