Originally posted by: Doodle
The cornerstone of the episode belonged to two words: shraap [curse] and tamasa [river].
Today we heard Pri and Ram using those two [key]words.
MM about Pri: “Pita ka shraap [curse] usse kabhi bhi khush nehin rahene denge. It will always follow her.”
Ram: “Rishton ko nibhana toh dur ki baat hoti hai? Har baat ka bas tamasha banana hai, tamasha.”
These two words reminded me of sage Valmiki, who wrote the famous epic, The Ramayan. Many of you know how Adi Kavi Valmiki came to write the epic.
For the uninitiated, I am stating it here: one day, Valmiki went for his morning bath in the river Tamasaa. While he was walking along the river bank, he was delighted to see a pair of krauncha (dove or cranes in some articles) on a tree branch enjoying their blissful moment, but soon they were interrupted by a hunter who killed the male bird with his arrow. The male bird fell at Valmiki’s feet, and the female bird flapped its wings with its requiem of hopelessness.
Just then the grief laden and shocked Valmiki uttered a curse on the hunter. But this curse he uttered in sorrow [shok] became the first verse [shlok] of The Ramayan.
This shlok [First Verse] in Sanskrit style can be juxtaposed in both ways: a curse as well as a blessing. Let me break it down for you:
Ma nishada pratishtam tvam agam shasvati sama
Yat krauncha mithunat ekam avadhih kama mohitam
Shraap [Shok - Valmiki’s Curse]:
Ma nishad – O hunter
Pratishtamtva – reputation
magam – not get
shasvati sama – many years hence
yat – because
krauncha mithunat –love birds
ekam - one
avadhih – you killed
kama mohitam – amorous feelings
O hunter! May you not get stability or peace for endless years since you killed one of the pair of doves in love with each other.
Blessing [Shlok]:
Ma - mother
nishad – home
Pratishta - reputation
tvam – you
agam –get
shasvati sama – many years hence
yat – because
krauncha - crooked
mithunat – out of the pair
ekam - one
avadhih – you killed
kama mohitam – lustful
O Ram! May you get a reputation for endless years since you ended the tyranny of one of the pair [Ravan].
It is a death-bringing curse and arranged in another way the same words mean glory to Adinarayan.
Today in the episode, when Nandini was worried that Mahendra Sood might attack Ram in the future, Adi came forward promising her to always keep an eye on him. From the very first episode, we have witnessed Adi narrating the story of Ram Kapoor. 'Adi’ Kavi Valmiki told the first verse in the epic. We watched Adi again narrating the story of Ram Kapoor in the V-day episode. Sage Valmiki wrote the story of The Ramayan.
In the story of BALH 2, we know that Virendra Kapoor’s murder was planned and executed by Mahendra Sood and Shashi Babbar. Adi promising to watch over MS indicated that he is indeed the Valmiki watching over the hunter[s]. The hunters killed the male dove [Virendra Kapoor] of the loving pair – Ram’s parents. [I have no pointers that Nandini is involved or not]. Today Ram talked about having the blessings of two mothers: His biological mother [female dove] and Meera maa. Maybe his birth mom is alive as per Valmiki’s verse [shok].
Meera maa: “aap ki kismat mein maine apni badkismati likh di, Ram.”
We go back to the Lori episode. That blissful day a pair of krauncha birds was interrupted by the hunters [Shashi and Mahendra Sood] again. We again saw an attempt to kill the male dove [Ram] but was saved by the female dove [Pri].
Pri to Nandini: “I will always be Mr. Kapoor’s shadow; every oath that I have taken at our wedding, I will fulfill them all; I will not allow any harm to my husband; and if I am not near him then I am taking an oath keeping my mom as a witness that if I am not able to fulfill my oath of protecting Mr. Kapoor or this family then I will not object to anything you say and I will respect each and every punishment by you. I promise.”
Nandini – Pri oath alluded to the famous oath between King Dasarath and Kaikayee. Yes, the hunters [Nandini, Mahendra Sood, Vedika] will strike again. We have seen foreshadowing in today’s episode. Pri took an oath to save the Kapoor family members along with her husband.
It foreshadowed that another male dove [Akki] of a happy couple [Akki – Shivina] will be attacked [dead] and this time Nandini will send Pri to vanvaas [punishment] for not fulfilling her promise. She will move to ‘apna ghar’ with Meera maa. [It doesn’t have to be SH]. Will Ram accompany her? I think so, he will. They both went to their [apna] ghar in Tuesday’s episode. So, we have an indication there.
Since we are alluding to Ramayan, we have Surpanakha [V] into play. There is a foreshadowing hinted by Ram earlier which indicated the ‘golden deer’ analogy.
Ram: “I told you not to accept any glass/drinks from anyone but me. Tum meri suno, tab naa?”
This is hinting toward Pri’s abduction or kidnapping as Sita was in The Ramayan. [Please don’t quote me here, just my reading of the hints].
But then we have Valmiki’s first verse to save the day:
The first verse [curse] talks about the hunters who killed the [male] dove of the happy couple.
The first verse [blessing] is Ram killing the crooked one of the couples. [Ravan]
Ram: "I have the blessings of two moms and as long as I have them, no one can even touch me."
Today, we witnessed Ram having the blessings of two mothers [his birth mother and Meera maa], and as in the epic, in BALH 2, Ram will take revenge [Nandini, Mahindra, and Vedika] for both of them.
This is a bird’s eye view of the story we watched this week. They are always subject to change based on TRPs.
Ye Hai Mohabbatein
