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This is the non-digital remastered video of the original English version of "Ramayana: The
Legend of Prince Rama", which was completed to produce in 1992 and released in
1993. This video will be available on an irregular basis to countries where the
digitally remastered version
( • "Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama" Trai... ) is yet to be released and
distributed. It's low-resolution, but enough for smartphone enjoyment.
Transcript

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Long, long ago in the island of Lanka,
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south of ancient India, lived the evil king Raven, whose wicked ambition to
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conquer and dominate the whole world caused pain and misery to one and all.
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And in Koshula, a kingdom in North India, people prospered under the benevolent ruler
Dashrat.
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However, Kosala's capital Aayodha's biggest concern was that King Dashrat had no heir.
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On the advice of Sage Vashishta, King Dashrat performed a yagya, the ceremony
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to begget a son. And as a result he was blessed with four sons from his three queens.
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One of them was Ram the hero of this story. Born of Dashett's first queen Koshalya.
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Whenever there have been crisis on the earth Lord Vishnu has descended from the heavens
for its salvation.
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Lord Vishnu has 10 incarnations and Ram is believed to be his seventh incarnation.
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When Ram turned 15, Raven was at the peak of his powers.
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Raven's relation Marich along with his mother Taraka was a terror for sage Vishvitra and
other hermits who lived in a forest close to Aayodhya's border.
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They disturb Vishvitra's prayers every day and on one such day.
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[Music]
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Oh,ch.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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Oh Lord my Lord Vishnu, is there no one who can save us from this torment?
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His name is Rah,
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firstborn prince of king Dasharat of Aayodhia.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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Oh sage of sages, my court is indeed blessed by your presence. What is it that you desire of
me? Let me fulfill
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your command. Oh noble king of the solar dynasty, the demons ruined the sacred land and we
are in great trouble. I need
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your eldest son Rahm to destroy them.
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Ram, he is but a mere boy. I myself shall wipe them off the face of this earth. This is a
command from the gods. Okay,
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do you dare reject it? Dasharat send your sons Ram and Lakshman. Vishu Mitra is strong and
wise and has mastery over
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every weapon. He will protect your sons.
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Brah Lakshman come here my sons.
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Oh sage Vishuitra, I leave my sons with you. Give them guidance and courage.
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Bless you, King Desert. You have made a decision that shall save the world.
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We will obey you like we obey our father. Your wishes will be our command.
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[Music]
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You know, once this was a beautiful forest, but now it has dried up because of a terrible
cannibal, a demonist called Tartaka.
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Her son, the evil Marich, leads the demons who defile the holy fires. Ram,
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you must kill Tataga. That is your dharma, your duty as a chhatria. I shall teach you mantras.
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They will guard you. Now repeat after me.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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Stop it.
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[Music]
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My arrows can't help me.
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[Music]
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Use the mantra. Recite the mantra. Heat.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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Heat.
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Many years ago, in this very place, the gods rewarded my long years of penance with the
mastery of supreme weapons.
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The time has now come for me to pass on these weapons to one worthy of them.
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[Music]
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Take them, Ram, and use them well.
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[Music]
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They are now yours. Use them to protect Dharma.
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That's him. The one who killed my mother. I shall avenge her with his blood. This I swear.
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[Music]
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Hey, what's up?
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[Music]
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Hey,
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[Music]
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[Music]
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You used the divine weapons. How did you learn so soon? These are the weapons of the
gods.
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And the righteous one needs no lessons to use them. Show me my guru how to use this
chakra.
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You will learn, but only if you pursue your destiny in righteousness.
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[Music]
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Listen
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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all this is the great bow of Shiva. He who lifts it and strings it shall receive a
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great reward from King Jal. The winner shall be given the hand of Princess Sitha in marriage.
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I cannot believe it.
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[Music]
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Next, the prince Jagatara of Sav.
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[Music]
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Next, the Prince Ram of Aodia.
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Heat.
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Heat.
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[Music]
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Congratulations on your wedding, Prince Ram.
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Years
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[Applause]
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pass. Aha grows and prospers and the people love Ram, their prince and king
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to be. The four brothers live in harmony and their future looks full of hope.
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Morninging
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[Music]
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I awoke from a dream full of dreadful omens. Guru Vashish sees in them the coming of
troubled times.
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But my health is failing. I'm getting old and have no more power to resist those evil forces. I
have therefore decided that Rahm will succeed me.
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He will be the next king of Aayodhia. Rah, my son, come forward.
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Ram, try to live up to the people's expectations. I have faith in you.
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I will do my utmost to live up to the ideals you have set for us. Long live Aayodia. Long live.
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Long live Prince.
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[Music]
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Noisy, wretched things. Stop abusing the birds.
