I won't go to that paradise

 

Trishanku dropped almost dead at his feet. Viswamitra was shocked. The man, no a noble man, and a king, that he sent to the paradise on the strength of the boon he was granted after many years of his prayers and devotion to Lord Shiva, has dropped at his feet like an exile thrown out of his country.

Viswamitra's eyes turned red with anger.

He caught Trishanku by the Royal Dress he wore and lifted him and made him stand like a man. 'You are a coward, Don't you have the strength and courage to stand and fight Indra and his thugs in their paradise? You fell at my feet like a boneless worm? You had enough of my blessings to reach paradise. Why did not you enter the paradise?'

Trishanku replied with humility 'Sir, they shoved me away from paradise saying that I am not qualified to enter paradise.  'Only the sage Vashist, not Viswamitra had the authority to send people to paradise. The whole clan of Indra and others born after conducting yagna in accordance with Vedas are eligible to live in paradise' they said.

Viswamitra knew his strength and power. He started creating a new world, exactly opposite of what was the then existing world. There existed only cows, the ox, the beast of burden, then. He created Buffalo, with blackest of skin. He wanted to establish a second universe.  He started his creations.

The clan of Indra came to know of Viswamitra's efforts. The sent two of the most beautiful women dancers to distract viswamitra from creating another Universe which would be beyond their jurisdiction.

Though it angered him in the beginning, Viswamitra could not resist the desire for love that he had suppressed within the depths of his being. The conspiracy of Indra and his men succeeded. Vashist called Viswamitra a Brahmarishi, the rishi of Brahmas, the clan of Indra. Viswamitra was very happy to be with them.  He forgot Trishanku and his subjects, whose rights of entry into paradise he fought for, which enabled him to endear vashist and become his equal.

Trishanku tried in vain to meet Viswamitra. He wanted to ask him 'Did you support me only to use me for getting a place near Vashist?'

But in order to make Trishanku happy and to show that he has not betrayed his cause, Vishwamitra came to his palace and said that 'I still support you to reach Paradise of power. Whereas I was fighting earlier sitting near you, now I am fighting for you sitting among the Indra Clan. This is necessary for your future welfare. Otherwise they would not hear you or redress your grievance.'

But Trishanku was not convinced. 'Sir, you had good intentions and you worked hard for uplifting me and my people. You wanted to create a new universe where everyone would be equal. But you fell for the charm of their paradise and wanted to gain status and power quickly. You forgot your goal and fell into their trap and followed their rules to become great sage. This is where I disagree with you. I was a disciple of a fighter who wanted to create a new world, not a man who reached paradise and forgot his disciple. Now, not only I will create a new world by following your earlier path. I will also create a new paradise where the likes of Indra and his clan and his beauties would not spoil others.  My paradise would be a place where everyone would be welcome. You go to your paradise and I will work hard for creating another heavan. But there would be one difference.  There would not be people who claim higher status by birth. There would be people who have worked hard to reach heavan. It would be my heavan, not yours.'

Viswamitra wanted to narrate his past work that inspired Trishanku. But Trishanku had no more time for him.  He was looking to the future.

Trishanku, was never happy with the human world which was hell for him and his people. He was thrown out of paradise of those noble men who conferred upon

themselves of high status. He won't enter that. He continues his efforts to create a new world order that will do justice to all. He lives in his dream and lives in the hearts of men who have the same dream.