Chapter 8
Bhairav's Yantra
On one continent, many people stand in front of a statue with big egg-like eyes, long ears and long needle-like teeth, a long jaw, two arms and legs.
Then a person comes among them and has a pointed stick made of human bone in his hand. On which a piece of meat is hanging. He dips that stick in wine and waves it in front of the idol.
Everyone there starts saying something loudly in the same tune. The person again dips the stick and walks in front of the idol. At last he hits the idol with the stick and the piece of meat falls near the feet of the idol.
Then a lot of rats start coming out there and eat that piece of meat and everyone else starts drinking that liquor.
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All those birds start coming back to their nests in the evening. They all go to their respective rooms and tell each other about their powers.
Milo tells Arun "Today we learned how to use a very powerful force."
"Today we also used a lot of powerful force and even used fire with our hands."
"We learned to use the clay with our feet and then also learned to strike with that clay."
Bodha says to Bhairav "We learned to use light today."
Then Vedha says in excitement, "A rope came out from inside my Chakra and then with that rope we learned to attack."
Bhairav thinks in his mind "I can't tell them that my yantra has not awakened".
In the world created by Bhairav, he could not hear the voices of Bodha and Vedha. Then he starts going inside his room.
Bodha says "Hey! Bhairav, you also tell about your strength.
Vedha says loudly "Bhairav, Bhairav Bhairav."
Bhairav thinks, "Don't say anything Bhairav, this is just a matter of today, then maybe tomorrow my yantra will awaken."
Then Bhairav closes the door of his room without turning.
"What happened to him?"
Vedha says "Viraj and Bhairav both have the same power. He must know what has happened to Bhairav."
"Yes, you are right, let's go."
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Bahu goes towards his laboratory at a very fast speed. He bangs his hands on the table and says, "No, no, this can't be possible."
He is very upset and is walking here and there. A line of worry can be clearly seen on his head. Bahu remembers the words of Bhairav's guru Indra.
He says "Bhairav has not one but two heads. Looking at him it seems that he has a lot of tantric powers. That is why it is possible that those tantric powers are not allowing the powers of the mantra to enter his body.
"So can't we do something. There must be some way by which we can awaken the magical powers within Bhairav".
"You also know that method, right Bahu."
"But that will cause a lot of pain to Bhairav. It may even cost his life."
"Don't worry, nothing will happen. "I have sensed that his powers are not powerful enough to kill him."
Bahu's courage, like a butterfly, gets deeply entangled in the spider's web of his thoughts. Just as a butterfly struggles in the spider's web, similarly he too struggles to get out of his own thoughts. Just as the butterfly is afraid of the spider, similarly the thought of Bhairav's death is scaring it.
Bahu says to himself "If anything happens, we have Guru Indra and Vaidh Surya."
Then the butterfly wings of her courage start opening with the power of faith and she cuts the cobwebs made of questions in her brain. Then Bahu says to himself "I will help her anyway it is my responsibility."
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Both Vedha and Bodha reach outside Viraj's room at the speed of a cheetah. He calls Viraj and Viraj comes out. He says "what happened"?
Bodha says "We need to talk to you about Bhairav".
"Why?" "What happened? Had a fight with Bhairav?
Vedha says angrily "Hey! No. His behavior seems different".
Bodha says "We can come in"?
"Yes, yes why don't you come in".
They see Dhruv's entire group sitting there. Bodha says "Hey! Wow, the whole platoon is sitting here".
Dhruv says smilingly, "We always live together like this."
Vedha says "Why is Bhairav behaving like this?"
Dhruv says "Well Viraj told us what happened to Bhairav".
Bodha says "yes then tell".
Dhruv says, "Today when Viraj and Bhairav were practicing, Bhairav's chakra could not awaken and his Guruji did not teach him anything. Then while coming, Bhairav said to Viraj, "I am becoming weak while living with Bodha and Vedha. Your group is the best. I have decided not to talk to Bodha and Vedha at all."
Things like Dhruv's lightning turned Bodha and Vedha's curiosity into ashes. They cannot understand anything because the moon is visible during the day. Both of them look at each other with great surprise.
Bodha says "Bhairav cannot say like this."
"Yes, yes Bhairav cannot say that."
Viraj says, "What will be our benefit in lying to you? Now this is the truth."
Those who move at the speed of a cheetah are moving at the speed of a tortoise. Bodha says "That's why he was ignoring us?"
"I still can't believe it."
"Not to me either."
Thinking this, he comes out of Bhairav's room. Both of them knock on the door. But no answer comes.
Bodha says "Why does he want to prove Dhruv and Viraj's point?"
Vedha shouts, "Bhairav, open the door."
Bhairav thinks "I want to tell you everything but only tomorrow, not today".
Again no response comes.
Bodha says, "Let's talk about this later."
