It seemed shlok not only knew baba's nature and games very much ...but also trusted astha too. ...very much ...as shlok seemed to realise that astha was telling the truth . ...and so did act out what baba wanted ...to put baba off scent from astha ...by trying to throw astha out of the house . ..which she refused to do adamantly even at shlok's insistence ...SHOWING THAT ASTHA LEARNT THE LESSONS AND TACTICS OF WARFARE IF WAS STILL RAW ... .. ..THAT SHLOK TAUGHT ASTHA ...WITH HIS HATE AND LOVE TOO AND WITH ABUSE TOO.. ..AS IN BY GOING EVEN AGAINST SHLOK...WHO WAS HER HEART AND SOUL ... ITO FIGHT AGAINST EVIL ...FOR NOT ONLY TRUTH BUT ALSO FOR HER LOVE TO SURVIVE INSPIRING OTHERS TOO ...TO FOLLOW TRUTH ...WITH LOVE FOR SHLOK ..AND FOR HAPPINESS ...stating that astha was shlok's wife and a agni bahu with full rights nobody could deny...even shlok and baba too ...and that she will not go out of the house in this lifetime ...and so will stay back to prove baba's evil truth as well as remove shlok's blind devotion of baba to which shlok gets angry once more in provocation ...with anjali asking shlok not to take such a big decision rashly ...which shlok didn't contradict ...one bit ...but instead also heaved a sigh of relief ...that adtha took the right decision ...at the right time to stay back as his wife and bahu too ...AND SO SHLOK IMMEDIATELY ACCEPTED ASTHA'S DECISION AND DIVIDED THE HOUSE INTO TWO ...BY TYING A ROPE ...LIKE LAKSHMAN REKHA ...SETTING LIMITS BETWEEN ASTHA AND HIMSELF... BUT ESPECIALLY BETWEEN ASTHA AND BABA ...ALONG WITH EVERYONE ...IN CENTER OF THE HOUSE ...to the consternation of astha and others ... putting astha on one side ...the family on the other...IN A WAY BY CREATING BOUNDARIES ...SHLOK HAD CORDORNED ASTHA ...ALONE ...IN PROTECTION AND PUNISHMENT ...FROM SHLOK WITH LOVE ...WANTING ASTHA TO FIND OUT NOT ONLY ...THE ACTUAL TRUTH ...WHICH WILL NOW COME OUT IN THE OPEN ...WHEN ASTHA WILL LOOK UNGUARDED AND SO UNSAFE AND EASY FOR EVIL TO PREY UPON(LIKE RAVANA DID TO SEETHA )...BUT ALSO MAKING ASTHA REALISE HER OWN LIMITS AND STRENGTHS TOO ...TO CURB HER IMPULSIVENESS AND HALF TRUTHS CREATING MORE PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF SOLUTIONS WITHOUT PROPER STRATERGY AND DIPLOMATIC TACTICS NEEDED TO FIGHT STRONG EVIL ...AS WELL AS ASTHA ..TO ONCE AGAIN FIND AND REGAIN ...HER TRUE LOVE AND HAPPINESS ...WITHIN HERSELF AND WITH SHLOK TOO ...WHICH SHE HAD LOST IN THE ILLUSION OF .. THE FEAR ...AND EGO ...CREATED BY ...THE DEVIL NIRANJAN AGNIHOTRI ...TO MAKE ASTHA WEAK AND SEPARATED ALONE FROM SHLOK'S PROTECTION AS HIS LOVE AND WIFE ...SO , NA, COULD PREY ON HER STILL MORE EMOTIONALLY AND MAYBE HARM HER PHYSICALLY LIKE HE HAD DONE TOO SWATI TOO...TO DESTROY ..SHLOK'S TRUST IN LOVE ...EK BAAR PHIR ...AND MAKE HIM DEPEND ON BABA ...WITH SUBMISSION AND DEVOTION ...
Here , NA, who refused anjali's pleas for help ..to stop shlok ...from separating the house and from astha ...by revealing that was his very plan ...but who once again dorned his godlike mask for his son varad ...and went with him to stop shlok ...BUT INNERLY PRAYING THAT SHLOK WILL CARRY HIS PLANS OF EITHER THROWING ASTHA OUT OF THE HOUSE ...OR SEPARATING FROM HER ...WITHOUT LISTENING TO BABA ...EVEN IF SHLOK HAD TO GO AGAINST BABA ...BUT IN THE PROCESS..., NA , SEEMED TO HAVE WOKEN THE PROTECTIVE MOTHER IN ANJALI ...WHO WAS NOW LIKE A WOUNDED TIGRESS ...READY TO FIGHT ANYBODY ...TO SAVE HER CHILDREN. ...EVEN FROM SAHIB ...HER LORD AND MASTER ...