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Kay, is this the time to beautify yourself when great misfortune creeps upon the kingdom?
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Mantra, don't you understand?
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Our beloved Ram is to be anointed crown prince tomorrow. So I said it is a misfortune.
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Oh K, you are so innocent,
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so trusting. And look, look how King Bash has betrayed your trust.
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Hold your tongue, Mantra. I will never allow you to speak of the king in this way.
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Why? Why do you think the king sent Barat away now so conveniently before the
coronation? Why?
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Why? I wonder why he did that.
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Goshalia might have suggested it to the king. Yes, you know you are the king's
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favorite queen and Goshalia hates you for that. She's jealous jealous of your youth and
beauty.
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[Music]
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What can I do?
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Leave everything to this loyal and clever mantra.
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What's happened?
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Why this sorrow, this anger on such an auspicious night? What can I do? Come tell me.
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Tell me, O king, do you remember when you were injured in battle some years ago?
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[Applause]
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I drove you to safety and you promised to fulfill two boons of mine.
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[Music]
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You must grant me those two boons now. Only two boons.
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You can have more if you want.
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No, I don't need more than two. The first is
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no I cannot grant you those KK. Not those.
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I'll give you all my wealth. Will that please you? No.
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Do you want it to be known that a king of the solar dynasty went back on his word? I will be
content with only those two boons.
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The boons were one Kik's son Bat to be made king and two Ram to be banished to the forests
for 14 years.
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Brother, can you not hear the people's voices? Lakshman, this is part of my fate.
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But are we on that account to sit still and do nothing? This sword, is it only an ornament, just
an actor's play thing?
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Brother, you are part of myself sharing the same soul with me. Please try to understand me.
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My lord, I am coming with you.
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But Sitha, you a husband's duty is his wife's too. Your fate is equally mine.
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That's right.
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And the same soul should follow the same fate. And so, brother, I too am coming with you.
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Thank you.
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[Music]
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Mother, take heart. 40 years will pass very quickly and I'll be back seeking your blessings in
no time at all.
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Yes, my son. Rah.
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[Music]
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Ram, why don't you blame me? Why don't you bear a grudge against me? That would ease
my guilt.
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I don't want the kingdom nor the power.
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All I want are your blessings before we depart. Father, my son, bring glory to our great line
of kings.
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Come back safe.
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Who in the world can boast of a son like you? Sumantra,
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get ready the chariots, the elephants,
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horses, and foot soldiers to accompany Ram to the forest. Yes, your majesty.
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Father, when nature herself will take care of me, what use have I for an army,
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for royal pageantry? Of course, you will give Bat this kingdom after draining it of all its
wealth.
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[Music]
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Mother, give your blessings to your departing son.
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[Music]
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Come don't leave us. Remain as our king. Beloved citizens,
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you know how much I love you. And I know what love you bear for me. You will show your
love for me by loving my noble
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brother Parath who is fully worthy of your love and being your king. Support him, I beg of
you. Support my sorrowful
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father. People of Aoda, I appeal to you.
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Please
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[Applause]
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come back soon.
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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Oh my son, take care. Ram Lakshman, Sitha,
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you take care too and please look after my father. I will.
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[Music]
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Heat. Heat.
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[Music]
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Run, run, run.
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[Music]
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6 months pass by. King Dash's palace is enveloped in darkness.
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He is free from the sufferings of this world.
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Barat Gage's son who was away in Kaya visiting his grandfather was called back to
Aayodhia.
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Y.
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[Music]
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Mother. Mother. What is this? What has happened?
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Oh, parrot, you have come at last. Tell me mother is it true father has passed away.
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Oh god then it is true. Yes but he left us a great honor.
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What is it?
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[Music]
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What have you done? You depraved heartless woman. What perverse tongue poisoned your
mind?
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Brother, it is she is this evil hag who has sold the seeds of madness in our mother's heart.
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Please,
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please forgive me. I was only thinking of you too and
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stop it. I will cleave your filthy brain in two.
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That's enough. Don't let her blood defile our father's sword.
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You are no longer my mother. Let the world know it.
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Please forgive me. Forgive your poor mother. Please forgive me.
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[Music]
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Forgive me.
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[Music]
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What?
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What are you saying? Barat, our father is dead.
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Brother, I share your grief.
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[Music]
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Father, father, forgive this poor Ram. Forgive your son, please.
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Ram, I appeal to you. Absolve me of my mother's sin. Come back to Aayodhia and accept the
kingdom which is yours by right.
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Harat, what your mother has done is not in question here. Remember the great emperor
Dashrat has commanded us. You to
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rule the kingdom and I to live in this forest for 14 years. It is our duty to abide by our father's
wishes whether we like it or not.
