WU for 20th August, 2011
The episode starts with Shani talking about the importance of the various systems on earth which are necessary for life to prevail like the system of marriage, system of relationships, etc.
King Ichhavaku is lying on his bed before his death. He's expressing his worry for his kingdom after his death. Rishi Vashishta assures him that his son Vanraj will take care of the kingdom. Ichhavaku says that's the main reason for his worry, he says that a king has to live for the sake of his kingdom & people rather than his own self-interests but Vanraj has no qualities of being a ruler. He accepts Suryalekha as his DIL & tells her to help in ruling the kingdom after his death. He dies.
Vanraj is returning back to his palace & Suryalekha holds up the aarti thaali & he throws it. She tells him that there's the system of doing aarti once a king returns victorious from a war. He says he doesn't believe in any kind of tradition or system like that & warns her not to do anything without his permission. He tells her that his father accepted her as his DIL but he will not marry her as he has no belief in the system of marriage but tells her that she will get everything what a woman wants from a man & saying this he leaves. Suryalekha takes the dust of his feet from the floor & puts it on her forehead & tells herself that she has accepted him as his husband & will fulfill all her duties faithfully.
Vanraj expresses his wish to conduct Gaumedh Yagya on which Suryalekha says it's not possible right now as Vashishta is conducting a Yagya for Indra & the Gods in Indralok. On hearing this, Vanraj gets angry & says he do the Yagya anyhow. The Minister asks him how it is possible. Vanraj wraps a letter around an arrow & shoots it up which lands at the place where Vashishta is doing the Yagya at Indralok. Indra wonders whose arrow it is. Vashishta takes the arrow & says it belongs to Vanraj. He reads the letter.
The scene shifts to Shani where he says that Vanraj is doing mistakes one after another. He has insulted the relationship of teacher & student.
Vashishta asks Vanraj why he did that. Vanraj says how he dared to go & conduct a Yagya at Indralok without his permission. Vanraj tells him to conduct the Gaumedh Yagya for him. Vashishta says first Vanraj has to marry Suryalekha otherwise he cannot do a Gaumedh Yagya. Vanraj says he'll never marry her as he doesn't believe in the system of marriage. Vashishta keeps on telling him to get married first, Vanraj gets furious & says he'll punish Vashishta. He says Vashishta is now no longer the Kul Guru of Suryavanshi Kul. Vashishta too gets angry & says he himself leaves the position of being the Kul Guru. Vashishta curses Vanraj that if he even tries to do the Gaumedh Yagya then the fire from the Yagya will burn him into ashes. Vanraj takes out his sword. Vashishta angrily leaves.
Shani says now this is the last chance for Vanraj to reform himself.
Vanraj throws Suryalekha on the floor. Suryalekha begs at his feet & tells him not to sit for the Yagya otherwise he will die. Vanraj doesn't listen to her & sits for the Yagya. The fire grows out furiously & burns him into ashes.
Shani says that though he has died but he can't escape his punishment, his soul will get punished. Vanraj's soul is shown going up & Shani appears in front of him & Vanraj proudly says that Shani can do nothing as he has already died. Shani says now something will happen which had never happened before. He sends out two people from his body & says now these Shani doots will punish him. The Shani doots whip Vanraj.
Vanraj is shown running away while Shani is on his eagle chasing him. Vanraj is outside at the gate of Yamlok, he calls out to Yamraj to let him in as he has already died. Yamraj says he can't do so as Vanraj is under Shani's punishment cycle. Vanraj goes to Indra & Gods & asks them to save him from Shani, they say nobody can help him from Shani. Vanraj calls out to Surya dev & begs him to show him the way to free himself from all this. Surya dev says that Vanraj had insulted all the systems & people on earth due to which he is being punished, if they forgive him then he can be saved.
Vanraj recalls how he insulted Suryalekha & Vashishta. Suryalekha is crying besides the ashes of Vanraj. His soul appears in front of her, he asks her to forgive him if possible & tells that Shani has punished him due to which he is suffering a lot. His soul disappears. She goes in front of the idol of Shani & asks him to forgive Vanraj. She places both her hands above the fire of the diyas, Shani appears in front of her & says he'll give Vanraj the fortune of her good deeds. Suryalekha is happy but Shani says but doing so he can't be saved from punishment bcoz during his lifetime he didn't follow any systems, he hasn't even freed himself from pitri rin, if he had married her then he could have been saved from this punishment. He tells her however there is a way & he tells her to ask Vashishta about it.
Vashishta tells her to build a statue out of his ashes & marry it, and then a son will be born who will carry out the pinda daan due to which his soul will be freed. She does accordingly & marries the statue. Shani with his powers turns the statue into a young boy. Suryalekha hugs him & introduces him to Vashishta. Vashishta tells him to do the rituals of pinda daan. The rituals are carried out. The soul of Vanraj is watching all this & tells Shani that now he accepts all the systems of the world & praises Shani. The epi ends.
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