Chapter 45 - The Guilty Spy

Two thousand years ago, the Chola king Karikal Peruvalathan took banks on both sides of the river Cauvery. For a long time, the banks were in good condition and controlled the river Cauvery. Later, the pain of the Chola tribe subsided. The Pandyas, the Pallavas, the Kalappalar and the Vanar took their heads. During this period, the Kaveri river, which had no guard, often broke its banks. In some cases when the embankment breaches on a large scale, the course of the river changes up and down. Old Kaveri is the new Kaveri; If the fate of the river is completely changed, the old riverbed will sometimes become wetland; At other times, the water would become stagnant streams and ripple like an ocean.

There was one such stream on the southern side of the Chola palaces of Pazhayar town.

The Chola kings had deliberately deepened and widened this stream created by the change in the fate of the Kaveri. This spacious stream was a good protection for the palace and especially for the harems. No one can come that way easily. Only those who are closely associated with the palace can board the boat.

The beautiful forests of the palace harems stretched along this stream. The ladies of the palace roamed the woods at any time. They will gather together; They will dance as peacocks; They will become cuckoos and sing. Sometimes they go down to the stream and bathe. They also play in the stream.

In the Chola tribe, when one king died and another came to the throne, a new palace was built. The old palace was inhabited by the queens and other children of the deceased king.

Next to Chempian Mahadevi's palace in the Pazhayar palace, Kundavai's palace excelled in beauty and majesty. Wasn't that the palace where Sundara Cholar lived? After he went to Thanjai, Kundavai became the mistress of that palace.

The woods at the back of the palace were exquisite. It also had skyscraper banyan trees; There were also tiny flowering plants. There were creepers, and vines embracing the trees.

Kundavai and her friends used to spend most of their evenings in that wooden.

Sometimes they all sit together and talk stories.

Sometimes, they split into two or three groups and talk privately.

For a few days, Kundavai and Vanathi had been talking separately.

That day, Kundavai and Vanathi were sitting on a flag swing hanging from a big banyan tree, dancing and talking.

From time to time the merry laughter of the women could be heard in the subtle forest, competing with the chirping of the birds.

But Kundavai and Vanathi were not the only ones laughing. They didn't like the laughter of the others. If they talked too much, it wasn't much.

A woman sang a song from a flaghouse. Isn't it Kannan's birthday? What she sang was also a song about Krishna.

Venugana is heard in Vanilla. It torments a woman who is in love with Krishna. She opens her mouth to express her anguish. A parrot comforts her from a tree branch.

The girl:

Tormenting Vanilla – Here

Veena Who blows the flute?

Nathan Ila himself

What virtue is weakening?

Parrot:

The Sky and the Sky – Ayyan

The flute is also a mouthpiece

Maane unthanai varuthithumO – this

Strange Mother!

The girl:

O flower! I'll Praise You – Good

I'm going to give you a smile – what

When the spirit is broken – a

Have you come to console me?

Parrot:

Katazhagi! Unthan Kadhanaal – Our

I came to tell you – Kannan

From the day I left – good

Butter and butter!

Kundavai, who had been listening to the latter part of the song, said at the end of the song, "Good Kannan has come to this Senthamizh Nadu as a deity! What will happen to all the other things if you eat butter and blow the flute and spend time with women?"

Looking at Vaanathi who did not respond, she asked, "Why are you keeping silent? Have you also fainted in Kannan's flute?"

"Sister! What did you hear?" said Vanathi.

"What did I hear? Where was your attention?"

"You're not going anywhere? You had it."

"Hit me! Why are you lying? Your mind isn't really here! Shall I tell you where it is?"

"Tell me if you know!"

"I know very well. It has gone to the battlefield of Eelanadu. There's my brother, there's an innocent boy, and your mind is wondering what else you can snuff him with!"

"Half of what you said is true, Sister! My mind often goes to Eezham Nadu. But I didn't think of snuffing him. It thinks about how he suffers on the battlefield, how many injuries he has on his body, where he sleeps, what food he eats, etc. It pains me to think that I am here eating and dressing and sleeping on a cotton mattress, while he is suffering like that. If only I had feathers, I would fly to Ilankai this minute...!"

"What will you do with the flight? Will you hurt him more?"

"Not a day. I will drive the chariot as Subhadra drove the chariot for Arjuna and Satyabhama drove the chariot for Krishna. I will bear the arrows that shoot at him in my breast...

"If you take it, will he take care of it?"

"If he doesn't like it, I'll wait in the camp. When he comes back from the battlefield, I will dress his wounds. I will have a flower bed spread out. I will cook and cook delicious food. To forget the pain in my body, I will play the veena and sing songs and make you sleep..."

"All this is impossible, Vaanathi! The soldiers of the Chola tribe do not take women to the battlefields..."

"ஏன் அக்கா, அப்படி?"

"அவர்களுக்குப் புண்களைப் பற்றிப் பயமில்லை; அதைக் காட்டிலும் பெண்களைப் பற்றித்தான் அதிக பயம்!"

"அது ஏன்? பெண்கள் அவர்களை என்ன செய்து விடுவார்கள்?"

"They won't do anything; But what if women like you go to the battlefield and the enemy soldiers are mesmerized by your beauty and surrender? At that time, our Chola Nadu soldiers won't be able to show their bravery, will they? The Chola tribe does not like the reputation of winning with women."

"Is that even so? Will the enemy soldiers be so stupid? To be mesmerized by the beauty of women?"

"Why not? Slave, Vaanathi! Do you remember when we saw a young soldier at Kudanthai astrologer's house and on the banks of Arisilaru?"

"There is; What's that?"

"Do you remember how he fainted like he was intoxicated when he saw all of us?"

"I remember that, too, but you are wrong to say that after seeing all of us. He looked at them and was mesmerized. He didn't even look at the people standing nearby, Sister!"

"Vanathi! You are telling a good lie! Are you kidding?"

"Not at all! Let me ask you something; Do you answer that truthfully?"

"Listen to me!"

"Why do you remember that young soldier now?"

"You've been a good talker! What's wrong with remembering him?"

"Who says it's wrong? Didn't I tell you? It's so natural! I, too, am worried about the fate of the young man."

"Why should you care about that?"

"Why don't you worry? If we have seen someone and are often reminded of him, isn't it natural to want to know what happened to him?"

"Good nature! We should not allow such distractions. The mind should be controlled.... Listen, Vanathi, what is that drumming? What does that voice say? Listen carefully, and we'll see!"

Well yes; Somewhere in the distance there was the sound of drumming in the street, and in the middle of the sound of a human voice shouting.

"A spy from enemy country entered the Thanjavur fortress under false label and fled after espionage. He wounded two people mortally and escaped. He was young. He has a strong body. A magician like Indrajit. Name Vallavaraiyan Vandhiyathevan. Those who shelter him will be put to death. Whoever captures him will be rewarded with a thousand gold pieces. Thanjai fortress commander Pazhuvertaraiyar Kalanthaka Kandar's strict orders!"

When the human voice had finished saying this, the drum sounded, 'Dam, Tham, Thadathatham'. Kundavai Devi's body trembled for some reason.

At that time a nurse came and said, "Devi! A brave Vaishnava by name Azhvarkadiyar has come to see you. Something is urgent!"

"Here I am!" said Kundavai and went down from the flag swing.