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You have commanded me. It is enough. But one thing is certain. I will not accept the
kingdom for myself but for you.
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Please bless this brother of yours to rule the kingdom with strength and courage.
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[Music]
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I will rule for the next 14 years but only till you return.
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My brother Rah live.
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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Heat.
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[Laughter]
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Hey, heat. Hey, heat.
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[Music]
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What brings my chief minister out here at this unlikely hour?
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Sir, in the forest of Dundaka and in Janastthana, they say the holy men are returning to the
ashrams. They seem to have gained a new confidence. Our spies
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say it is a doing of the young prince of Aayodha, Prince Ram.
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Oh, this boy Ram is handsome, isn't he?
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I have heard this Ram is a coward who has been sent into exile by his own people.
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That's right, my king. But we must do something before it is too late.
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Oh, Ram, I can't wait to see you.
Chapter 2: Sita in Panchwati: the forest dwelling
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[Music]
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Summer.
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[Music]
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Could be nothing.
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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Fore! Foreign! Foreign!
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[Music]
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foreign.
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[Music]
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So it
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[Music]
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Foreign
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[Music]
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speech. Foreign speech. Foreign speech.
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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for
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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speech.
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[Music]
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foreign
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[Music]
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raan's younger sister disguised as a beautiful lady comes to Panchawati to entice Ram.
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I am Shuranaka.
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Ram, you're so beautiful, strong, and handsome. I have decided to marry you.
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Your wish would be my command were it not for my wife Seth out there. Why don't you
approach my brother Lutchman?
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He is also very handsome and very strong. He's handsome, too. I speak with your interests at
heart.
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I'm only second to Ram. And I don't think you're the kind to settle for second best.
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Yes, you are right. I am the kind to settle only for the very best.
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Come, come. I'll introduce you to This is my wife, Sitha.
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Alternating.
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[Music]
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I am I am
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[Music]
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[Music]
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Brother, what's happened to you?
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Oh, our little sister, what has happened?
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Ram, you mean that that puny prince from Iodia? Is he the one who attacked you?
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Those you call beauty princess have insulted you
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and shame you.
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[Music]
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Do not worry little sister. I will have these worms sliced up and fed the raven for breakfast.
First wake my brother
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Kumaka. Tell him I have said he must lead the attack.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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Just as I feared my king, your brother Kumbukarn won't wake up for the next 6 months.
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That Sitha, I wish I could destroy her beauty. Is she that beautiful?
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There is no one more beautiful than her in this whole world.
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Her waist is slim, her figure captivating, her complexion like molten gold. Oh,
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a heavenly maid who is designed for you,
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my brother. She is not worthy of that ram. Oh, there surely is someone who is worthy of her
and that someone is you.
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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Raven accompanied by his uncle Marij sets out to kidnap Sata.
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Then as we planned. Yes, as we planned.
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[Music]
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Well, this is magnificent and this can surely deceive Ra.
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[Music]
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Oh, how beautiful she is.
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Oh, how lovely. It is real, isn't it?
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It's not a dream, is it? Oh, Ram, won't you capture the deer for me? It is the most beautiful
thing I've ever seen.
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For you, I will. Lux, look after.
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[Music]
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Brother, remember that this guy's duty shaka. Watch out. Watch out for the treacherous
creatures. All right.
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Protect Sitha.
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[Music]
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So it is a demon disguised as a deer.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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You might be relieved that you have killed me, but you'd better be worried about your pretty
wife. What?
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Lakshman. Sitha, help me.
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Lakshman, did you hear that dreadful cry? Ram is in danger. He needs your help. Oh, he will
be safe. Don't worry,
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sister. What are you saying? You wish him dead. I understand. So I will obey you.
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Sister, do not step outside this line.
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Within this line, you are safe. I assure you.
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Everything goes just as I planned.
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[Applause]
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Oh,
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oh, virtuous lady, I come begging for arms.
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Here you are.
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Oh, I'm surprised. Somebody has drawn it to protect you. I cannot cross it, but you surely
can. Come.
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No, no. If you do not feed this hungry sage with your own hands, then ruin
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shall fall upon your father's and father-in-law's house, oh noble lady.
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[Music]
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H
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[Music]
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Lutman.
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Um, why did you leave Sitha alone? Why are you here? She insisted I leave when we heard
your cry.
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Oh no, that was a voice of a demon imitating mine. I fear the worst. Come,
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let's get back as soon as we can.
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[Music]
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Rescue me.
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[Music]
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Help me.
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Sa mine now. Help me.
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Who's that? Let her go. She does not belong to you.
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[Music]
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Let me go.
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teach you a lesson. Oh my god.
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I shout all you want. Let me go. No one can save you now.
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[Music]
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He tricked me. He tricked me and abducted my wife during my absence.