Shlok who saw baba coming down ...now went and dragged adtha as if to throw her ..onto her part of the house ...when , NA, now satisfied like a cat who had got it's cream ...as he saw that shlok had done what he had wanted...put on a sorrowfull mask ...saying that shlok was not doing right ...instead of solving the matter properly ...TO WHICH SHLOK SAID THE WORDS THAT BABA WANTEDTO HEAR ...THAT THIS TIME HE WOULDN'T LISTEN TO BABA ...MAKING IT CLEAR THAT SHLOK KNEW BABA AND HIS EVIL PLANS ...QUIET WELL ...and when , NA, happy ...now asks shlok to forgive astha ...as he had already forgiven her ...knowing quiet well shloks penchant not to forgive anybody going against him...and also knew that adtha once again would open her mouth and state her views clearly ...provoking shlok still more ...with her saying that she didn't want baba's forgiveness for something she didn't do ...and to keep his goody good act for others who believed him blindly ...AND SO SHLOK REALISING THE DANGER ...SHOUTS OUT AT ASTHA ...LIKE ANJALI DOES TO SAVE OTHERS ...,,TO STOP HER IN HER NEVERENDING TIRADE ...WHICH COULD ONLY PROVOKE , NA, MORE INTO HARMING HER...AND RUDELY ASKS ASTHA TO GET HER THINGS FROM THEIR ROOM ...IN 5 MINUTES... TO WHICH ASTHA ...NOW IN HER ANGER MODE ...REPRIMANDS SHLOK ON HIS RUDE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS HER ...WHICH SHLOK ACCEPTS WITH HIS HEAD DOWN. ...SHOWING BABA AND OTHERS TOO ...THAT ASTHA WAS RIGHT NOT TO TAKE HIS RUDNESS LYING DOWN ...FORCING EVEN BABA TO ACCEPT IT ...INTO SITTING DOWN
Heartbroken Astha...ek baar phir ... now comes into their bedroom ...looking around with all her heart in her eyes ...remembering shlok's dialougue of ...breaking their relationship in life and death . ...looking at their marraige picture ...when all her memories were now about ...shlok's love ...for her completely ...as she remembered ...the first time she expressed her love for him...then shlok showing his love for her in his romantic way ...her kissing shlok's cheek before marraige ..when he himself had dressed astha lovingly with complete ownership rights as husband and lover ..going against all norms of society of a groom staying away from the bride ...stating that she was already his own ...wife and lover ...without any society approval ...and then they both becoming one ..by making love with complete love ...shlok kissing her forehead when he had pleated her saree ...showing his affection ...and shlok crossing all time limits to be with her as he had promised to be there on a date ...with himself treating her with her favourite entertainment ...showing his love and care ...for her preferences. ...NOW ASTHA HAD ONLY LOVING MEMORIES OF SHLOK AND THEIR LOVE ...WHERE BEFORE FROM THE FIRST TIME ...WHENEVER SHE THOUGHT ABOUT SHLOK IN LOVE OR HATE ...SHE ALSO HAD HIS HARD AND HATED MEMORIES TOO ...ALONG WITH LOVING ONES...
Astha now very heartbroken...and feeling ..empty .. bereft and lonely ...without shlok's love and his presence she now needed very much to cling onto to alleviate her fears and emptiness ..for her feeling of assurance and security ..she always found in his arms ...sensing his protective and loving care for her even in his hate ...REACHES OUT TO THE ONLY THING SHE COULD FIND SECURITY IN ...THEIR MARRAIGE PICTURE ...MAKING THEM ONE ..AS HUSBAND AND WIFE ...NOW CLINGING TO MARRAIGE RIGHTS ONLY ...BUT WITHOUT LOVE ...AS SHE HAD TO CHOOSE TRUTH OVER LOVE ...TO FIND AND REGAIN HER'S AS WELL AS SHLOK'S LOVE TOO ...FROM BABA'S CLUTCHES ...ASTHA NOW LAMENTS HER SORROW TO SHLOK OF HOW MUCH HE HURT HER ...HOLDING THE PICTURE ...WHERE IT WAS ASTHA ...WHO WAS NOT SEEING SHLOK'S LOVE AND HERSELF AS ONE NOW... AS THE BLURRED PICTURE OF ASHLOK TOGETHER WAS NOW IMPOSSED WITH ASTHA'S SORROW...BECAUSE HER HEART WAS FILLED WITH SORROW AND TEARS ...AND NOW WAS FAR AWAY FROM... LOVE ...CAUGHT IN BABA'S WEB OF FEARS...
