Chapter 3: MARRIAGE

The fourth son of pandu was caressing his favorite white horse and he was feeding him grass with a sad face. Arjun saw nakul, he was shining in silver moonlight. He sighed and puts his hand on nakul's shoulder. Nakul turned around.

"Say what happened?" Arjun said.

"Nothing bharta, just.." nakul said with a fake smile diverting his face.

"Just tell!" Arjun said sternly. Sadness was occupied on nakul's handsome face.

"Bhrata..I doubt that she will accept me or not? She would be thinking that how can I agree for marriage without meeting? Um, you know na bharata, Mata's words are commands for us, then how can I refuse Matashree?" Nakul expressed his insecurity to his elder brother arjun.

"Why she will hate you?? You are the most handsome person in Aryavrat after shree krishna. You have each quality for which every girl desires for. The women of aryavrat are crazy for you! You are not only the prince of hastinapur but prince of each girl's dreams.." Arjun said holding nakul's shoulders.

"One's physical appearance is not enough.." He sighed.

"You are kind hearted my dear brother. Your heart is more nicer than your looks, there is not  a single reason to hate you." Arjun said.
Nakul smiles. "Bhrata. No matter she will love me or hate me, but I will always love her!" Nakul said.
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Draupadi was sitting in front of mirror and chandana was removing her ornaments. Tomorrow is her haldi ceremony and next day wedding.

"Be ready, Kumari.." Chandana said removing her earing. "For what?" She asked.

"For being someone's slave oops sorry wife." She said freeing her long hairs from jewelleries. She frowned.

"I won't accept him!" She said, crossing her arms. Chandana dramatically sighed.
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At panchal,
Everyone were applying haldi and showering their precious blessings on draupadi. The ladies were chatting and giggling but draupadi's face was wearing a fake smile.

"Oh wow Draupadi, your henna is so deep, it seems Kumar Nakul loves you very much." Shashiprabha said holding draupadi's hand. Her henna color was deep and beautiful, she frowned in mind.

"May no one's evil eye affect my daughter's married life." Prishati said putting kohl behind her ear.

"You are lucky to have a husband like Kumar Nakul, must have done good deeds in the previous birth." A girl said.

"Not only she, but Kumar nakul is also very lucky." Shashwathi pats draupadi jokingly.

"What is the specialty of Prince Nakul? everyone can't get tired of praising him." Draupadi thought.
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At night. Draupadi was sitting on the  window looking at her kingdom with tearful eyes. The whole city was prevailed by silence but her heart was overloaded by thousands of emotions at a time. She escaped a sigh.

"Enjoy your last night in panchal, Rajkumari." Chandana said from behind. She came near her.

"Last night as a free bird, tomorrow you are being caged in a relation." She said.

"I've already told you many times! I am the fireborn! No one can make me slave! I don't accept it!" She groaned. Chandana rolled her eyes.

"You don't know Kumari... a wife is slave of husband. A woman has to be a devoted wife."

"Enough!!" She covered her ears with her hands. "I know this!! I am his wife just in the point of view of this world!! Nothing else!!" She shouted angrily.
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Nakul was lying on his bed facing the ceiling. His face was shining in the moonlight. He was drowned in the thoughts, he didn't even noticed when he fell asleep.

Next day, the whole panchal was celebrating. The palace was decorated for the wedding of their beloved princess. The wave of happiness was everywhere except in draupadi's heart. The maids and servant were scattered everywhere for work.

Prishati, Shashiprabha, Shashwathi, sikhandini with chandana were making her ready. They all left and shree krishna entered her room.

"Govind!! I don't want this marriage to happen! This will snatch my freedom!!" She sobbed. Shree krishna wiped draupadi's tears.

"Believe me, everything happens for a reason." Shree krishna holds draupadi's hands. They came down.

Nakul was already present in wedding podium waiting for his soon to be wife. She entered slowly lowering her gaze and hiding her anger.

Nakul become breathless seeing her beautiful. She was decorated with golden jewelries. Her complexion was dark as night and her curls waving in warm air. Her heavenly beautiful eyes were gazing at ground. She had a great aura. She was fireborn princess. She lifted her lotus eyes in order to look at nakul. She was so beautiful that no one can explain her beauty, even Apsara were fail before her, she was fire Born lotus and she smell like blue lotus from 1 mile away. Nakul was completely lost in her eyes. He was admiring her.

Yagyaseni looked at nakul. The dark skinned prince who was already looking at her, for a while she was lost looking at him but she remembered that he will make her his slave. Indeed nakul was most handsome, the dasis around him was looking at him. She frowned at them.

They both stood facing each other. Draupadi raised her hand to put varmala around his neck, she garlanded him without looking at him. He too did the same but he was looking at her.

Then they offered flowers in holy fire and joined their hands.
Drupad and prishati come there for kanyadaan. They stand for saptapadi. Then they both sit down again. It was time for sindurdaan. Nakul filled the empty partition of her hair with red vermilion, proving that she is now nakul's wife. A pinch fell on her nose too, it is said that husband loves his wife then only sindoor fell on nose isn't? Our panchali too know this but she denied to belive that nakul loves her, it is just a coincidence in her pov. Nakul make draupadi wear the mangalsootra, his fingers ran through draupadi's neck giving her shivers through spine.

"His touch is different...ahh!!! He just need a wife to pacify their needs... nothing else!" She thought.
They stood up. They are each other's for next seven births. Now draupadi is nakul's vamangini. She is nakul's arranging, SHE IS NAKUL'S NITYAYUVANI. TODAY holy fire has a evidence of their unbreakable bond.

Now it was time for a ritual, where husband and wife feed each other with their hands. They sat, the plate was full of food, two types of sabji, plate of rice, with two rotis.

"Rajkumar, now feed Rajkumari with your hands, and Kumari you are obliged to do the same." Chandana said.

Draupadi took food and passes it to nakul's mouth without looking at him.

"That's not fair! You cannot steal glances today!!" Chandana said and everyone chuckled. Draupadi unwillingly glanced at nakul and found him admiring her, she frowned.

"He was looking at me, obviously he will, huh!" She thought and nakul eats the food from her hands. Nakul passes the peice of food towards draupadi's red like pomegranate lips. She slowly eat the food.
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