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I swear, Luxman, I swear I shall take revenge. I shall follow that villain to the ends of the
universe. I will seek
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him out, and I will destroy him.
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Calm down my brother arm. You have always said that anger is not the right path to justice.
You who have only the
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good of the world at heart must not let anger cloud your intellect.
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You're right. You're right, Laxman. Now it is your turn to lead my little brother and I will
follow.
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Laxman, is this gentle creature trying to tell us something about Sithar? It might be showing
us the direction in which Sitha has been taken. Let's go.
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Help me. Rom.
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[Music]
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Hey, what's this? Forgive me, Ram. I tried to stop him,
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but he carried her away. My old wings were too fe. Oh Jaiu,
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how can I blame you when you have given your life's blood for my beloved wife?
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Do not lose heart ra you will find her again. Chhattu. Chhat you.
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[Music]
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Where are you taking me?
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Let me go. Remember
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all of you, if anyone tries to harm her,
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they will die. This lady here is so noble that even looking at you makes her impure. Three,
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what does your majesty wish of me?
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I appoint you her keeper. Whatever she asks for in the Ashokarn, see that she gets it. Very
well, your majesty.
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She is stubborn, but you must give her everything she wants except freedom.
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Could it be? Yes, it could. Human flesh. Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum. So
good.
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An arrow. Painful if it hits me, but it doesn't hit me.
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[Applause]
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Give me
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[Laughter]
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Thank you. I was a heavenly creature cursed to be an ugly demon and no one could lift the
curse. Only if I were
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defeated by a man of justice, I could regain my original self and go back to the heavens.
Thank you, Rah. But there's
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nothing I can do for you in return except give you advice. Find Sugre now.
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Sugre? Who is he? It's a lake,
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Luxman. Now, what do we do? There seems to be someone over there. Let's go and ask them
about sugre. That's a good idea.
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Wait.
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Dress like aesthetics. Your bearing and your presence is princely, young sir. know that nature
is but a magic theater.
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And in the great mother's magic play, all of us perform our little roles.
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I never thought I could see a man of knowledge like you in this wilderness.
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My name is Ram and this is my brother Lutman. We are the sons of King Dashrat of Aodia.
We come in search of my beloved wife Sitha who has been carried away by a demon. I know
not where.
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Indeed, it is a benevolent destiny that leads me to Prince Rama of Aodia.
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My name is Anuman, youngsters, and I am Minister to the King Sugre.
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Lakshman, we have been wondering where to find Sugre, and here is Sugre's messenger
welcoming us. Indeed, kind
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destiny has guided us here. Ram Lakshman, it is indeed an honor to meet the sons of King
Dasharat, whose
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greatness is known in all four corners of the world. Under strange circumstances, I heard your
name called
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out. Ra. Not many days ago, a flying chariot, swift as the wind raced above our heads, and we
heard a lady's cry for
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help. Ram, she cried. Help me, Ram.
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From the chariot, a small bundle dropped to the ground. We have kept it very carefully.
Where is it? Where is it?
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Oh, brother. Look.
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Indeed, they are her scarf and the ornaments in her hair. Oh, Sitha. My Sitha.
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Courage. Brother, you have no time to grieve. You must act without delay.
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I have sworn to rescue Sitha wherever she may be. H do well do I know how it
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hurts to be without one's consort. My brother Wally banished me from my kingdom. Then
you my wife. If only I had
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the kingdom's army at my disposal. I would send my men to search the whole world to rescue
your wife Sitha. Look,
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let us make this covenant. O prince of Aayodha. Let us forge our strength in friendship and
swear to relieve the sorrows that have befallen us both.
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Yes, let us. For the sake of a friend, a man should be ready to give up his
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wealth and comfort and if need be life itself. I will live by this T and help
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Ram in every way. I swear it. I swear it too.
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Ram fulfilled the promise given to Sugreva and fought the mighty Vali. Vali was defeated
and Suggreva regained his
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wife and his kingdom. The monsoon clouds gathered like a herd of elephants and it rained at
the rishimoka hills for many days.
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And when the rain seized and the sun shone again, Risha stood like an island surrounded by
the waters of the flood.
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And Suga called forth his great army of monkeys. When you find my Sitha, give her these
ornaments so she may recognize you as my emiss.
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[Music]
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These are the jewels of my clan. Please give them to her.
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[Music]
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The van king Sugre sends search parties in all directions keeping his promise to Ram.
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[Music]
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Hey, what you take?
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Look, look over there. If a bird comes out from it, there might be some water inside. Yes,
perhaps we will find water there.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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They've gone You should be ready.
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Hey, I can see some light. That must be the way out. Come on.
