Story of legendary Love

The story of legendary love of Sukesh and legendary duty of King Dharamveer

Vikram once again caught hold of Betaal and carried him on his shoulder. Betaal started telling him a story. It was a love story which said that love can raise a man to heights and love can also put a man in pits. A magician named Abhijeet from Gorakhpur came to meet a rich man named Yashvant Dubey. With his magical stone he turned all the earthen and brass vessels in to gold vessels. Yashvant was very happy and in reward promised him to marry his daughter Nandini to him. Abhijeet gave his magical stone to Yashvant. Just then Nandini’s lover, a woodcutter named Sukesh came and told Yashvant not to give away his jewel like daughter for gold but the magician said that Sukesh could not do anything. Sukesh said that Nandini only belonged to him. At this, the magician with the help of a magical doll captured Nandini in a mirror and only he was able to take her out. Nandini was entrapped in the mirror. He then revealed that Nandini could be taken out only with the help of the magical doll and also that the magician’s life was entrapped in the magical doll. As soon as Sukesh heard this, he snatched the magical doll from him and crushed it and the magician died immediately. With this, even the magical stone which was with Yashvant vanished. Just as the magician fell down dead, a book of magical tricks fell from his jacket and Sukesh ran home with the book.

He started reading the book. It said that a picture could be made live if one followed the steps written in the book within eight days. First step was to go to the west of Gorakhpur, one mile into a cave. Sukesh went in the cave which was being guarded by a python and the moment he entered, the python entangled him. With great difficulty, he was able to relieve himself. When he went further down he had to face fire. He chanted a mantra and the fire went off. He went further inside the cave. There he met a beautiful lady who gave him Somras (juice of the moon planet) to drink as he was tired. The moment he drank that, he started feeling love for her. Sukesh was confused as to why he was getting that feeling because he loved Nandini with all his heart and could not love anyone else. The lady told him that if he loved her, she would get him the Kailash flower which he had come to get for Nandini. Sukesh replied that his heart and soul belonged to Nandini and if he loved the lady, he would not need the flower but he could not forget his soul and worship body. The lady then told him that she realized that his love for Nandini was true and got him the Kailash flower. Sukesh went back with the flower and with the help of it got Nandini out of the mirror. Nandini and Sukesh left for Sukesh’s house. Sukesh told her that he would go to the city to get permission from his parents for marriage.

King Dharamveer who was a patriot had sacrificed four of his sons for the country and had lost his hand while fighting for the country, was confronted by a Sage who told him that it was his lucky day and he would meet a beautiful lady that day. If he married that lady with her consent, a son would be born who would grow up and fight for him and get back all his provinces that he had lost in war. King Dharamveer went to the temple. Coincidentally Nandini was there too. When King Dharamveer saw her, he told her that he wanted to talk to her and that he would visit her house after a day. Nandini walked further on and was stopped by the richest man of the country. He said that he wanted to meet her personally and talk, Nandini told him to meet her the day after, just five seconds after the sun set. When he asked why they could not meet the next day, she said that Sukesh was to come the next day. Saying this, she walked ahead. On the way the minister saw her and stopped her. He expressed his wish to meet her. She asked him to come the day after just six seconds after the sun set and she refused to meet the next day as Sukesh was to come. She walked further on. She was stopped by the chief minister who told her to meet him. She called him too the day after, just seven seconds after the sunset and once again refused to meet the next day as Sukesh was to come.

All three of them were jealous of Sukesh and each one of them planned to kill him. The rich man sent his men to kill him but Sukesh fought bravely and killed them instead. Further, the minister’s men tried to kill him with the help of a snake but he was saved again. Further the chief minister sent a man who knew black magic. With his magic, he tied Sukesh with chains but Sukesh was saved by a saint. Meanwhile, in the evening, King Dharamveer came to meet Nandini. As he was talking to her, somebody knocked the door. Nandini asked the King to hide inside and as she opened the door, she saw the rich man standing so she asked him to come inside. He told her that he had fallen in love with her beauty and wanted to marry her. Again there was a knock on the door. Nandini asked the rich man to hide. Similarly the minister came and told her that he was fed up of his wife and wanted to marry her. Once again some one knocked. Nandini asked him to hide too. The chief minister came and proposed her to marry him. King Dharamveer was listening to all this. Once again there was a knock.

This time, it was Sukesh. Nandini told him that the rich man wanted to marry her and he was inside the house. Sukesh told her that she should have complained to the minister. Nandini replied that the minister himself was there and proposed to her. At this, Sukesh said that she should have complained to the chief minister then but Nandini told him that the chief minister was also there. Sukesh told her that they should go and complain to the King about it. King Dharamveer, who heard this, came out and told his men that he was not after Nandini out of lust but he was ashamed of his men and sent them for exile. He told Nandini and Sukesh that if he knew that they loved each other so much he would never have come in between. Just then the sage manifested and told Nandini that if she willingly married King Dharamveer, the son born to them would be very brave and bring back everything that was lost by the King and thereby do well for the country. Sukesh then said that though he loved Nandini, his love for the country always had an upper hand and he could sacrifice anything for his country if it was for the betterment of it.

Saying this, Betaal stopped and asked Vikram who Nandini would marry, Sukesh or King Dharamveer. As usual he forced Vikram to reply or else he would behead him. Vikram replied that a man has three prime duties in life, first one towards parents, second more important towards a Guru (teacher) and third and the most important towards one’s country. So Nandini would sacrifice her love and accept King Dharamveer for the betterment of country. Betaal told Vikram that he had taken the right decision but as he had spoken, Betaal flew away.