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In the memory of C.N.
Shambuka
Please don't. Please don't. Please don't.
The King's journey through Dhandakaranya went well?
Isn't it by passing the sage Valmiki's ashram that the king and you,
my husband have come back?
The king has forgotten the site of Valmiki's tapas.
May you and your sons live long.
Prince, what is the reason for her unhappiness?
King, haven't you come back after passing Valmiki's ashram in the forest?
We didn't receive the welcome of Valmiki.
When the bird died, wasn't he the poet who heart-breakingly sang?
To welcome you, king...
Defiant one!
The throne is a pit of fire.
Sita's husband is but only a slave to the people.
Sita!
Sita!
Sita!
Sita!
Sita!
Sita!
The kingdom of Rama is full of prosperity today.
I enjoy the good will collected by my ancestors.
To maintain this prosperity, you have to begin the Ashwamedha Yaga.
Maharshi, for the undertaking of the Ashwamedha yaga
doesn't the system say the "person" has to be with his wife?
It says kings can marry again.
That curse of Ayodhya has still not ended.
Nothing can stop a Yaga.
And nothing is difficult for a king.
I have learnt that it is not.
King.
Prince.
We are leaving for the site of the Yaga.
My husband, is a man (Purushan) different from a woman (Prakriti)?
Prince.
At your service.
Twelve years ago...
Were you not a stranger to separation, O king?
She was an jewel adorning Ayodhya.
Why are you praising the firefly, king, while ignoring the sun?
I have decided to hold the Ashwamedha yaga.
The responsibility of guarding the Yaga is yours.
King!
It is not through austerity and magic that this dynasty has grown.
it is through applying force on the five rivers.
King, you are the servant of enlightenment.
The servant to the knowledge of Brahma.
I don't know the definition of truth, but I have known truth.
The truth of a king is directed towards the progress of his people.
The King's. 0:31:16.798,1193:02:47.295 Whose decision was your exile to the forest?
That King was the one who followed you with tears in his eyes.
I am going to ask you the same question I asked you twelve years ago:
Do you think Sita is virtuous ?
She passed the Agnipareekhsha (trial by fire).
You gave the same answer the last time too.
Prince. What would you have done if you were in my place?
To people who call a virtuous woman a non-virtuous one, my sword will give the reply.
I don't accept the meaning you give to the kingdom of Rama.
Please, give me permission to leave.
Prince.
Bharathan has the strength to bind the sacrificial animal of a king who follows the path of adharma.
The Rama who sacrificed Sita has the strength to sacrifice everything.
(recounting the story of Rama)
Prince, the sacrificial animal is not to be seen.
Child, that is the sacrificial animal. Do not stand in its path.
Child!
I am a Kshatriya prince. You can take the horse only if you defeat me.
Are you sure?
Sure
Child! Stop! Stop!
Prince Lakshman of Ayodhya seeks your blessings.
Come here.
Child. That is the sacrificial horse. What right do you have to stop it?
I am a Kshatriya. Don't I have a right, Guru?
For that do you have a country? Did the horse enter your country?
It's time for the evening prayers.
Maharshi. Those princes...?
Maharshi, do not destroy the yaga for the dynasty.
For Valmiki, all things - living and non-living- are all stages in the creation by that one bright force.01:09:53,578 --> 01:09:58,398There, there is no difference between a king and a slave.
The poetic imagination is not the only thing required to raise a people.
You are a poet. But...
Maharshi.