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[Applause]
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Hanuman who leads the party to the south meets Sati brother of Chhattayou the bird king
killed at the hands of Raven.
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Where are we?
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Are you not Jatayu's brother Samati?
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Yes, I am somebody. Do you know my brother?
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How is my Jayo? Is he well?
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Jayu has found a home in the heavens.
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How sad.
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How sad. Oh, my brother should die
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and I live on.
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Old though he was, he fought a difficult battle with an evil demon, Raven, and

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New Atlantis Full Documentaries. (2016, April 14). Shakti: The Power of Women - now in
high quality! (Full documentary) [Video]. YouTube.
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Intext Citation: (New Atlantis Full Documentaries, 2016)
A widespread women’s movement is changing the image of 21st-century India.
Discriminated against from birth, and even before they are born, Indian women are
beginning to reclaim their place in this society. Stories such as that of Savita, a nine-
year-old girl who is forced to marry, may seem to come straight from the Middle
Ages, but they are everyday occurrences in India. Women’s unions, micro-credit
systems and private struggles to ensure that the untouchables will be considered
people are more active than ever in 2004, the International Year of the Indian Woman.
(0:36) Two thousand years ago, the legislator Manu defined the role of women in Indian
society. (0:42) A woman first should be cared for by her father, then by her husband, and
when she grew old, (0:47) by her male children. (0:49) She was expected to marry.
Her parents would arrange her marriage as well as the dowry, (0:54) the goods that would be
handed over to the husband. (0:57) Prohibited since 1961, this custom is still deeply
entrenched in society, (1:02) perpetuating a situation of dependence. (1:06) Today, many
women are breaking this circle of submission.
(1:10) Women who abandon well-known positions to protect biodiversity, (1:14) who
denounce a system which permits discriminatory traditions, (1:17) who create intelligent
strategies so that other women can have a future worthy of them, (1:23) creating close ties of
sisterhood. (1:27) Women, and also men, who decide to fight for the rights of those excluded
from the system. (1:32) Men, who because of the experiences of their mothers, sisters,
daughters, or wives, (1:37) understand their pain.
(1:38) All of them are a part of a plural and dynamic movement, (1:41) a network that crosses
borders and takes strength from Shakti, (1:45) female creative energy, the ancestral Mother
Earth, (1:48) the strength of the universe itself, (1:51) the heart of this struggle to change the
world into a better place. (2:06) 31 years back, I was born in a village called
Kalamati. (2:14) I was meant to be a priest or work at my family's field, but I refused.
(2:22) I wanted to get education. (2:25) In my village, when someone gets education, he
leaves. (2:33) My point was different.
(2:36) I wanted to be educated and then educate the people and show them (2:43) how to
fight for their rights. (2:52) My name is Subhash Mahapatra. (2:55) I founded the
organization called Forum for Fact Finding, Documentation and Advocacy.
(3:02) It stands for no fear and no tear in India. (3:11) Child marriage is a crime in
India. (3:14) In 1929, the British ruler enacted a law called the Child Marriage Restriction
Act.
(3:23) But after 74 years of that law and more than half a century of Indian
independence, (3:32) the child marriage still practices going on. (3:36) And the marriage age
is from two years to 15 maximum. (3:41) More than 30 million children get married every
year in India.
(3:51) This practice is most frequent in the states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh,
Bihar, (3:57) Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. (4:01) However,
according to the organization FFDA, (4:04) these marriages are not recorded as child
marriages. (4:07) There are layers of complicated bureaucracy in which everyone gets
something, (4:11) a spider web in which the children, the true victims of this tradition, are
trapped.
(4:17) In April 2002, Subhash Mahapatra contacted the organization Human Rights Law
Network (4:23) and submitted the results of years of research, a complete database on child
marriage, (4:28) which he and a large group of female volunteers had put
together. (4:32) The organization's lawyers set to work immediately. (4:36) With this
material, they could file a public interest suit with the Indian Supreme Court.
(4:41) The court's response was conclusive. (4:44) They declared that there was sufficient
cause to admit the suit. (5:09) According to the religious tradition, (5:17) a woman should get
married before the age of 12.
(5:25) This is the religious belief. (5:29) What is this red thing? (5:36) Show me. (5:37) Show
me what it is.
(5:40) What is it? (5:41) Vermilion. (5:42) Vermilion? (5:43) Why do you apply it? (5:45) To
get married. (5:47) To get married? (5:48) For 12 years, (5:51) according to the religious
belief, (5:56) girls stay away from their maternal duties.
(6:03) Before the maternal duty is fulfilled, (6:13) a girl is married. (6:17) This is given
special importance in our religion. (6:30) When did you get married? (6:33) Two years ago.
