VIJAYEE BHAVA….SARVA VIJAYEE BHAVA………………

 The temple was crowded due the speciality of the day…….I was standing far behind, from where a glimpse of a darsan was bit impossible…..It was the time for evening aarathi……Near me, I saw him…..” Mr.Crooks,.one of the most crooked fellow I have ever met in life…..He hurried towards me….

 “ Quite surprise Aditya?? Y here?”…His mouth fell open……….

 “ Can’t I come over here?”..his query was irritating…

 “ You are not regular….ie Y am surprised….”

 I didn’t answer ….

 “Its so crowded…We will try to reach to the front to get a darsan during aarathy….”

 “ Not We will, You will………..Am not interested….”

 “ In front, you can watch a lot of beautiful girls clad in typical kerala sari, compete each other to exhibit their beauty…..Hmmmm….Yummy…………Aditya,don’t waste your time by standing here….Push forward man….We can enjoy….”

 “ I am not a person of that type..Never forget the fact you are in a temple..Dont disturb me….”

 “R u in an angry mood?....any way, I want to enjoy…..GOD has given eyes for that too….There should be a destiny to enjoy it na…..”

 “ Ie your concern…Ok? ….carry on and enjoy your destiny….”

 He somehow pushed best to reach the front …..In between people who stood in the Q were seen yelling at him …With in few minutes, the aarathi began….The whole area resonated with the chants…..Standing back,I somehow managed to have a glimpse of a darsan and became satisfied….Folding my hands together, I  closed my eyes again …..A sharp and tough voice disrupted my attention….I gazed at the front….The Chief Priest was seen languishing at Mr. Crooks for falling on him by loosing the physical balance while pushing forward…..and Mr. Crooks was seen apologizing….Though the devotees left the temple after the aarathi,Mr. Crooks stood at one corner…He looked deeply down….I approached him….

 “So enjoyed the lovely girls and your destiny”?

 He darted a disappointed look at me…..

 “Aditya, I am at loss…..The chief priest cursed me for falling on him…”

 “ Its your destiny man..so enjoy it……?”

 “ I want to apologize to him….Will u please help me?”

 “ Should I apologize for you and change my destiny?….”

 “ Aditya, Don’t ridicule me……Can you spare Rs 200/-“?

 “ Wow , an apology costs only Rs 200/-only..? means around 5 dollars….or around 3 pounds….?”

 “ Don’t be so much cruel………..I am at loss”

 “ Dear Fellow, I have got money with me, but I won’t spare it…And I don’t believe in paying money and buying blessings”

 “ Please Aditya……please help me..this is not the time to joke…..”

 “ Swarry friend………..I won’t change my words….”

 “ R u sure…”?

 “ Obviously”

 Mr. Crooks, with so much anger  stared at me…..

 “Hey man, You can stare ….but don’t try to eat me …..Ok?”

 “ Leave it…Aditya, I will manage the money, can u please come with me to the priest's room?”

 “What man? you have just asked cash and I denied...Suddenly U have managed it without asking anyone...?? Do u know any magic in money making? Can u tell me too?”

 “ I have kept Rs 200/- for some other purpose….What to do…..I have no option at all”

 “ Oh..u have kept money for some other purpose…?…..You are a bloody crooke man…………..”

 “ Aditya, please come with me….I feel frightened…..”

 “ That is your destiny…...”

 “ Aditya, Please…..Pip….Please……………..”

 “ I won’t enter his room ..Rather I will wait outside…”

 On hearing my reply,Mr. Crooks, rushed towards the priest’s room….Standing near the window,I watched inside….Surrounded by devotes, the chief priest was seen cracking foolish jokes…..The disciples laughed at the end of each joke even without understanding the meaning…..Mr. Crooks, a dishearted man, went inside slowly and stood in front of him….With so much of hatred , The chief priest throw a tough look at him….

 “ What do you want”?,,,,,,,,,,He yelled at Mr. Crooks….

 Taking a 100 rupee note from the pocket,Mr Crooks said…...

 “ Prabhuji, I apologize for my mistake”…..Keeping it into the hands of chief priest,Mr Crooks suddenly  bend down and touched the priest’s legs…

 The Priest’s face resembled a full moon on getting Rs 100/-…..The signs of hatred disappeared imminently……Expressing the happiness of winning a lottery of  an unexpected sum, the Priest spontaneously blessed “ Vijayee Bhava”…………….He then kept some prasada on a leaf and handed over to Mr. Crooks….Stunned with the blessings, Mr. Crooks took another 100 rupee note, offered as a dakshina to the priest and collected the prasada…..Wondered on winning another lottery, the chief priest, in ecstasy, blessed loudly “ Sarva Vijayee Bhava”……

 With so much of happiness,Mr. Crooks jumped out of his room and told me….” Aditya, I feel like conquering the world…He blessed me with Vijayee Bhava and later changed to Sarva Vijayee Bhava…..I believe it is a good omen for me…”

 “ Wow…..What a blessing man…..Had u offer one more hundred rupee note, what would have been the next …?” Walking slowly , I asked him…..

 “ Aditya, I wonder why you don’t believe in this”?

 “ I am not a fool like you …..”

 “ Means?”

 “ That fellow blessed you with "Sarava Vijayee Bhava"……what does it mean?”

 “ Means victory in everything I do”

 “ Man,first tell your chief priest to bless his son…”

 “ Means”?

 “For the last two months, your Chief Priest has been requesting me to teach Maths to his son who failed three times continuously in the tenth standard….. If his blessing of "Sarava Vijayee bhava" is effective, why his son fails continuously?..... I don’t want to be a nut like u by paying the money for blessing”

 Vanishing without any answer,Mr. Crooks suddenly appeared in front of Chief priest’s room…Was he looking for an another blessing?.... or planning some crookedness to get back the money??……My lips slowly muttered…...

  “Mr Crook ,Sarva Vijayee Bhavaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”………………

 Adityadasmenon……………..

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