3rd
part
He
decided to quit the place and was about to get out of the seat and at
that moment the host of the ritual that was done yesterday entered
the house of Dattprasad. He looked very annoyed and was staring at
Naroo. Dattprasad looked to him and asked him why he has come by a
nod. That man did not say for some time and then told Dattprasad that
after performing the service yesterday thing looked a little improved
and the effect was very quick. He actually had come to thank the
priest. He told Dattprasad, Naroo’s misbehavior had no effect on
the performance as the priest had promised. He told Dattaprasad that
all because of his penance that even though your son did not do any
good gods helped me, again thanked him profusely and left the place.
Looking
to Naroo with a mischievous smile Dattprasad said, “So what my son,
do you at least now agree to me”? Naroo had nothing to comment on
and so he got up and simply left the house without looking to his
wife. She was pondering over the whole incidence. Spiritual or
otherwise it was the main source of income for her father-in-law and
Naroo had no business in causing any trouble to it. She was always
with her father-in-law and always resisted Naroo whenever he opposed
the profession. On that day Naroo decided that since he cannot stop
drinking he should keep out of this type of arguments with his
father. Naroo did not have an answer to the question his father had
put to him, ‘what is worst? Drinking or performing rituals for the
satisfaction of the simple people?’
Naroo
was pondering about all these things and was trying to find how he
can ever justify his habit of drinking? There was no justification
for his drinking habit. On one side he was experiencing that his
habit had already cost him his position in that community of
Brahmins. People of his cast were avoiding him whenever they see him.
This made Naroo remain in the company of people of lower class.
People of that class always would drink bootlegger’s liquor and
that made Naroo all the more indulging in that habit. Times had come
when Naroo could not keep without the drink for even a day. This made
him out of the house for many nights. His children were more inclined
to listen to the grandfather who was always a respectable priest and
was revered by all who would come to him for guidance or performance
of a ritual. His habit had cost him almost everything. Naroo’s
eldest son had taken to the family’s profession at the instance of
both Duttprasad and Naroo’s wife. This enraged Naroo all the more
but he decided to keep quiet. There was not sense in arguing with the
family, he thought, and one day when Naroo was relaxing in the house
on a holiday he saw his eldest son Vedprakash coming from the
Gurukul. Vedprakash was a very intelligent boy. He had picked up the
ceremonies and procedures of different pujas very quickly. That day
Vedprakash was looking very pleased. He had performed a wedding
ceremony all by himself. That was his very first ritual and even
though he was accompanied by his reverent grandfather Duttprasad did
not do anything in the ceremony but remained as a silent observer.
Behind Vedprasad his grandfather was following. Both of them were
carrying load of dakshina, offerings, host of the marriage ceremony
had gifted to them. Vedprakash looked to his father and silently
nodded to tell Naroo that everything was OK. Naroo realized that all
the members of the family were together and any resistance to them by
him doe not make any meaning.
Story
continues in this next post
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