" You where reckless. " Shouted the old man.
" You said you have read the book about all the kaal's and their abilities, because if you did, you would have known that once you are in his world, he can read your mind, know your weakness, know about your love, passion and everything. Longer you stay in his world, stronger he gets, and longer he knows about you. Be glad that your all the faces and names are sealed and if - . "
" Shut up. '' Raghav yelled. And the old man got quiet.
" Is my mother alive? " He asked in an angry voice.
" Raghav I - "
" Is my mother alive? " He asked again, raising his voice, cutting off the old man.
" I can't say that. "said the old man in his mind.
" She is. " And he sat on the ground, and took a meditation pose. And starts to meditate and pronounce the mantra of meditation.
" OM. " And after some time, a blue glow started to emerge from him, and the glow was in the span of two hundred metres, covering the whole carnewal . And every pronounce of om, was making that aura rippel. Flowers started to bloom by the light, the grass started to grow faster. The old man watched this whole ordeal from his ashram. And every pronunciation of the word was making the blue lite, his aura wrippel, and it started to bend. And it starts to come in the shape of a cylinder.
" That aura. " Said the old man, and watched as his hand shook. and all the dead insects and animals started to come back to life, and in that animal was a wild boar. and Then the sun started to rise behind him, and the aura was now in the shape of a power plant, it was cylindrical and very high in the sky. And the carnival was now almost like a jungle. And then with the rising sun, his aura changed colour blue to orange, and the fish tattoo on his neck glows, and a huge catfish the size of a human came out from behind, and floated in front of him. Then the tortoise tattoo beside the fish starts to glow, and the tortoise raises, and starts to float beside the fish. And then from nowhere, a wild boar appeared from the tall grass, and with him was the other dead animal, a mouse and squirrel. And that boar, bowed to him, and from that boar, glowed, a blue lite, and tool a form a human hybrid. It was half human half boar, and he has four arms. In one hand he was holding a mesh, in other a shankh, and in one a lotus and In other a chakra. And the space beside the tortoise in his neck and braccers, starts to glow, and a carving of a boar starts to appear. And the varaha avatar of lord vishnu, grew to a size of tower, and roared at the sky. And from the side of the mountains, if someone has seen that, he would have seen like a huge half boar half man is holding the sun, between his horns. And then with a surge of power, his senses go haywire. And his aura expended, to the whole world, and everyone who knows about divine enterfere, felt that. The general Raghav felt that, the leader of that mountain group felt that, the people of the temple felt that. And then it reached the old man. And then his senses lead him toward a temple, and then at the basement of that temple, and after some police blockage And taping latter, after crossing six door made out of gold latter he reached at the seventh door, And raghav saw his mom, sleeping on a bed behind that door . He immediately opened his eyes. And took flight. He fli through the sky, threw continents in minutes. And landed on the heavy street of Kerala, and people ignored him like he was wasn't even there, ge walked directly toward the basement of that huge temple, and destroyed the police stoppers holding it, he walked open all the six gaits, and when he reached at the seventh gait, He stopes, and looked at all the scripters, written on the door, all the carvings. And then at the red cloths and when he looked closely, he saw carving of snakes, many many snakes.
" You can't open that. " Came the voice of the old sage from behind.
" Why. " And Raghav touched the door, and a flood of memories hit him. And he recoils back.
" What's that? " He asked, looking at the door.
" That's the seventh door of Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram. And if you have some insights about this temple, you would have known. Behind that door is the key to everything, everywhere all at once. Whatever you want, whatever you need, whatever you crave for, is inside that door. "
" But my - "
" There is no one inside Raghav, when you expands your aura and power, it reaches hear, and the door realises that you can open it. So it showed you what you wanted. Believe me, when I said you don't want to know what's inside. And just for precaution, whoever tried to open that door died. The door was locked by the 'Nagpash' , the strongest binding force of nature, if the person who wasn't destined to open this door tries to open it, he'll face consequences, and if you had opened it, several poisonous snakes will have attacked you. You can still listen to them if you listen closely. " And Indeed he heard the hissing sound.
