A Slave Who Became Emperor Chapter 86

Evil? lurking in shadows? is this the same woman whom Samyukta has seen in her dream? this was getting complicated . . Pinaka said, 'ok, I will come with you . . we will start in an hour . . ' the person nodded his head , Pinaka went inside the conference Hall and said, 'I need to excuse myself, I have something really important to do . . ' everyone was taken aback, what could be more important than the threat of Mangol emperor's . . however no one dared to object . . .

Shiva stood up and said, 'Prince, I will come with you . . ' Pinaka nodded in agreement and said, 'Indra, Varuna you too a.s.semble your men . . we will leave in an hour . . father . . can I talk to you? . . ' emperor Surya Gupta nodded and followed Pinaka, he lead him into another chamber and said, 'father , the person who came to see me is from the Takshaka tribe . . ' he repeated everything that the person told him . . Emperor Surya Gupta said, 'fine . . go and meet the chief . . take our Raj Guru along with you . . he will help you by keeping the evil force at bay . . 'Pinaka agreed and then sent a message to Raj guru . . soon they were ready to leave . .

The Raj guru meditated for a while, then he took out a sacred Rudraksha Garland (holy prayer beads) . . . it had two golden pendants ,one was the 'Swastika' and the other one was the holy symbol that read 'om' . . these are considered as two most holy symbols of Hinduism . . then he took some Vermillion and Ganga water (water from River Ganges is considered to be sacred and used for ritualistic purifications in India) and got ready to leave along with Pinaka . . he understood that the evil force about which Samyukta told him was not easy to deal with . . but he was confident and faithful . . he was sure that the mother G.o.ddess Durga whom he worshipped , would help him . .

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Pinaka and party ascended their horses, the man from the Takshaka tribe lead them in the direction of the Vindyas . . as they were traveling, night fell, they set up a camp and started eating the food that they brought along with them . . Raj guru was fasting as it was auspicious Purnima night (full moon night) . .

Pinaka started to ask questions related to how Takshaka tribe survived for so long without coming into the public, the answers he got surprised him . . he understood that though the survival techniques the tribe followed were simple, yet they were effective . . the way each woman has freedom to accept or reject the man's proposal to be with them, being together without getting married . . yet he got to know that there were some couples who lived together for decades and parted only in death . . it all comes down to how an individual thinks . . if a person is stable minded and loved his partner whole heartedly, his relationship would be stable, if not he would move from one woman to the other . . same thing applies for women . .

He liked the way how children were collectively cared for by the entire community . . there was no bifurcation in terms of status, even the chief lived in an ordinary hut . . the selection of chief was based on voting . . they were not ruled by a single family . . he got to know that women and children were always placed in the inner perimeter of their settlement so that they were secure . . . they ate boiled meat seasoned by natural herbs . . this helped them to be lean and fit . . they worshipped snakes . . he also got to know that the snakes had an affinity towards the people of Takshaka tribe and there was not even a single death by snake bite through the centuries . .

Soon everyone retired to sleep . . next day was going to be a long one . .

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Samyukta was strolling in the Royal garden of Manipura . . she was thinking how there were problems coming from every direction . . the future of the country was at stake . . dealing with Zaffar and his men in the war was not easy, and now there was one threat that could strike the country directly and the other threat could weaken them financially . . if the treasure would be taken away . . what would happen if a major crisis. .h.i.ts the nation in the future . . defending the country required huge finances . . would they be victorious in the war . . as thoughts circulated in her mind, she heard a rustling noise . . she quickly gathered herself and saw some one walking away . . this was her private s.p.a.ce . . there were guards outside, but no one was supposed to see her without announcing their presence . . someone was observing her . .