The only thing Shaurya knows at the moment is that there is darkness everywhere. None of his senses are working but he is certain that he is surrounded by the darkness and silence. He doesn't know how long has it been or where he was. The only thing keeping him company are his memories in which he was hit by the truck at last. He wondered out loud, "Where am I?"
"You are on border." Came a deep yet calming voice echoing all around him.
"On border of what?"
"Everything."
"WHAT?"
"Yes, you heard correct. You are on the border of everything. A divine place that bind all of the universes together yet keeps them separated from each other."
"Who are you?" Shaurya asked the voice.
"I am the multi-verse level being who looks over the action and their consequences. You will not be able to utter my name in Divine language but I believe some mortals call me fate though I am not."
"What do you mean?"
"Have you ever heard someone saying 'Even Indra had to leave his throne when cursed by fate'?"
"Yes I have heard some people saying that when they believe that the fate is absolute and no one is more powerful than fate."
"Indra had to vacate his throne many times. Sometimes due to Rakshas and other times due to being cursed by the angry Rishi whom he would have disrespected. I caused them as consequences of his action rather than him being cursed by fate. I am not fate, fate is universal, and I am multiversal.
I was created by the Tri-Gods to monitor the action and ensure the delivery of its consequences throughout the multiverse. The tri-gods have their own avatars in each of the universe but original wanted even them to have the consequences of the action so those who follow them would see that the actions have consequences.
That's why Lord Brahma lost one of his head, lord Vishnu had to face many curses and lord Shiva had to face the death of his first wife Sati. And when demons do Tapasya (penance) for them, they have to bless them no matter what the demons may do with their blessing in the future."
"So, you are telling me that you govern over even the Tri-Gods, ones who created you?"
"No, I govern the Tri-Gods of universal level not the multiversal level. No matter how much they try the Tri-Gods can't relate to the other beings in the universe since their power is so great and vast compared to others.
The time perspective of the Tri-Gods is far different. You can say that the time flows differently for them than it does for others. So, they created their avatars in each universe to do their duty of creation, protection and destruction respectively. It's just like that movie you watched Interstellar, just the rate of time dilation is much greater.
You learned about Karna and Mahabharata through the internet clips rather than reading yourself, so you don't know but the time dilation has been stated a few times and the multiversal existence is also proven few times.
One example of the time dilation is when father-in-law of lord Balaram went to Brahmalok in Satyayug to seek guidance for the selection of husband for his daughter, Revati, the time dilation made it so that when he asked Lord Brahma for the guidance, it was already the near end of Dwaparyug. It was because when he went to the journey, instead of going to the universal Brahmalok, he went to the multiversal one.
And one example of proof of multiversal existence is when the universal Brahma kidnapped the friends of kid Lord Krishna and kept them for year, at that time Lord Sri-Krishna showed him multiple Brahma worshiping his divine form. The Divine form was multiversal while the Brahma were Universal of many different universes.
Do you understand till now?"
"Yes I do."
"So, when I was created, my job was to maintain the balance of Karma and its Consequences throughout the multiverse. Tri-gods follow it themselves and lesser gods and mortals do get the result of their action one-way or another. So, I don't usually have a job and am free most of the time. And I like to do some little inspection type where I look throughout the multiverse to search for the mistakes of the lesser divine beings. Such as minor deity who escape major deity's eye and do pranks or let's say the mistakes of Yamadut"
"Mistakes of Yamadut?"
"Yes."
"ARE YOU SAYING THAT MY DEATH WAS A MISTAKE OF YAMADUT?"
"No. Your death was not a mistake of Yamadut. You died because the life given to you was finished and your time had come."
"Then why am I here if not for the mistake of Yamadut?"
"Nope. You are here because of the mistake of Yamadut. But the mistake was not in your death, it was in your life."
"What do you mean in life?"
"It means that the life that was given to you was by a mistake of a Yamadut. In past life, you were a Rishi who gained a lot of Universe energy through the Tapasya. You had great deeds in your account and you were sentence to be sent to Swarg but the Yamadut sent you back in Earth to have a new life.
In this new life, even though you did not do Tapasya, you did many good deeds. Since, you were sent without clearing the soul, your soul still had the power of Tapasya and it continued to absorb the energy of the universe. Your soul ended up having a lot of divine power which led here with the little guidance form me."
"You mean I wasn't meant to be live my life."
"Yes, you weren't. You now have too much energy to be allowed to stay in this era in this universe. So, we will need to exchange that energy for something else like going to other worlds fiction, history or otherwise. So, let's go to that."
"Wait a minute. I am still computing here. You meant to tell me that the whole life that I lived was just a mistake. That what I lived was fake. That the people I helped, I loved were never real. "
"No, not fake but a mistake. There is a difference. What you did and experience was indeed real and not a fake. It's like a company mistake, you know, where high level employees have decided to promote someone but the HR department due to some mistake fired you. It might have been a mistake but you were fired for real. And similarly, a Yamadut did mistake and sent you to earth instead of Swarg. And just like at the company the fired employee filed a complaint and here your energy filed a complaint. So, a high level authority is here to rectify it."
"Oh" Shaurya.
"Alright let me proceed now, okay. You have too much energy of the universe and the universe needs it back. So, I am allowing you to choose a world and character of you own to reincarnate into. You will be allowed to choose few gift and you can do whatever you want to in that world but be sure, you will have consequences of those actions just like everyone else. Do you understand?"
"Yes I do."
"Okay now choose."
"Alright. I choose to be Karna from Mahabharata."
"Hmm… Not too difficult. It can be done. Now let's move forward."
"Wait a minute."
"What?"
"You said my actions will have consequences right. So, does that mean regarding rights and wrongs or if I introduced modern technology that it will have consequences?"
"It is regarding both. But if you are wondering the effect on timeline than don't since the future is not definite then it means that whatever you make will be of that era will have no effect on timeline and neither will it cause any damage. And when I say do whatever you want I meant regarding those. Because I will have fun watching that."
"Wow so even an entity like you need entertainment."
"Of course. Now stop distracting me and let me give you a starter pack. You can choose three options from it, okay."
"Okay"
"Now here it is
[Choose Your Advantage]
AI companion: Gain an A.I. with knowledge up-to your time.
Physical Perks: Enhance strength, speed or beauty.
Divine Blessing: Start with a powerful artifact or ability.
Special Talent: Begin with mastery of specific skill.
Quick learner: Absorb new knowledge and skills at an accelerated pace.
Weapon Prodigy: Mastery in one type of weapon (e.g. sword or bow)
Now choose."
Shaurya "Hmm… I choose A.I companion, Quick learner and hmm..... Divine blessing"
"Alright, your wishes will be fulfilled. Now for the quick overview of the world you are going to. It's going to be 95% similar to the real Mahabharata. You can change anything in there without facing backlash from time but if you do wrongs then you will be punished accordingly.
You will retain your memory from this life and this encounter but others won't be able to know. The only one who will know about this are the Tri-Gods and Lord Krishna since they are the only ones who can access the power of their multiversal counterpart and already know about me.
Now be ready because you are going and there will be slight pain."
"What? What pai….. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"