(6:35) Two years ago? (6:36) Really? (6:37) At the age of 11 and 12, (6:40) even the sex
organs like uterus and vagina are not so mature (6:45) as compared to a lady of 19 to 20 years
or more. (6:50) And mentally, they are not prepared for such kind of
activities. (6:55) Sexually, they are not prepared for such kind of activities.
(6:58) Usually, they are coming very late to us. (7:01) They come at the age of 13 or 14
years. (7:05) But they are already married, they have a child in their lap.
(7:08) So we cannot do much for them. (7:10) Because if we see any child marriages
happening in front of our eyes, (7:14) then we can report to the police and the thing can be
hushed up and then can be stopped. (7:19) But after the marriage is over and they already
have a baby, (7:22) then it is very difficult for us to face them.
(7:25) There was a survey conducted by UNICEF in 1999 (7:29) where they had given three
main reasons for child marriages. (7:34) They had said that dowry, the dowry
system. (7:37) A girl's father was quoted to say that (7:40) he could get his three minor
daughters married off at the ages of 3, 7 and 10 respectively (7:47) for the amount of 6,000 or
7,000 rupees.
(7:50) But if she went on to study or became a little older, (7:54) as in 17 or 18 years old, he
would have to spend three times that amount. (7:58) Also, the second reason they said was
that if at the age of puberty, (8:04) when she enters puberty, a girl gets tainted through
external factors, (8:09) then nobody would marry her. (8:11) She would carry that stigma.
(8:15) And of course, the main reason is illiteracy and lack of awareness. (8:29) I don't have
money for my studies. (8:32) Who? (8:33) My father.
(8:35) Your father? Why? (8:37) Don't you have a brother? (8:38) I have. (8:39) How old is
he? (8:41) He's younger than me. (8:43) Younger than you? Does he go to
school? (8:45) And don't you have money for your brother? (8:48) He's younger than me, he's
studying.
(8:51) Oh. (8:53) Child marriage is not a single issue. (8:56) It is related to poverty, related to
slavery, related to class.
(9:10) If they will go to the school, they will be educated. (9:14) They will not serve the
landlords and rich people. (9:50) I am doing this for the higher education of my children.
(10:01) I want them to get a PG or a diploma. (10:08) I want them to get married at the age of
28, 31 or 32. (10:50) Because it is illegal.
It is not in the interest of the children and women. (10:56) A girl who gets married at a tender
age of 7, 5 or anything below 18 years old, (11:05) first of all there are wide implications.
There is no childhood.
(11:09) A girl who is married off at 18 without a proper ceremony. (11:13) Initially we
observed the ceremony of Gauna where the girl, (11:16) even though she was married young,
she lived with her parents till she entered puberty. (11:21) And thereafter she moved to her
matrimonial house.
(11:25) But in these states of Chhattisgarh, the girl child is married off (11:32) and
immediately she moves to her matrimonial home. (11:36) And what happens from then
onwards is, she is more like a chattel. (11:40) She is a part of the house but only her
contribution to the house is domestic work for free, (11:50) sexual slavery.
She is used physically and sexually by all male members of the house. (12:00) Married too
early, when their bodies are not yet prepared (12:03) and their minds do not understand what
is happening, (12:05) these children see their childhood nipped in the bud. (12:09) Like cut
flowers they will never complete their cycle.
(12:12) The girls die young, victims of premature pregnancy. (12:15) The life expectancy for
women does not reach 45 years. (12:19) Abandoned, worn out before their time, their aged
young bodies serve as a mute accusation.
(12:26) FFDA affirms that both police officers and other officials earn money by looking the
other way. (12:31) The solution is not to arrest the illiterate parents, (12:34) but to assign
responsibility so that the true guilty parties pay, (12:39) so that sexual relations with minors
within marriage is considered rape, punishable by prison. (13:32) Why? (13:37) Because I
am small.
(13:41) Childhood of the Indian children is lost. (13:48) Even in my case it was lost and it is
stolen. (13:52) Stolen by the traditional beliefs, imposing education (13:57) and so-called
socio-cultural context of Indian situation.
(14:05) So we want to say, we want to educate them that they are not meant to be
abused. (14:12) They are not meant to suffer. (14:48) What is Seva? (14:50) Structurally it is
difficult to describe Seva.
(14:55) It is like a banyan tree. (14:57) Have you seen a banyan tree? (14:58) So it's a tree,
it's a very Indian tree, you know, of the fig family. (15:06) It has its branches and those
branches again go down to the earth and take roots (15:12) and then they spread, they spread
and spread.
(15:16) And the beauty of it, the charm is that even if you cut anywhere, it doesn't
die (15:25) because it always sucks the life from other branches, from other
leaves. (15:34) So that is how the structure of Seva is. (15:39) The self-employed women's
association, Seva, (15:42) originated as part of the workers' movement founded by Gandhi in
1917.