" So my mother, where is she? " Asked Raghav.
" Raghav, your mother is not dead, but she is not alive either. "
" What do you mean? " Asked raghav.
" Mrityu can read or see anyone's past and present and soul. But you are Maharakshak so reading your mind is difficult for him, he can't properly see or read it like a book, he might have sensed your mother's soul, but you didn't."
" I don't care about that, if my mother is alive." And he replied.
" No! Come back, I'll show you. '' And the lift just appeared when they turned .
" Wait! If that door holds that much power, why didn't kaals opened it. "
" They are not fools, they won't even think about coming to this temple. "
" Why? "
" Well let's just say there end will truly start, when he had opened that door. "
And Raghav understands. The door will open when he arrives.
They were in the lift, side by side waiting for it open.
The moment became awkward automatically, they both didn't know what to say. And seeing the lift not opening, they both asked at the same time.
" I was asking . " And they both got silent.
" You go first. " They both said at the same time.
" Ok I'll go. " Again. And Raghav showed his hand.
" I'll say!" And then asked him about his mother and how he knows her?
" When your father went into the world to leave a life, he met your mom, in the workplace, before you, all the maharakshak were born and raised in the ashram, and after a certain age, they left the ashram for their lives. Your mother used to work for your father, and slowly, they fall in love, and he told her about this place and us. "
" And you allowed this? "
" You can also tell your wife this, a husband and wife can share anything between them.. "
" Can I tell my girlfriends. "
" You don't have one. "
" I'll have it in a month. "
" She is eighteen . "
" I'll wait. Or I'll just go, saif and kareena "
" Sure you will. " He said sarcastically.
" So, how things went after that. "
" They both get married, and have kids. "
" Kids? raghav asked, seeing a mispronunciation.
" Kid. "said the old man.
" They both have a kid, and they named it after their greatest ancestor. "
" Raghav. "
" That isn't your real name. "
" Wait what? " Asked Raghav
" Your family and lineage name is Bhaghirathi ."
" Bhaghirathi? "
" Well that's what Raghav suggested. "
" Thank you. I don't think my friends will leave me with that? "
" And why is that. " Aske the old man.
" I studied in Britain. They are worse than Rajasthani people in making a name worse. "
" Raghav became raghav or raghava, mahen became mehan or mahaean. "
" Kalkatta became kolkata, vishakpattnam became vijak. ".
" Exactly, can't pronounce the name correctly, so I changed it. Raghav taunted.
And the silence falls again. And raghav asked another question. The old man asked in the same time, and after some talking, raghav asked.
" You were asking something, previously? "
" It's nothing, I saw you unlock the varaha avatar as well. "said the old man. And raghav looked at his braccers, and yes, he has a boar carved in it.
" When did it - . "
" When you are contrasting at your goal, they familieres are not only connected through belief, they are connected through emotions and control. Maybe your desire, your feeling to find your mother made you reach that level. And now you have an immense amount of power to spare. And if I'm correct, the next is Lord Narahshimbha."
" Yeah, so what for him, anger management? " Asked Raghav.
" No, you'll need that for Lord Parshuram, for him, you'll need a motive, not just any motive, but a solid, reasonable motive, he is one of the strongest, he's not gonna give you his powers that easily."
" Hey, I didn't get my powers easily? "
" Maybe, but next will be harder. '' And the lift opened. And the old man led him toward a particular room.
" Many people who knows about this ashram and the maharakshak knows that if they died, they'll be going through a cycle of rebirth, and they knows they have only seven lifes till there soul would be merged with the Paramatma and that in the end of kaliyuga, all the people will have completed there all seven lives, and they'll merged with Parmatma and new human will be born, for the new yuga that will start. Many people wanted to leave a life full of peace and without any kind of impurity, so they canel the cycle of rebirth, by storing there asheh in the sat-yuga, and be opened the door of sat-yuga. And Raghav instantly felt at ease. And then they reached a tree, where several ash pots were tied to it like fruits.
