Writer – Adikesh
Kumar Keshav – The Three-Headed Serpent
Part 1
In the jungle, a boy was walking with his blood-soaked feet among the dense trees. His face clearly showed exhaustion, but there was a spark in his eyes. Suddenly, his gaze fell upon a gigantic three-headed serpent, hissing furiously at him.
All of a sudden, the blue gem in the boy's hand began to shine. The enormous serpent lunged forward to attack. But the boy, with full confidence, pulled out his blue flute. As soon as he played it, the serpent stopped. The serpent growled—
"With this flute, you think you can stop me, Keshav? I am Swarn Kaliya… your death!"
The serpent attacked, but Keshav dodged and struck one of its heads. The remaining two heads charged at him. A rock appeared in front of him, but it split into two pieces. A flashback appears—when Keshav had once spun his flute like a Sudarshan Chakra, glowing with yellow light.
The three-headed serpent grew angrier, thrashing Keshav to the ground. His foot slipped too. Just then, a bird's cry echoed from the sky. The bird swooped between the three heads and flung Keshav back upward. In his hands, the spinning flute now seemed like a symbol of the Sudarshan, while behind him loomed the shadow of Garuda.
Keshav reminded us of that ancient battle—when Lord Krishna fought Kaliya. As he was falling, the flute transformed into a divine sword, piercing through one of the serpent's heads. The bird circled around, shielding him. The serpent spewed venomous vomit, but the bird carried Keshav away with its claws and struck one of the heads with its fists.
Keshav leaped onto the tallest head, standing firm on its forehead. He raised his hand toward the sky, and the bird below tossed the sword back to him. The serpent's heads struck repeatedly, but the bird blocked them. Meanwhile, Keshav played a divine melody on his flute.
Evening descended. Amid the clouds and the setting sun, Garuda's flight and Keshav's divinity created a celestial vision. His flute once again became a divine sword. He struck at the red serpent gem embedded on the central head's forehead. The gem blazed with radiant light, and the three-headed serpent shrieked, collapsing to the ground.
The bird carried Keshav upward in its claws. The serpents kept falling. Just then, they revealed a divine idol—engraved with the figure of a serpent goddess, glowing with blue light.
The bird spoke—
"Keshav, until my master Garuda wills it, it is my duty to protect this boy. Otherwise, I would have destroyed these serpents myself."
Keshav asked—
"What happened, Vayudatta? Why are you crying? Hasn't Master already gone…?"
Suddenly, a girl's angry voice rang from behind—Radhika shouted—
"You two always keep me out of everything!"
Keshav explained—
"Radhika, this is too dangerous. You have no divine power, how will you survive here?"
Radhika, even angrier, said—
"Every girl carries a fragment of divine power. Remember this—someday, it will be a girl who saves this world!"
The bird replied—
"The time has not yet come."
Keshav said—
"My duty is to protect the ones close to me. So bye-bye, Miss Radhika."
(And he put her number straight into rejects.)
The bird interrupted—
"You shouldn't have done that."
At that very moment, the serpent vanished. The bird explained—
"That wasn't Swarn Kaliya, but Kalpa Kaliya—his guardian. Swarn Kaliya can still return. He seeks this divine idol."
Keshav pondered—
"What secret lies within this idol, that people try to steal it from museums? And why are these serpents fighting for it?"
Just then, the voice of the Serpent Goddess echoed—
"Free me, Keshav. I will guide you to the path of the divine flower—one that can heal anyone."
But why does Keshav need that flower?
And who truly is this divine bird?
Find out in the next episode—
"Kumar Keshav and the Mystery of the Serpents"