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Bahu opens a cupboard kept in his laboratory. There is a box lying in a corner, covered in dust. Just like someone takes out his buried treasure, similarly he takes out that box with his trembling hands.
He takes out a key from him. Looking at the key, he smiles thinking about his accumulated wealth and opens the box. Inside that box, there is a white bundle, a book, some wood, a very shiny stone and a bone weapon. That weapon looks like a dagger used in war.
Bahu takes all this and goes straight to the Gurukul and sits down. Then he opens that book. There was a big picture in that book. That picture was made of some circles, triangles and lines. Bahu makes that picture with the white material of the white bundle. Then two big circles are connected in the middle of that big picture and a triangle is formed at the junction of those two circles. A Havan Kund is placed on that triangle, wood is placed in it and it is set on fire.
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Bodha and Vedha reach to eat food and start waiting for Bhairav there. Just then Bhairav comes there. Bodha and Vedha attack their prey without any delay.
Vedha angrily says to Bhairav "Why are you ignoring both of us."
Even before Bhairav could answer, Bodha says, "Even when we came outside your room, you still did not answer."
After Bodha's arrow of question, Vedha gets ready with his arrows and he says, "And tell me, has your yantra not been awakened today?"
Bhairav says "Hey! Give me a chance to say something".
"Yes, tell me."
"Yes, today my yantra could not wake up and some time back I was blinded due to fatigue."
Then Bhairav takes out Brahmastra from his quiver and asks, "How do you know that my yantra could not be awakened."
Both Chiranjeevi reverse this Brahmastra on Bhairav. Bodha says arrogantly, "You were not telling anything, so we had to ask Viraj what was the matter?"
"Yes, so what is there to be so angry about?"
"How would you feel if we stopped talking to you and started ignoring you"?
Bhairav's facial expression becomes serious and his eyes look down. "I didn't want to look weak in front of you two," he says softly. I don't think anyone would want to have a weak friend."
"How can you say that?"
Vedha says "Yes, we are your friends not because you are powerful. You are our friend because you and I can understand each other's pain."
"That Viraj and Dhruv told us that you had said that you are becoming weak by staying with us and you do not want to stay with us."
It doesn't take long for Bhairav to catch the tail of the snake in his sleeve. He hits the dining table with his fist and pushes his chair back and stands directly in front of the other lion's cave.
Dhruv says "What do you want?"
"Looks like you have a habit of beating. Probably not satisfied for once."
Then both Bodha and Vedha pull Bhairav towards them. Vedha says, "Dhruv has woven this spider web just to fight you."
"Yes and you don't get involved in this".
Dhruv says
"What happened, are you scared?"
Bhairav says through gritted teeth
"Somebody shut him up or else I will."
Bodha and Vedha calm Bhairav and say
"Brother, no problem, you just look at us and don't pay any attention to him."
Bodha, Vedha and Bhairav quickly finish their food and leave from there.
Oliver tells Dhruv "The plan failed."
Darsh says, "It would be better if you stop this plan here."
"Why? What are you afraid of?
"Of the hidden power of Bhairav. Why did you forget?"
"I have more power than that now. He can't harm me."
Oliver says "We still don't know what his hidden power can do"?
Dhruv says in his mind, "These people are saying the right thing. This haste of mine is not right."
"You are right. Anything can happen".
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Vedha tells Bhairav "Now you rest well and practice again with full strength tomorrow."
"Yes and whatever happens, please let us know."
While leaving, Bhairav says in his mind, "Now I understand that it is not necessary to be strong or a big person for friendship. It is just important to be a good and noble person."
He smiles and goes to sleep.
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Some people light a fire and sit in front of the idol. They are sitting in a big circle with a big star made of lines in the middle. Looking at them it seems as if all of them together are doing some tantric process. Then one of them shouts loudly and says, "O our ancestors, may our gods be pleased."
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The environment outside is not good. Gradually the speed of the wind starts increasing, the birds nearby start making noise and the leaves of the trees start making strange sounds.
Bahu is sitting in that circle. He gets up from his place and puts his hand in the air and shouts loudly and hits the ground with a punch. Gradually a huge invisible circle starts forming around the arm. Then Bahu says "Now is the right time."
Bahu takes out two hairs from himself and throws them into the burning wood. Then Bahu closes his eyes and opens them, the color of his eyes becomes yellow.
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Bhairav suddenly opens his eyes. His eyes become very large and the color of his eyes also becomes yellow. Then he gets up on his chest. Looking at him it seems as if someone has taken his soul for granted.
He slowly walks out of his room. Then he sees that the door of that Gurukul is locked. He twists his face a little and the lock automatically breaks. Bhairav then starts going out of the Gurukul. Its speed starts increasing and it gradually reaches the place where the arm system was. He goes inside that invisible circle and sits in the circle in front of the arm.
Bahu says "Let us begin".