" Ever felt like you were at home when you entered here? " Asked the old man. And Raghav replied in yes.
" That's because your mom's soul is somewhere here, but we can't see it, but your mom can see us. And a small breeze hits him.
" I can feel her. " Said Raghav, feeling the breeze.
" I didn't senced father. " Said Raghav.
" He isn't here. This was his seventh birth, and he went to Parmatma. "
" He didn't stay with mom? "
" He can't, people who have lived there seven lifes, go directly toward the parmatma. And when the kaliyuga will end, and a new sat-yuga will start, I'm gonna flow those ashes in the river."
" You gonna live that long? " Asked Raghav.
" I'm blessed with iccha-mrityu. That means I'll die when I want to die.
" Now that sounds crazy, who are you actually? And how old are you? "
" I've told you who I'm, and for my age, I don't count, probably few thousands. "
" No I mean who actually you, what you were before doing this? What's your origin? "
" My origin. Let's just say, I can make the sky fall by my name. "
" And your name was? "
" bheesm, bheesm pitha-ma. "
And the next thing that happened was that, ragahv walked toward his office, holding the black book in hand.
" So you know about this book? " Asked Raghav asked the old man, who was holding the book.
" It's a memo kind of book, a ledged maybe, as you said, it has no tracker or anything, and I see no I'll intend, and as far as I know, mrityu didn't use underhand tactics. "
" So I can see it? "
" Why?. " Asked the old man.
" I wanna see everything that's man made. "
" Not a bad reason, but be carefull, I'll keep a watch. '' Said the old man, and passed him the book. And before going Raghav asked a question.
" I can save people in need right if anything like this happens? " Asked raghav showed him the book.
" No! As long as it was done by a human, if you sensed an outer involvement, you can use your power. "
" Why not in normal ? "
" Because if we interfere with normal events, they'll notice us, and it'll be all like previous times. They'll treat you like a God . "
" Can't I play a hero? "
" You can, without the suit. With the suit no. "
And he got silent.
Raghav sat on his chair, and opened the book. And flipped some pages. And after a time he looked at a particular page, and tore it.
And next day, when dizzy walked in the office, in her time, which was more earlier then cleaning staff, she make a coffee, take a sip, and directly walked toward his bosses office, unannounced.
" You are early. " She heard her boss's voice, and when she saw, she saw her boss sitting on a chair holding a thick black book, and everywhere in the office was torn pages of books . There are thousands of those pages.
" G-good morning boss. " She said stumbling back.
" Sorry for the mess, and can you give me that coffee. " Asked raghav, and she immediately gave him that, and she was about to say that she has sipped it before, but she stopped herself from saying that.
And when she gave him that, she read a name in one of the pages, and some pages fell from the table because of that, she picked those, and read those names.
" Are these - . "
" Catastrophes. "
" No, I mean yes. But I was gonna ask, research for the kalikal storm "
" No! They are different , they all are caused by humans, or because of humans. There is a lot of stuff I didn't know before seeing this book. Not only this has all the info about the dead, but also the people who caused those deaths, I'm planning to give them all a visit someday. "And dizzy looked at the papper un hand and said..
" You might be pretty late for some, some of them have died. " And she placed a paper, which has the name " Jaliyawala '' written on it.
" True, but some of them are. "
" I heard there was a bomb blast in the subway of new york. "
" Yes, two days earlier, no terrorist group has taken responsibility for that yet. "
" And they never will," said Raghav to himself.
" Whatever, the ad is ready, did you check? And how's the repairs in the city going? "
" Everything is fine, the report will publish today, and I have sent the copy of that report which you didn't read, and repairs are going well, everything is going smoothly. "
" Great, and order breakfast, I'm sure you didn't eat as well, so order for two. " And she went to order that stuff.