Aadhya Strength Of Pandavas
Chapter 32: THE QUEST FOR ANSWERS

This chapter is after Draupadi meets arjun and knows his real identity.

DRAUPADI'S POV

I'm on my way to lord mahadev's temple again, remebering the last night conversation between me and Govind. "sakhi so did you replace all the answers to your questions?" said Govind, I looked at him and said, "I don't know govind, like I feel I still have unsolved doubts, why do you ask Govind?" he smiles and says, "then you should go to mahadev's temple again who knows he might give you more answers for your unsolved questions" I looked and him and said, "you and your riddles, but if you are telling me to go then I will go" let's see which questions are answered tomorrow. I came out of my thoughts when a dasi told me we have reached I nodded and got down.

NO ONE'S POV

Aadhya was in the temple doing puja, when a dasi came and called her so she can empty the temple for princess draupadi, but aadhya was so into the puja she didn't hear a single voice, she was about to tap Aadhya's shoulder when Draupadi said, "wait, don't distrub someone doing their prayers, I can wait for a moment, let this sadhvi complete her puja, and remeber if someone is doing puja never distrub them come and tell me, I will wait in the palkhi" the dasi looked down and said, "okay rajkumari, as you wish"

Draupadi was about to go and sit in the palkhi when she hears "sakhi?" she turns and sees it's Aadhya, she smiles and says, "hello sakhi, I just came here for Puja", to which Aadhya replies "oh, then why are you going back?" Draupadi smiles and says, "it's nothing, wait for me here let me finish my Puja then let's talk" Aadhya nodded a yes in response and waited for her.

Draupadi after doing her Puja said to mahadev "hey mahadev, thank you for answering my question, Govind says that you will answer my unsolved questions today, I'm hoping to replace the answers to the unsolved questions I have so they give me reassurance that I'm doing the right thing, after finishing her Puja Draupadi went towards Aadhya and they sat alone, Aadhya asked, "so ready for your swayumvar it's tomorrow right?" hearing this Draupadi looked down and said, "To be honest I don't know, I have these Insecurities amd questions", Aadhya nodded and said "well doesn't every girl feels insecure about this but tell me all your insecurities and questions I might be able to help you" Draupadi nodded and said, "will the person who wins the swayumvar be able win my heart?" Aadhya smiles and answers, "Well all I would say is relationship is like a tree, like tree needs water, sun and your love, a relationship needs paicence, time and love the more you give the more sweet it turns out", hearing this Draupadi smiles satisfied with the answer.

Draupdi asked, "my next question is what is the meaning of true love?" hearing this Aadhya smiled remembering her bhabhi Hidimba and said, "For me love goes beyond everything, it is the only thing which gives us everything and doesn't ask anything in return, one always wants their loved ones to be happy with them or not, the most selfless thing in this world is love. Love has no bound, no insecurities, no pressure, no nothing because both know no matter what and where they are they belong to each other. Look at mahadev and mata parvati, they chose each other even after facing so many difficulties, because that's the jorney of love, even though the road is tough and with many stops or traps, they will keep walking with a smile on their face because they know at the end of their destination their love is standing there.

Hearing this answer Draupadi thinks of Arjun, who she saw yesterday and gets lost in it, seeing her lost gaze Aadhya teases, "did you think of someone just now sakhi? After hearing my answer? do you have someone in your heart already?" coming out of her thoughts Draupadi got shy and says, "I was just thinking about your wonderful explanation, I'm sure the way you described love, you love someone right?" hearing this Aadhya thinks of Avyukt and without realizing gives a bitter smile saying, "no sakhi, I just feel that this is how love would be" Draupadi smiled and nodded. Draupadi then asks, "What if the person who win the swayamvar is not a right fit? What if he commit an adharma? What should I do because as a wife do I have to stand by him?," thinking for sometime Aadhya answered, "well I don't think a person who wins your swyumvar will not be a right fit for you, I think this should be left for the future as dharma is a wide concept which changes time to time but if he does adharma you have the right to stop him and correct his wrongs and teach him the right way after all it's for his betterment plus I have this feeling that the person who wins it will be a great person" hearing this answer Draupadi felt assured and said, "sakhi with your answers all my insecurities are going away and I feel so much better now, though I still have one more question" aadhya smiled an said "go ahead". Draupadi asks, "what is the true meaning of joy sakhi?, Is love the true joy?" Aadhya giggles a little and says, "well joy is found in many things it's not only limited to love, don't you replace joy when you do things you love, or when you eat your favorite dish or talk to your favorite person, and Joy is what you feel, joy isn't found by thinking of it, so if you feel joy with him then isn't it love?".

Hearing all the answers I felt all my

worries wash away and it was replaced with a sense of relief and satisfaction, and I said, "Madri you have made all my worries away, you know my Sakha Govind is so opposite to you, he always gives me answers in riddles, and you explain everything in detail" hearing this name Aadhya freezed for a second thinking about his way to answers and giggles, making Draupadi asks "why are you giggling sakhi?" and she says, "well Krishna is known to answer in a different way, so your problem is valid" she was about to say something but someone called Aadhya "Madri" she turned around and looked, it was Arjun, he continued "here you are, mata was worried about you since you took so long" then he looks at Draupadi, I said, "okay Bharata I will be coming you go ahead let me wear my footwear" he nodded and went ahead, she looked at Draupadi and said, "bye sakhi I have to go, I hope you get a wonderful life partner" she just nodded in daze leaving me confused but I went towards

Bharata Arjun as he was waiting for me.

ARJUN'S POV

I went to the temple as mata was worried about Aadhya, God knows what she is doing there and why it is taking so long, reaching to the temple I first went to pray and after praying I saw Aadhya and Rajkumar Draupadi talking with each other thinking she might be in danger (of revealing her identity), thinking what to call her I thought it's better to call her by the name of mata madri as she knows this name and will recognize my voice.

When Aadhya came I asked her, "why were you talking to Rajkumari Draupadi?" she looked at me and smiled saying, "I dropped this slingshot so she was returning it to me" I nodded hearing her answer and we went to the potter's house.

DRAUPADI'S POV

We heard someone call madri turing I saw Rajkumar Arjun making me lost in his gaze, but then I realized that madri is sister of Rajkumar Arjun which makes her Rajkumari Aadhya, I was in my thoughts that I didn't even reply to Aadhya.

THE DAY OF SWAYUMVAR

(Mata Kunti and pandavas are in naimisharanya)

NO ONE'S POV

All pandavas were just sitting together and talking when mata kunti said, "putro go get some food it's time to eat" they all nodded and Aadhya said, "let's go!!!, Bharata Nakul let's go, stop admiring urself in every chance u get and do some work" making everyone giggle asche was looking at this reflection in a big bowl of water, Nakul looked at Aadhya and said, "oh Aadhya's my lovely sister if you remember at the potters house we were the one's who were doing work at the potters house you were enjoying your time at the pond you found" hearing this Aadhya said "bharata it's not my fault if the potter didn't accept my help, and if that's what you think I will go get food for me and mata, you guys go get your own food, mata I will bring our food" she showed her tongue to Nakul and went in search for food.

Yudhistir looked at Nakul and said, "Nakul you shouldn't have said that, now God knows where she went", Nakul looked down as he didn't expect things would turn into this and Sahadev patted his shoulder and said "it's okay don't feel bad, Aadhya can take care of herself anyways, plus I'm sure she didn't feel bad and took this as a challenge and Jesth said this because he is concerned about her" Nakul nodded and they went in search for food.