The snow laden , rugged and dry yet picturesque mountain range of Himalaya stands in all grandeur with its vast expanse of white occasionally interrupted by green growth and some cluster of coniferous tress with attractive flowers.

Beauty in its most scenic & ascetic form , the centre of all cosmic powers , Mt. Kailash , abode of Shiva , shines like a diamond as a response to the Sun rays teasing it's mirror like ice crystals.

On the snow covered top of the mountain, seated on a comfortable snow divan covered in tiger skin ; in all his serenity is Dev Adidev Mahadev, mediating . Streaks of water flowing from the sides of the divan down 7 broad steps is getting collected at the base of the curtail step forming a ring of water around it . Lotuses of all possible colours and diyas placed in the water , along with the small curved wooden bridge on the water surface , brightly decorated with flowers and leaves is providing magnificence to the surrounding. An age old Bilva tree behind The Lord is adding to the ascetic beauty. Shiv's mount and favourite discipline , Nandi stands on the bottom of the steps , anxiously waiting for his Lord to open his eyes and acknowledge him. To his relief the "Trikaaldarshi"( one who can see past present and future) opens his eyes with a soft smile playing on his lips.

: Greetings Lord !! (Folding hands and bowing to Lord Shiva)

Shiv just smiles softly and nods in his direction thus acknowledging & addressing him.

Mahadev Don't worry Nandi . Nothing that happens in this multiverse is without reason. Everything and everyone has a time & a destiny . A time none can run from and destiny none can change except her.

" Niyati niyanta se pare hai "

( Destiny is beyond God )

& Now the time has come ........ for change. I must go & see her.

Nandi: As u wish my Lord!!

are interrelated, with each playing at its own pace. People often think it's God who regulates them when the truth is God too is regulated by it. If everything is in my control , the multiverse would have been different...far more different than its current state.

I'm well acquainted to the fact that both of them are stressed, upset , angry and hurt. I can feel it with every fibre in me . I even know what or who has triggered it . But I can't help either of them. One is angry , the other is hurt. One has turned her hurt into anger and the other , anger into hurt . Both are fighting within themselves & both are dwindling. I have heard her , her thoughts , her cries , her accusations & her pleas... but my hands are tied. I can't help her & the one who can , has locked herself up.

Hmph!! Both are like each other . Stubborn..too stubborn.

Consumed by my thoughts of past , present and future....I have already reached the threshold of "Kop Gupha" (anger cave).

The cave is covered in a blanket of gloom & despair with dimly lit diyas providing just the right amount of light to make through stairs and sharp edges, sitting in the middle of the stairs , with head on her knees , is my eternal love ..my life , my wife .. Devi Adi Shakti.

I easily detect the despair and pain coursing through her & y not she is my soulmate after all. We are a part of each other for which we can feel everything that the other feels even being miles away. I silently set my trident on a lower step and take a seat beside her ...she still doesn't look up. Numb , clueless , angry hurt, upset , hopeless...these are her current feelings. My heart pains on seeing her like this ...and a treacherous tear slips from my eye . A alata laden hand catches it before it touches the surface...I look up to see Shakti looking at me with numb expression and painful eyes...

Shakti: No Dev!! Ur tears are precious .. Don't..(mechanical voice)

Mahadev: so is urs Shakti . How can I control them when they come out for u ? Ur pain , suffering , despair , hurt ,anger everything is equally mine as much as urs .

I know Dev..I know ur love for me is incomparable but these tears are the right of a mother ...A mother who doesn't know how to protect her children . A mother who has no answer to her their questions . A mother who although is the most powerful in the world yet has failed in providing justice . Her being angry on me , mocking me or accusing me doesn't hurt as much as her disappointment in me.

To top it up , the cries of the family members of the fallen ones in the battlefield of Mahabharata is equally heart-wrenching . Radha, Dharini , Gandhari , kunti all the mother's are wailing for the fallen Vijaydhari . Suryadev , Devi Sangya , Devi Chaya , Parshuram everyone is disheartened. Look at the battlefield Dev, the Kauravas and Pandavas are wailing together , forgetting all their enmity for the peace of their eldest one.. Duryodhan is heartbroken . The one who wanted entire Aryavrat is ready to give up everything , one who hated Pandavas is begging them to save Adhirathi . Look Dev those who used to fight for the throne , are now fighting over the right to burn pyre.

