Chapter 4: Chapter 4:A new name
"How am I looking in this, prema?"
"You look good whatever you wear, My lady!"
"But I have to look good today in the naming ceremony , Should I try that one too ?, give me that"
Hearing these distant chattering the new born baby's eyes opened, lying on the bed He looked at the unfamiliar ceiling with perplexed thoughts in his mind.
'haa.. For a moment , again I forgot that , I am alive again.'
He moved his head to the direction from where the voices were coming from,He saw his mother was wearing new shining royal clothes and constantly checking herself in the mirror and then asking the servants for their remarks on her dress.
"This one.... I think it must be fine, right!?"
The servants who became tired after asking the same question again and again said in a low and tired voice .
"Yes... My lady, as we said , you look good in anything."
"Oh! then I ....."
KNOCK KNOCK !!!
Someone knocked the door, everyone who was present shifted their gazes toward the door.
The servant standing on the door bow down for a brief moment and then in a loud voice said ,
"My lady , The Lord has returned from their trip and he's coming here any minutes"
The lady while rolling her eyes backwards sighed heavily.
"Oh! At last he's here , I'm not going easy on him"
Vriksha could be seen coming from the hallway , Seeing him coming The lady ran toward him with intention to hit him , But he passed past while dodging her,And ran to the lying baby, The lady looked angrily back at him and again tried to catch him , but he already reached to the baby and with a open mouthed smile on his face he lifted the kid in his hand .
"Hahahaha....Its a prince "
With the sensation of rock hard hand touching his fragile body , The baby tried to look who was touching him but when he saw that in front of him there was a big opened mouth approaching his head , Ritesh became nervous and got scared.
'oii ...oiii don't eat me please'
But Vriksha kissed on his forehead,Ritesh's thoughts froze up to see this giant's sweet behaviour.
Vriksha while hugging his dear baby had water floating in his eyes , he was about to cry any minute himself.
"O! My prince baby ....you don't know how much I waited for you"
The lady stopped behind his gigantic body and jumped to grab his ears.
"Ouch.. ouch ouch ,Apoorva please stop ! The baby will fall "
The Monkey King who looked almost invincible some time ago was plopped on his knees in an instant by his wife's only one hand that was pulling his ear , Apoorva with an angry expression on her face talked sarcastically.
"Oh really! Now you can see me,but just a while ago you ignored me and what!? .....You had waited for so long?? .... as I remember , you was out for last half a year , Did you even thought about me or this baby"
Vriksha with still the baby in his hands tried to calm down Apoorva.
"Really I was only thinking about you two .....but you know that the work of a king for this kingdom ..... Please let go of my ear, I'm sorry !"
Apoorva let go of his ear and gave him a hand to stand up.
"Okay "
They both looked into each other's eyes and paused for a moment Then suddenly giggled while affectionately hugging.
"I missed you so much"
"Me too Apoorva!"
Vriksha kissed on her forehead and then they both admired their newly born child.
The servants who were still standing there blushed and exchanged gazes that saying ' Our king really became a child in front of the queen'.
"What do you think ? Which of the two of us does he look like the most?"
Vriksha looked at his child's wide beautiful eyes.
"I think his blue colored iris is from you and his bright face is also looks like you right"
"I think his pupils just look like yours and his ears are like too, that I can pull just like I do with yours"
She scoffed a little ,Vriksha while passing the baby to Apoorva smirked.
"Oh of course why not? He's your son after all"
Apoorva looked back at the blushing servants and asked them.
"So all preparations are ready ?"
"Yes, My lady"
Apoorva and Vriksha shared a gaze with each other and nodded
"Shall we go than"
*****
After a while, they all were on the rooftop of the castle ,The sky was clear and for the preparation of naming the newly born prince, Some officials,Some workers ,Servants and the priest were there.
The priest was an old woman whose face was covered in wrinkles and she had a long but thin tail on her back.
"My lord and my lady please sit down side by side here"
Vriksha and Apoorva sat down in front of the priest on the floor ,While holding the baby in their hands.
"Let me see"
The priest counted something on her fingers and then looked at the prince after thinking something hard she opened her mouth.
"The prince is born because of the grace of the king of gods Indra , Is on you ....King Vriksha, so he is your son's godfather and because of that it's on him to give this child a name,So ask him to give him name."
The husband and wife exchanged their gazes and smiled ,While closing their palms they both thanked the old priest.
"Yes,Thank you very much Mahamaya."
They both stand up and start uplifting the baby in the air as if he was offered to the god.
"Hey king of the gods ,The god of lightning and thunder ,O!! god Indra come on this land and accept this child as your son and protect him as his godfather."
"What the.... What kind of ritual is that and what ?? .....king of the gods Indra will come to name me,What kind of sick joke is that!?"
When Ritesh was still laughing and questioning their primitive thoughts in his mind,something changed in the sky a while ago. The sky that was clear now started to cover in black clouds after a while it started to rumble with lightning.
Tudddddd Thudadadda
but in an instant the clouds faded like there was none some time ago , The sky starting to look clear once again.
"What happened is god Indra is angry at us."
In all their minds this same thought crossed,But suddenly someone appeared out of nowhere in front of them.
"Narayan...Narayan (chanting of God of preservation).....How are you all"
Everybody's gaze unknowingly shifted at that sweet and melodic voice,In front of them now standing a human like figure with a hair bun binded by flower rings,A harp in his left hand and in right Kartal/Hand-Cymbals ,he was just wearing a saffron colored dhoti simple yet astonishing through he had a human like figure but the air around him felt divine.
'Now who is he?...Is he god Indra?'
Ritesh tried to look for answers but then Vriksha and Apoorva with their palms still closed greeted this strange fellow with his name , who appeared from thin air ,Solved Ritesh's puzzle a bit whether the man is lord Indra or not.
"Welcome great saint Narad muni.."
Vriksha said while approaching him.
"Thank you Vanar Raj...Sorry for the inconvenience caused by my visit ..
But I have a message for you from lord Indra "
The name Narad muni was well known through this vast infinite multiverse , he observe it travel around it and talk about the great works of gods and humans and every being and pass it down to everyone who wants to hear it , He also travel through this Infinite so much that he seen all and everything so he occasionally deliver massage for them , who can't send them or can't receive them.
"I have to tell you that your prayer has been accepted by lord Indra and he was happy to be entitled as your son's Godfather.....But he had some..... What I say I guess trouble , yeah trouble ... that's what is going on in his realm that I can't disclose but He told me what to name this kid."
Everyone just listens carefully to every word from him,After listening to everything , Vriksha in a thankful manner said.
"Oh thank God!! We were just worried if we had offended them in some way."
"No no you don't have to worry about anything , Narad muni extended his arms to ask Vriksha to take the child in his hands.
...can I?"
Vriksha happily handed over the child to Narad muni.
"Your eyes are as deep as the sea and you have the ability to become supremely powerful, influenced by these qualities, Lord Indra have given you this name -------------------
"Bali "
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