(15:48) At that time Elaben Bhatt was a young lawyer working for the textile
union, (15:51) getting an up-close look at the work of thousands of unprotected independent
workers (15:56) who earned a measly pay but survived. (15:59) These women survived on a
couple of rupees a day with no legal or official recognition. (16:06) Elaben decided to
unionize them.
(16:09) Seva was officially registered in April 1972, (16:12) despite the skepticism of
government officials. (16:15) Today, with more than 700,000 members, it is the largest union
in India. (16:31) Seva pioneered a system of micro-credits.
(16:34) The organization has a bank, offers insurance to members (16:37) and carries out a
number of campaigns, (16:39) all designed to improve the economic and social status of
associates. (16:44) But why only women? (16:47) Women because women are poorer than
poor men. (16:54) And to remove poverty, women's active involvement, participation is very
important.
(17:04) Without women's participation, poverty cannot be removed. (17:10) 80% of women
in India are rural, poor, semi-illiterate, illiterate and economically active. (17:23) So it is
these women who should be playing a leading role in the women's movement of India.
(18:06) My name is Chulata. (18:22) I do not have any money, but I want to play. (18:28) I
want to be a member of Seva.
(18:30) I want to be a member of Seva. (18:33) Do you have any money? (18:37) I have no
money. (18:41) I have six rupees.
(18:52) And what do we do? We take one rupee. (18:54) And what do we do? We take one
rupee. (18:56) We take one rupee.
(18:58) We don't have any money left. (19:04) We don't have any money left. (19:28) I knew
that these are all women who are economically active.
(19:34) They are earning cash money every day. (19:38) And they need to save their money,
access to credit, (19:43) and to be out of the clutches of contractors and touts (19:48) and
private moneylenders and wholesalers, (19:50) and including her husband or grown-up
son. (19:55) Here is her own cooperative bank where she is responsible (19:59) for the loss
and for the profit of the bank.
(20:03) And the profit, fortunately, except the first year, (20:07) it was no profit, no
loss. (20:09) From the next year until now, that is 30 years, (20:13) they had made surplus,
and that profit has been shared (20:16) through dividend. (20:18) They are getting 15%
dividend every year.
(20:22) So that is how the system has been changed in the sense (20:27) that the poor can
save, (20:30) the poor who are considered unbankable are bankable. (20:52) My dream is to
save money. (20:56) I want to buy a house.
(20:59) That is my dream. (21:14) Always our main thrust is employment. (21:19) So
whatever campaign or whatever we see, (21:22) our first consideration is the woman and her
economic status.
(21:36) Forest campaign. (21:38) We have been involved with the members who
are (21:41) small forest produce gatherers and firewood pickers. (21:48) We had surveyed
and studied their problems.
(21:53) Mainly that their life and their livelihood (21:56) totally depends on the
forest. (22:01) The forest department sees them as exploiters. (22:18) We get employment
only for 10-15 days a season.
(22:22) We don't have time to take care of our house. (22:26) That is why we don't have any
children. (22:32) I am a farmer.
(22:34) Before I was not a farmer, (22:37) but now I am the owner of the forest
department. (22:50) To be alone for a poor person (22:59) makes them live in a very
vulnerable position. (23:04) Those who have a little bit of asset (23:06) are able to fight
vulnerability slightly better (23:11) than those who are totally assetless.
(23:14) I am a farmer. (23:14) So generating asset in her own name, woman's
name, (23:20) that brings a tremendous shine in her eyes (23:29) and a
confidence. (23:32) And it takes time.
(23:34) But that process is what I call empowerment. (23:42) Sewa's priorities are work,
food, clothing and a decent home. (23:46) Then comes education.
(23:49) With undeniable common sense, (23:51) the organization's results
translate (23:53) into providing a license to create a future, (23:56) a better
reality. (23:58) The secret lies in an intelligent strategy (24:01) to change society from the
very center of the system. (24:05) One example is the case of the Dayans.
(24:07) Traditional midwives who care for women in rural areas (24:11) and who are paid
one-tenth of what a hospital receives. (24:15) Dayans had no official recognition and barely
survived. (24:20) Sewa offered training, (24:21) obtained a government identity card for
them (24:23) and provided materials for their work.
(24:26) Today, these barefoot doctors, as they are called in the villages, (24:30) perform their
jobs with full recognition. (24:38) My name is Poonambian Dalpatbhai Vaghela. (24:41) I am
from Ghadi Nagar, Taluka district.
(24:43) I have been working as a Dayan for the last 15 years. (24:46) If there is a decent
house, (24:48) we are given a bus fare, (24:50) 100 rupees, (24:52) and if not, (24:54) we are
not given a house. (24:57) Yesterday, I delivered one, (24:59) they gave me a sari and 51
rupees.
