The Dancer, Her Lover and the Yogi: Chitralekha by Bhagwati Charan Verma

Author:Bhagwati Charan Verma [Verma, Bhagwati Charan]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Cernunnos Books Pte. Ltd.
Published: 2017-02-24T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Yashodhara was attractive—she had an aura of sweet charm, but Beejgupta sensed a liveliness missing from it. In her, he felt, a man could see purity, imbibe it and become pure. He would not find joy. He had not known a persona like hers. Her impenetrable gravity seemed a riddle to him. Her clear, unpoetic style of talking had an austerity to it that he could respect, but not adopt.

Youth wants bustle. At every step, it seeks difficulties and embraces them. It treasures individuality. And it looks up to people with a clear, effective vision. The fusion of its energies with those of others can create a revolution, but by themselves, these energies are not as formidable.

Thus it was that Beejgupta had mixed feelings for Yashodhara. She was an image that would be worshipped in the temple of his heart. She had a blessed, idealistic feminism. She was a pillar of faith. Her eyes were calm and steadfast. And Beejgupta wanted a pulsating life, the surge of hot blood in his veins; he wanted to feel stirred. He did not want Yashodhara in his life.

One who has tasted wine, and known its intoxication, cannot live without it. Beejgupta could not leave Chitralekha.

When Beejgupta reached home after the dinner, a letter waited for him. It was a small, plain letter. And it contained a lifetime of experience, and a tome of philosophy. It went thus:

My love, my master,

Today I set out to do what I never expected to. I loved you. I still do. Love demands sacrifice, and I sacrifice myself. I have made your life meaningless. My love made an able man such as yourself ignore his duty. I must make amends for this. I thought it proper to abandon joy and embrace self-control—and that is why I am taking initiation from yogi Kumargiri. You must marry, if not for yourself, then at my request. You will never marry while I am there. I know that, and that is why I must part from you. As for me, I was a widow, love made me stray from my duty. I shall revert to the right path, the widow’s life of abstinence.

Your Chitralekha

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