The Queen and the Dasi
There came the Queen,
in her heavy Maroon Sari, decked with jewelry, Her heavy bracelet of matching
color, Her earrings hanging with maroon beads.
Her hair braided with red and white flowers. She wore her maroon veil on top of her head.
She also wore a black beaded with gold on the bottom and the letter M on the
circle was graved on the necklace. It was her mangal sutra, Resembling
importance of her marriage to the King.
The ladies nearby all stood at the terrace watching her, staring at her.
All her neighbors came out, as the bells rang.
They saw her walking with charisma. The Queen was holding a round plate
with a pot full of water, fruits and red sindoor and fruits. The Queen just entered the veranda of her
house. Mallika, “Where have you been?”
Questioned, Rani Ma. “You know you will get the evil eye”. “You haven't eaten anything”. Rani Ma, “I had gone to the temple, to pray
for King Raja”. Where is he asked Rani
Ma? He must break your fast. “You must
drink water from him”. Yes Rani Ma, I
have the water in the round clay pot. He
has gone to see the vegetables the farmers have planted. My dear Maalika, I don't want you to get
dizzy or faint. "Raja will be here
soon said", Mallika I will see the
moon and break my fast for his long life”.
You must come in quickly, The
neighbor ladies, Radhika, Jannini, Meera, Samiya, will all be joining us after
you break your fast for dinner and they will also break their fast after seeing
the moon and pray for a long life for their husband. Just make sure the Dasi Bela doesn’t come. Said Rani Ma,
She is not auspicious, she comes near anyone, That person
get’s sick. She has some evil tantra
(magic) she does on people. I don't want
your Karwachauth to be inauspicious.
Yes ma, I will make the best of Karwachauth. Queen Mallika entered inside the house. All her neighbors started coming inside. Everyone told Maalika how stunning she
looked,” King Raja won't get his eyes off you”. Mallika entered inside and the
lights started flickering. She told
everyone to come in quickly. The ladies all entered in the big house. It was
decorated with candles and red flowers’, The living room had a big fountain in
the middle of the large living room. A
sofa on the side’s . A big honeysuckle
flower was on the side of the front stairway.
Suddenly The Dasi Bela was a mile away, praying and saying
some Mantra's that would make the full
sugandhim pustivardanam urvarikamaba bandana mrityo muksaya
mamritat. Then keep reciting moon not come out, and The queen's prayers would
not be answered. She would not be able
to see Raja. Bela suffered all her life
and lived in poverty. Bela had no
family. She had never known what love
was. Bela only wanted a good life. Her health was poor. She was dark skinned. Although some say she was also of beauty like
no other. She danced beautifully. Bela only wanted the Big house and all the
luxury that the queen Malika had. There
were days when The dasi had no food, she cleaned the houses and came and cooked
food for herself. The man she loved The
servant Abhi, had left her for another lady Damini. Dasi Bela worked hard all her life, She weft tears. Her suffering had made her evil, jealous and
cunning. She only wanted what Malika
had. A family and a Big house.
She kept doing her mantra's.
Suddenly it started raining hard. Mallika's mother said, dear, it is almost
nine, How will you see the moon, it's raining so hard. Mallika with her strength, her knowledge and
intelligence said, I know Dasi, Bela, she could have made it rain, She must be praying evil so I do not see
Raja, I can’t see the moon. My fast will break and my love for Raja will no
longer be. All her neighbors came and said, You are too good of a person
Mallika, you have loved Raja purely and from the heart. I know if someone will do evil it will only
come back to them. They said Bela has
done evil by doing Mantras. Look at her Karma. She never had happiness. You
Mallika, have prayed to Durga and prayed for blessings for Dasi Bela, Raja and
everyone in the neighborhood. How? Mallika, "How are you so
pure-hearted". When someone is
doing evil to you, How do you bless them?
Mallika said, I will pray all night, for Raja to be safe, I will fast
till next morning when it stops raining. Surely it will stop raining and the
next morning or till two in the morning I will not sleep or break my fast. I
will surely see the moon. Her mother,
told Mallika, Call Pandit, Jagan. He will come and see what Dasi Bela is
doing, He has the powers to see around everyone's energy. Also have him read the Karwachauth story, to
all the neighbor ladies. The story of
The queen who became the dasi and the dasi who became the queen. In hearing that story you will understand how
you have sacrificed for Raja. The
neighbors said, "Yes love is a sacrifice". You are fasting so you are sacrificing. Pandit Jagan Called. He said I will be there
in five minutes. He flew quickly from
his plane and was at the house in five minutes.
What is it, Queen Mallika. Queen Mallika said It has started raining, I
have prayed for the long life of my husband, That I may never be a widow or
lose him or his love. You know Bela, she
has done another mantra, where I cannot see the moon, She has made it rain with
her powers. Pandit Jagan said, Say this mantra, Ohm trayambakam yajamhe Goddes
Devi Durga's Names, Ohm Durga, Ohm
Parvati, Mallika deeply prayed and said
the mantra's. Over and over. Two hours
had passed. Suddenly Bela was falling
sicker in her tent and couldn't say the mantras. Mallika noticed it stopped raining, She ran
outside and noticed the moon was out, She ran out of the house on the front
Veranda. There she Raja, He came with a beautiful blue sky sari and
matching bracelets and jewelry of matching color. He told her to go change, and he would break
her fast, and give her water. After
half an hour Queen Mallika came out.
Decked , with her blue colored beaded jewelry and blue sari. Raja told her you to look stunning Queen
Mallika. She came in front, stared at
the moon then at him. Then he took the
clay pot filled with water and had her drink the water, He then fed her fruits. Afterward, The Pandit left, All the neighbor
ladies went. Mallikas mother Gave a
blessing to both Mallika and Raja and wished them long life and happiness
forever. Mallika and Raja then ate their
dinner. The Pandit left and came down
to Bela, He told her you must stop
doing evil Mantras, see you have done evil and you will die soon. Start wishing good for others and you will
see your health will improve, you will get your love, you will get a big house,
Another man will be attracted to you. A
year later, Bela had started praying
good wishes for Queen Mallika, she said the mantra May queen Mallika be blessed
with her love. A year later, Bela's
first love had come back to her as the Pandit had said, Her health started getting better. She was married to her love after another
year. She kept blessing others with good
words. She kept keeping a pure heart, Dasi Bela’s negative energy had gone. There Bela's love worked hard at a
restaurant, He bought her a beautiful house. Dasi Bela was blessed with everything she
longed for. Only because her heart was
pure. Queen Mallika came to her house,
and blessed her and her house.
Copyright@Vinita Singh March
17,2019
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