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This we cannot blame him totally right. It is only human to behave in a way that doesnt hurt others. I still say he was over pakhi the moment she got married. But he knows she might be feeling bad so he 'considers' it and acts accordingly. It does not mean he had residual feelings for her. He has sympathy and guilt for sure...two best examples I can think of which says Virat is over pakhi atleast at romantic level.
1. He was NOT feeling an inch bad on their wedding night. Moreover he was worried why samrat was not in her room. All he talked about that night was how samrat could be a great husband to her. Only when She screamed ILU on phone he was pushed into guilt mode. He did not ponder over her call till the next day.
2. The night he brought sai home, and the terrace conversation with sunny. He wanted Sai to get the respect she deserves in his home. It meant long term. It was never a deal in his mind. He understands the rules of marriage. Also when he stopped Pakhi to ask her a favor, she expected something but Virat wanted her to guide sai so sai is accepted in the house.
These two incidents scream his state. He is over pakhi. But he stood by her as friend as he promised. the way he behaved with pakhi is because he understands her feelings and was 'considerate' of them.
Ok now coming to pyarosti slip up. It is a genuine out of control slip up. Damage is done due to it. But I think it is a slip up becuase, later he never expected sai to go and apologise pakhi. That night also, he was worried that he did not listen to sai when she excitedly came and talked about her results. His mind only revolved around Sai's words not about Sai talking about bringing pakhi back.
Long story short, VIrat had guilt, guilt that pakhi's life was stuck but no guilt that he married sai, at any moment. He was pretty sure of his decision on the morning of Sai's bungalow visit. He was just considerate for pakhi;s feeling which gave Sai wrong signals. May be he also knows Sai's metal state at that time was around deal, so he might not have paid attention to her feelings. Hope i am clear. 😒
@bolded: My thoughts exactly. I have just written the exact same thing in a response to @404 on a previous page in this thread.