Videha ‘िवदेह’

Videha ‘िवदेह’ थम मैिथली पािक्षक ई पिका १ नवम्बर अक्टूबर २००८ (वषर् १ मास ११ अंक२१) িরেদহ' পািkক পিtকা Videha Maithili Fortnightly e Magazine িরেদহ िवदेह Videha িবেদহhttp://www.videha.co.in/ मानुषीिमह संस्कृ ताम्For Kal yani al l t hi s was not hi ng.She was compl et el ynor mal . Her husband was enj oyi ng by bei ng car e-free.Peopl e wer e comi ng,most l y t he daught er s and l adi es andjoke and comic t opi cs t ook r ounds.Kal yani woul d becomehi l ar i ous. The hi ght -pi t ch l aughi ng woul d make mot herst ar t l ed. Li ke hunt er bei ng hi t at her head. Thi nked i nmi nd- “Somebody woul d f eel uneasy at her l augh and woul dst ar t put t i ng hur dl es.She shoul d r emai n cal m anddi sci pl i ned but i t woul d not be.When she woul d go t oHyder abad shoul d l i ve i n what ever way she l i kes.” Aftersomet i me her mi nd started becoming abashed.And one daycoul d not cont r ol and t ol d, “ You woul d not r emai ndi sci pl i ned. You ar e swal l owi ng poi son and sl eepi ng i neast -wind. This is village, that you understand.Peoplemay obj ect t o al l t hi s any t i me , t hi nk of t hat .” Hear i ngmot her ’s t al k Kal yani became sur pr i sed.Seei ng andt hi nki ng of her new f ace she became exhaust ed.Theent husi asm l i ke r i ce-soup st ar t ed cool i ng down . Suddenl yshe became lazy, and likewise time st ar t ed bei ng passed.The wor k r el at i ng t o i nvest i t ur e cer emony of sacr edt hr ead began.The pr epar at i on ensued. The sacr ed Mar ba ( r ost r um)waser ect ed.The cer emony of br i ngi ng cl ay f or auspi ci ousrite was performed. The r ost r um was r epai r ed,smear ed andpol i shed wi t h dung. Then r ost r um was wr i t t en and pai nt ed.The day was t he day bef or e t he sacr ed i nvest i t ur ecer emony.On t hat day was t o be hel d t he sacr ed bat hi ngcer emony.The dr um was bei ng dr ummed and pi pe was bei ngbl own . The pr epar at i on f or wor shi p and i nvocat i on offami l y dei t y was under way.The l adi es ol d and young wer esi ngi ng good-omen songs.The f r agr ance of f est i vi t y hadspr ead al l over . The whol e envi r onment became musi cal .Her e now t he r i t e of Si nur har ( put t i ng ver mi llon onmarried women by host ) was t o be per f or med.The140