(25:07) You may ask, (25:08) why am I there then? (25:10) I am not a working
class. (25:13) I was a lawyer. (25:15) You need a combination and support of the educated
women also (25:19) because the society is not totally changed.
(25:23) So when you have to deal at a higher level or a different level, (25:28) then we are
like sisters. (25:30) Whatever I have, they don't have. (25:32) And then whatever they have, I
don't have.
(25:34) So we try to combine our strengths together (25:38) and make a dent into the
decision-making level. (25:42) My village name is Ranbhai Bhenrao. (25:46) I am from
Taluka, Santalpur district.
(25:49) I used to live in Sewa. (25:50) Before that, I used to live in this district. (25:52) Now
I live in the 4th district.
(25:54) I am a chief labourer. (26:00) Why not a gum collector be the president of
Sewa? (26:04) Because no woman in Sewa is identified (26:08) as a widow or deserted or
divorced (26:13) or prostitute or destitute (26:16) or belonging to that community or this
religion (26:21) or speaking that language. (26:23) We are all workers.
(26:34) And it's sort of Gujarat-Maharashtra border. (26:38) Fifteen years ago, Dr. Vandana
Shiva, (26:41) a philosopher and physicist specializing in nuclear energy, (26:44) worked for
the Indian government. (26:46) She was asked to carry out a study of the Dehradun
Valley, (26:49) the place where she had been born.
(26:51) In the course of her research, (26:53) Dr. Shiva confirmed the
deforestation (26:54) taking place in the region (26:56) and learned of the Chipko
movement, (26:59) a women's movement dedicated to protecting the forests (27:02) which
were threatened by the timber industry. (27:05) These women became famous for hugging
the trees (27:07) to prevent them from being felled. (27:10) Vandana Shiva decided that she
had to take sides, (27:13) and she did so in defense of nature, (27:15) in defense of
biodiversity.
(27:18) I guess I've been an activist all my life. (27:21) Anyone who has a
conscience (27:22) can't but be an activist to engage in (27:26) preventing
injustice, (27:28) preventing destruction of nature. (27:30) Anyone who cares will do
something.
(27:32) To be an activist is to act. (27:34) And in a world of destruction and
injustice, (27:36) to not be an activist is to accept injustice as the norm, (27:40) which means
to kill your conscience. (27:43) I think anyone who is not an activist today (27:48) is
accepting violence, (27:51) is accepting exploitation.
(27:56) In recent years, a current of thought and action (27:59) has spread throughout the
planet. (28:02) Eco-feminism. (28:04) Dr. Shiva is a noted theorist of this
movement, (28:07) which proposes a philosophy of life, (28:09) a way of understanding the
world from a non-violent standpoint, (28:12) from a respect for all life forms.
(28:17) Eco-feminism is a struggle. (28:18) It's a struggle of the millions of
women (28:21) who have said, (28:22) you cannot log these forests, they're destroying our
lives, (28:25) and hug the trees. (28:27) The women of these mountains are the ones who
taught me ecology.
(28:30) They taught me eco-feminism. (28:31) And they came out and hugged the trees and
said, (28:33) no, you'll kill us before you kill our trees. (28:36) For me, eco-feminism is the
struggles of the women in the coastal areas (28:40) who lay down in front of the bulldozers
and said, (28:42) you will not make industrial shrimp farms, (28:45) which destroy our water.
(28:49) In India, ten years ago, (28:51) and we're talking about ten years of radical
change (28:53) in the way people live in this country. (28:55) Ten years ago, (28:57) there
was nothing like waste in an Indian home. (29:00) We used to buy our vegetables, (29:02) we
usually go with a cloth bag, (29:05) and at the end of cooking our meals, (29:09) whatever
scraps were left, (29:10) people used to go out and look for the cow in the street to feed it to
her.
(29:14) So the cows got their food, (29:16) and we had no waste. (29:18) Now that we've
moved into the plastic and fossil fuel culture, (29:22) it's basically the petroleum
culture. (29:24) The carelessness that it generates, (29:27) it creates the carelessness of
climate change, (29:29) it creates the carelessness of throwing your waste away, (29:32) and
it creates the carelessness of not knowing (29:34) that your waste is then killing the cows
who you pretend to worship.
(29:39) In the 1960s, the so-called Green Revolution (29:42) became the world's great hope
for ending hunger. (29:46) Norman Burleau, winner of the 1970 Nobel Peace
Prize (29:50) and acknowledged father of this revolution, (29:52) declared that the
massive use of pesticides and fertilizers (29:55) would double, even triple, harvests
and production.