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The journey that began on Friday continues. š
Jodha, who comforted Jalal in such a maternal manner then and confronted Mahamanga about her crass imprecations, is now such a constant companion to her husband that it's hard to imagine there was a phase not long ago when she couldn't bear to look at her husband.
Yesterday, Jodha was the perfect wife.
A good wife wipes her husband's silent tears; but a perfect wife listens to the story of why her husband is sad.
She didn't retreat into her shell, afraid of her husband's wrath. Nor did she beg or plead with him to give up his sadness and return to normalcy.
I have never seen Jalal looking so anguished for anyone, as he was for Atga Khan. He was totally lost to the world and seemed to be on his own individual island in the River of Acheron.
At this point, Jodha slipped easily into the role of Elpis. Atga Khan's death had opened a Pandora's box, from which only Jodha remained as Elpis to comfort Jalal. All the others seemed to be too nervous to even face him when he was at his lowest ebb emotionally and needed someone to comfort him.
It's life's irony that someone who always takes care of someone else, usually, requires someone else to comfort him. Jalal is indeed lucky to have found Jodha who is always by his side to wipe many an unshed tear and to smooth the lines of worry that threaten to crease his brow.
I had mentioned in an earlier post how I couldn't think of only Jodha as the constant shadow. And yesterday I felt so happy to see this was not always the case.
When Jodha walked up to Jalal and asked him to come with her, she was so assured in her demeanour, as if she were the entity and Jalal the shadow. And he did follow her lead like her shadow and accompanied her meekly and mutely to the grand hall containing the paintings of erstwhile rulers and forefathers of Akbar.
The scene didn't end there. Jodha went on to describe his forefathers and he himself when he became king and encouraged him to rethink about his decision to renounce the world. The arguments that she put forth to achieve this decision were as valid then as they are now about any great person. After the embrace of Friday, if anything touched my heart, it was Jodha's words to Jalal yesterday.
How beautifully she explained to him that a seed does not turn into a huge banyan tree just because someone was there to water it or provide it with the rich soil (environment ) that it needed.
She told him quote correctly that Baiarm Khan must have seen the potential in Jalal to have chosen him to become a king. And therefore a king must always be responsible towards his subjects and ensure their safety and happiness first. He couldn't run away from his responsibility towards his people.
All in all, Jodha waxed eloquent on the role of a king and his duties and, in the end, managed to persuade him to change his mind.
It was such a divine scene!!!!
By contrast, today's episode was too full of Bakshi Bano and the story of her "delivery." Contrasting also was the spring in Jalal's step and the smile on his lips today, compared with the woebegone person yesterday. Jalal couldn't seem to have enough of Jodha, seeming to want to spend every wakeful moment together with her. And this need for togetherness in both Jodha and Jalal is what makes them each other's living shadows.
Marriage is much more than the meeting of hearts. It is the intertwining of two lives, forever.
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