chapter 16

He made Mandvi drink water, sprinkled water on his face. Mandvi saw Rajvaidya with half-open eyes, wanted to say something but could not speak, tears flowed from her eyes. She started thinking in her mind that why is there so much noise in Ayodhya today? Has the fourteen years of Rama's exile have been completed? Are Ram, Sita and Lakshman going to come to Ayodhya?

As soon as he thought of this, his whole body ran like a headache. Her body trembled due to the intensity of the fever, she screamed and sat on the bed fearing some bad luck, but the body did not support her and she fell helpless.

Then Rajvaidya came with the medicine, he put the medicine dissolved in the spoon in the mouth of Mandvi and said,

"daughter! Try to sleep."

By blowing the blanket on the body, Raj Vaidya got busy in his work. Mandvi really fell asleep. Here the city of Ayodhya was being decorated like a bride, every corner was being decorated with Abi-Gulal(colors) etc., various types of paintings were being done, preparations were being made to light the lamp.

All the townspeople were being filled with glee. Today their king Ram was coming, along with them queen Sita, Lakshman and Bharat were also coming.

Along with the fourteen years of exile of Rama, Lakshmana and Sita, Bharata's exile was also about to end.

The three Rajmatas(royal queens) were also eagerly waiting for the pieces of their hearts.

But what an irony it was that the city of Ayodhya gave happiness, but Mandvi's exile had started today till eternity.

The medicine had an effect, Mandvi's fever had subsided, but she was feeling very tired. I wanted to stand up but my body was feeling tired. He saw Raj Vaidya(royal doctor) still sitting in the room. Hearing Mandvi's groaning in pain, Rajvaidya came to her and asked,

"Daughter! How's the fever now?"

Mandvi smiled, softly and nodded her neck. He asked permission to go from Vaidya ji(doctor) with folded hands. Vaidya gave her rest.

Asked to do but she expressed her desire to go.

Mandvi had stepped out of the dispensary when she was stunned. The night goddess was slowly coming slowly, freeing herself from the evening. Mandvi's mind became restless, she had no fear of going near the young man in the daily silence, but today hundreds of eyes were looking at her.

Everyone was busy decorating the city of Ayodhya. Mandvi was trying to leave the city of Ayodhya without any sound, but the road was getting obstructed again and again.

Here the young man was restless, waiting for Mandvi, the delay of Mandvi's arrival was making him even more restless. Fearing something bad, his heart was sinking, he cried inside, he felt for the first time today how much he loved Mandvi. He was repeatedly wiping away the tears from his eyes and looked at the path on which Mandvi's footsteps and shadows were making him feel.

Here Mandvi started running towards the forest, avoiding everyone's eyes, her condition was strange. Her mind was not ready to accept the joy of someone's arrival, today she had forgotten to bring the footwear, the prick of the thorns would give mild pain on the way and the blood that came out was leaving its mark. Her throat was dry, but she didn't want to waste a moment. She was walking as fast as she could with staggering steps. The eyes of the young man were also trying to see her for a long time. He was walking restlessly, Mandvi's staggering steps made her even more restless. He ran in the direction from where Mandvi was coming.

He hugged Mandvi and supported her and brought her under a tree symbolizing her sacred love. He made Mandvi drink water with his chagal (water bowl) and at the same time began to wash her face with the tears flowing from his eyes. Both were just shed tears silently, even the silence could hear his sobs. But sometimes a groan would also be heard, when the young man would remove the thorns that pricked Mandvi's feet and wipe the blood that was shed with his handkerchief. But there were tears that were not taking the name of stopping today.

Both the unspoken lovers were just feeling strange. Today Mandvi was trying to get the company of the young man completely. The purity of love was at its zenith today. The young man had learned a lot about Mandvi, but Mandvi did not know anything about the young man and did not even want to know. She looked at the young man's mask with wet eyes, the young man's eyes were closed, but still did not know how tears were flowing from his eyes like a waterfall?

Mandvi was seeing a young man with a moon-like face for the last time, this is a thing the young man did not know. She started thinking

"That's good! It doesn't know the truth."

She cried bitterly by turning her face. The young man took Mandvi's face in both his hands and asked the reason for the split in this way today.