Astha takes the marraige picture with her for strength and security ...as in her rights of wife and bahu ...which is now her security blanket ...as she no more had patidev shlok's love and arms to run into for security and protection and starts packing her clothes ...when varad comes to advice her not to go away from shlok ...AS ONLY VARAD COULD RELATE TO SHLOK'S SITUATION OF NEEDING LOVE ..MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE EVEN TRUTH ...GOOD OR BAD .. ...AS BOTH BROTHERS WERE IN THE SAME BOAT OF BEING DEPRIVED OF LOVE AND SECURITY FROM CHILDHOOD...BY BOTH PARENTS ...AND SO ASKED ASTHA TO APOLOGISE TO BABA FOR SHLOK NOT TRUTH...AS VARAD WANTED LOVE FOR SHLOK TOO JUST LIKE HIMSELF ...as she maybe wrong about baba ...too...but astha now adamant in her search for truth ...as she had realised her love shlok was himself bound by baba's false love ...in devotion or fear ..., whatever...and so neeede to prove that baba was evil and wrong ...declined varads advice ...as well as his support too ...AS ASTHA KNEW THAT SHLOK TOO WILL BE LONELY AND BEREFT ... WITHOUT HER BY HIS SIDE ...AS HE ALWAYS DECLARED HER AS ...HIS OWN LIFE ...MORE THAN ONLY LOVE ...WITH WHICH ANYBODY COULD LIVE WITHOUT ...BUT WITHOUT LIFE ... THERE WAS NO EXISITENCE ... BUT ONLY DEATH ...AND SO REQUESTED VARAD TO HOLD SHLOK ...NOT ONLY AS HIS BROTHER BUT ALSO AS HIS MUCH NEEDED FRIEND ...VARAD REALLY WAS ...WITH HIS UNDERSTANDING OF SHLOK ...
SHLOK NOW IN TWO MINDS... ONE TO KEEP ASTHA AWAY FROM HIM... AS PROTECTION... AND ALSO TO GIVE ASTHA FREEDOM TO FIGHT FOR TRUTH AND LOVE TOO...BUT ALSO IN A MIND TO KEEP ASTHA CLOSE TO HIM ...IN HIS ARMS ...COMES THERE WITH A DEFIANT LOOK ..OF FEAR ...AS IN A CHILD NOW ...WANTING BUT NOT GOING TO ASK ASTHA TO BE WITH HIM AND NEVER LEAVE HIM AT ALL FOR ANYTHING ...(.MAYBE BECAUSE HE MUST HAVE LOOKED SO MANY TIMES TOWARDS HIS MOTHER ANJALI FOR HER LOVE AND SUPPORT. ...ONLY TO BE REJECTED TIME AND AGAIN ...AND SO LOCKING AWAY HIS LOVE AND NEED IN HIS ...EGOISTIC AND AGGGRESIVE NATURE ...WHICH ASTHA HAD CHANGED WITH ONLY HER UNCONDITIONAL LOVE ...) ...BUT NOW...SHLOK ALSO KNEW IT WAS TIME TO SETTLE MATTERS ...FOR TRUTH AND HAPPINESS ...AND SO SHOUTS AT ADTHA AS WELL AS HIMSELF TO OUT OF ...SORROW ..AND ASKS ASTHA ...IF SHE HAD CHANGED HER MIND ABOUT STAYING ...MAYBE WOULD WANTED ASTHA TO FIGHT BACK TO STAY WITH HIM . ..AND ALLOWED HER TOO ...WITH ALL HIS HEART ...BUT STOPPED HIMSELF ...AND NOW INSTIGATES ASTHA BY TELLING HER TO GET OUT ...AND THROWING OUT HER GOLD BANGLES OF ANJALI'S .ALONG WITH HER CHAIN. ...TO BREAK THE VICIOUS CIRCLE OF ABUSE ...IN AWAY SHOWING THAT SHE WAS LEAVING HIM LIKE ANJALI ...BUT ALSO STATING THAT . ...ANJALI NEEDED HER MORE THAN SHLOK ... ...AND SHLOK THREW OUT HER SAREES ... MEANING NOW ASTHA WITH HER CHOICE OF TRUTH OVER HIM ... WAS NOW OUT OF HIS PROTECTION AS HIS WIFE ...FALLING INTO THE EVIL CLUTCHES OF BABA ..MAYBE WITH ANJALI'S SUPPORT TO ASTHA ...(CLOTHES MEANING PROTECTION AND DIGNITY ...AS IN KRISHNA GIVING DRAUPADI SAREES...SHLOK'S PROTECTION...SLYLY.)...WAITING TO SEE WHAT ASTHA WOULD DO ...STAY OR GO ...BUT ASTHAS TO NOW IN ANGER ...THROWS SHLOK'S CLOTHES OUT ...AS IN SAYING THAT ...HE ALSO WILL BE DEPRIVED OF HER ...LOVE AND CARE ...AND HE COULD BLOODY WELL DO AS HE WANTS TO FROM NOW ON...