May be for a moment only , but Radheya has united the kuru Vansh. If his death could create such a effect , what would have happened if he knew his birth secret when he was alive? What would have happened Dev if he hadn't undertaken the disguise of Brahman to achieve education? What would have happened if he hadn't been cursed ever? What would have happened if his fire to bring change hadn't been diminished in gaining acceptance and respect? What would have happened if there was someone to guide him ? To stop him from committing mistakes , to support him in his cause , to keep the fire for change in him alive ? Karn could have changed the history Dev . He could have reformed Aryavrat & changed it's thinking and perception . But now ...

Shakti..( in a whispering tone)

Mahadev : Shakti....(whispering tone)

I know... I know Dev u are equally hurt but u won't show it ..u don't know how to but I can't help it . I'm hurt , I'm upset , I'm angry...

Mahadev:U know nah she never meant those words . She always asked u the same questions but u seem to be more hurt today than any other day. Is it because of Karn's death & his questions on equality? Shakti they both are still child at heart , they do what they feel right , question wherever they feel the need to & u know they would forget it the very next hour & would apologize to u ...juz as they always do . Moreover one is on the verge of death and other was drunk yesterday ..

U know she is my daughter first then urs . But see the irony she loves u more . I know she never meant it , she never means any hurtful words that she says and apologises to me whenever she hurts someone. But her never meaning those words doesn't change that she is right Dev. Right in her thoughts and questions. Why? why dev? I , the creator of this universe don't know y women are always degraded to establish righteousness? Y there's this so called system when we made everyone equal ? Y are women always an easy target to pick on ? Y are they always expected to sacrifice,adjust and endure to maintain peace ? Y dev?( With despair)

( after a pause) Women are symbol of strength , endurance , patience and perseverance. They don't give up , no matter how hard it is . They endured because they wanted to , but the society has now forced it on them. A woman who speaks her thoughts , pursues her desire , questions the so-called societal rules is considered characterless, rude , shameless and what not . I didn't create this society Shakti.. I never wanted a patriarch society. That's y I took the to instill it in the universe that the existence of both masculine and feminine energy is the very basis of cosmology . That both the energies are equal and complete each other. It burns me to see the imbalance in these . I have always believed in equality because that is the very basis of me ....me & u . We complete each other & so does our energies . But it seems the plant we had sown has died and only weeds remain & Weeds are injurious.

I can feel the pain coursing in Dev, I know how much he had endured to provide this feminine energy & equality to the multiverse. I was withdrawn from him to create this multiverse & returned to him as Sati . I died as Sati to maintain his honour , but he became a living dead ; Bairagi...just to escape the pain of incomplete love. That's the reason he was reluctant to accept me as Parvati. Neither did he wanted to get hurt nor could he afford a scratch on me . He didn't arrive to save me from Dhrumralochan , even if he badly wanted to , only because he wished for me to realise my own strength and capabilities. To teach the multiverse the power of feminine energy . Everytime he allowed me to move away from him so that the multiverse recognises the importance of feminine energy and equality for all & thus start respecting and treating everyone equally. In every birth , I initially forgot him but he , he always remembered me & that's the hard part of love ; when ur partner forgets u , all ur memories but u don't . That's what makes him the greatest lover of the multiverse. I can't even express quarter half of his sufferings in words nor can think about it . If only the thought of him forgetting me shudders me to the core , then how does he do it every single time ? How ? How much has he endured for an unbiased society ? For something that's never has deserved it's due respect . It aches me to see all his suffering going in drain.......... No!!I won't let that happen. Never in my existence would my husband's sacrifice would go in vain. Never!!

This has to change . If equality is the basis of cosmology then feminine energy is the bridge of balance that should be treated as equally as masculine energy ( extreme behaviours of asceticity and untamed passion ). I have to change it ..but how ? How ??

There must be a way. A way for betterment . A way for change . A way for equality ....

Dev , I want to pursue meditation for some time permit me dev & bless me to fulfill its cause!(folding her hands)

U never need my permission for anything Shakti . & I'm always there with u . May u find ur answers soon...

I bow to him & proceed for meditation , when he suddenly calls me ,

Mahadev : Shakti ...

Huh!! What does it mean? Y does he play this riddle game with me . Nevertheless, I nod , making a knot , not to forget this line . His lines always have deep meanings , it's just that u have to search for it .

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