chapter 6
Here the heavy night started coming, Sandhya wrapped her lap and started scattering the stars like pearls wrapped in her kartal, Mayank also slowly started scattering the moonlight but it did not like it on the crooked night. She started playing this light, in such a situation, the maid started helping her in Manthara's wickedness, she started wandering in her room with restlessness. She was not rested, her mind was restless, she was waiting for her to lie down, standing away from her eyes, but the Nugri(Ungrateful) woman was engaged in devising a devious trick by denying Nidra Devi(goddess of sleep). King Dasharatha was busy getting his members ready for the morning. The three queens had gone to their respective rooms. Laying on the bed, all three were weaving the web of fantasies and were getting happy. King Dasharatha, after fixing the program, walked towards the room of Queen Kaushalya, while the maid Manthara, smiling softly in the desire of doing something new, walked from her room towards the room of her beloved queen Kaikeyi. Like chess pieces, his clever mind was thinking of new moves. She knocked on the room of Queen Kaikeyi, opened the door thinking of the arrival of King Dasharatha, seeing the beloved maid in front, got engrossed in thought and started asking,
"What happened that you have come to me this night?"
Spreading a crooked smile, Manthara quickly closed the door and placed her finger on the queen's lips and saw the queen sitting down on the bed, then Kaikeyi made her sit in her armpit and asked gently,
"Wow?"
Manthara rolled his eyes like a dagger and looked at Kaikeyi and asked,
"Will you trust?"
"Yes why not, you are my dear maidservant and also my friend"
He questioned the queen,
"Tomorrow Ram will become king, will he not..."
Kaikeyi said,
"Why not? I am very happy, my dear Ram is getting happy, Ram will become the king tomorrow.
Hearing this, Manthara groaned loudly and said with sharp eyes,
"Your Ram! Truly queen you are very naive, could not understand the deceit of the king and along with Kaushalya is also found. Send your son Bharat to maternal grandfather's house, King Dasharatha has played a good game."
Kaikeyi looked at him with astonished eyes.
"What are you trying to say?"
Manthara smiled softly and said,
"The king definitely calls you dear queen, dear queen, but he believe in Kaushalya only. Even today you have seen that you have gone to Queen Kaushalya only to create the story ahead.
Kaikeyi nodded.
"You are telling the truth. What did the king think of suddenly making Ram the king?
Kaikeyi started circling in his room, restlessness was increasing.
Manthara was smiling looking at him with crooked eyes.
Manthara put her hand on the shoulder and said,
"Queen go to sleep now, think whatever, think in the morning. I also go to sleep peacefully.
Saying this the Manthara queen left Kaikeyi's room.
Kaikeyi could not understand his intention and started looking towards the door with stern eyes, she had lost sleep, her eyes had lost sleep. Kaikeyi was waiting for the morning to come.
Usha Devi (goddess of dawn) had arrived in the cloak of the morning, the morning star was awakening the east. The king took his body in his room and got up on the bed. A smile blossomed on his face. Today the new sunrise of the new morning was about to bring with it the new king of Suryavansh. He came out of a happy posture and started looking around, there was hustle and bustle everywhere. Everyone was doing their work efficiently.
Kaushalya also took a bath and started waiting for Kaikeyi and Sumitra. The slaves were busy with their work, Sumitra had also arrived, but the wait for Kaikeyi's arrival was not taking the name of the end. The king's restlessness had increased why his beloved queen did not come Then came the sound of Manthara knocking wood and congratulating the king, and asked Kaikeyi to go to the Kop Bhawan (house of darkness).
Hearing this, the king was shocked. When he wanted to know the reason from Manthara, she told that she is sad because of Rama becoming the king.