But Ashlok both will come together... crossing whatever limits were set... Time and again...WITH LOVE... CARE... AND.. PROTECTION...AS THEY CAN NEVER STAY AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER EVER...
ASTHA QUESTIONS SHLOK ...as to how he will throw away all their loving memories as he did to the sarees ...which he cannot live without too ...hurting her so much and breaking her hearts to pieces ...and that she was proud of his talent to do so. ... baar baar ..ek baar phir ...
SHLOK LOOKS ...GUILTY AND HURT HIMSELF TOO ...TO SEE ASTHA HEARTBROKEN ...AS SHLOK KNOWS HOW MUCH BIWI LOVES AND NEEDS HIM TO HER VERY SOUL...JUST LIKE HE DID ASTHA TOO ...AND SHLOK SEEMED TO WAIT WITH BAITED BREATH OF WHST ASTHA WILL DO ...STAY OR GO ...WHILE ASTHA WAS ALSO WAITING WITH HER WHOLE HEART ...FOR SHLOK TO STOP HER AS ALWAYS ...EK BAAR PHIR ...BUT AT HIS ADMANT STANCE ...OF PUTTING HIS HANDS INTO HIS POCKETS ...INDICATING THAT HIS WORK WAS DONE AND THE MATTER WAS OUT OF HIS HANDS ...AND IT WAS NOW SOLELY ON ASTHA .
..TO DECIDE ..TO STAY WITH HIM OR AWAY FROM HIM ...BUT AS ASTHA NOW GOES AWAY FROM HIM . ...SHLOK SEEMED ...ANGRY AND REJECTED ...AND THREW HER SAREE AWAY FROM HIM ...AS IN A DON'T CARE ATTITUDE ... TOO...
BUT SHLOK ALSO KNOWS THAT HE WILL BE THERE FOR HER. ...AS ALWAYS ...WHETHER ASTHA KNOWS IT OR NOT ...WITH HIS WHOLE ..LOVE ...CARE ...AND PROTECTION ...AS ASTHA WAS NOW ONLY SEPARATED WITH ONLY A ROPE BETWEEN THEM ...AS BARRIER OR LAKSHMAN REKHA ... BUT ONLY FOR OTHERS ...NOT SHLOK AT ALL ...INSTEAD OF HER OUT OF THE HOUSE ...AWAY FROM HIM ...SHLOK WILL EASILY CROSS THE DISTANCE TO ASTHA IN A JIFFY IF HE WANTED TOO ...AS NOTHING STOPPED SHLOK EVER FROM BEING WITH ASTHA ...BABA ..SOCIETY. ...HATE ..RULES...AND ESPECIALLY ASTHA HERSELF. ...AND SO WAS ALSO CONFIDENT OF HIS AND HER LOVE TOO ...TO COME TOGETHER ...EK BAAR PHIR ...
Astha now on coming down ...found the devil smiling with glee on one side ...to his sorrowfull act to family ...and was now gloating out his victories and his hit plans of separating her from shlok ...and how pawar and he cheated her out of proof ... AND TELLING ASTHA HE HAD PAWAR KILLED FOR TRYING TO EXPOSE HIM ...AND DOUBLE CROSDING HIM TOO ...WARNING ASTHA ...THAT HE COULD DO IT TO HER TOO ...WITH ASTHA FINALLY REALISING IN FEAR AND CONTEMPT.. FOR THE FIRST TIME ...THAT SHE WAS NOT ONLY FIGHTING FOR THE TRUTH ...BUT THE VERY DEVIL HIMSELF ...WHO WOULD EVEN KILL ANYBODY IN HIS WAY ...
ANJALI WHO KNEW SAHIB AND HIS EVILNESS ...COMPLETELY WELL. .. REALISED THAT SAHIB ...WAS NOW THREATENING ASTHA HER VERY LIFE TOO...LIKE MAYBE HE DID SWATI'S ...AS ASTHA WAS NOW OUT OF SHLOK'S HANDS AND PROTECTION ...WHICH HAD ACTED AS A ...LAKSMAN REKHA TO ASTHA ...AS WELL AS SHLOK TOO SEEMED TO NOTICE ASTHA'S FEAR ...WHICH SHE CALLED OUT TO HIM FOR PROTECTION ...AND UNDERSTOOD ...BABA WAS AT HIS EVIL GAMES AGAIN ...AND SO WENT AND STOPPED BABA AS IF SUPPORTING HIM NOT TO PLEAD ASTHA ...BY SAYING ASTHA SHOULD BE THE ONE TO SEE AGE AND RELATIONSHIP ...BUT WAS INDIRECTLY ...ACCUSING BABA THAT HE THOUGH BEING ELDER TO THEM WAS CHEATING THEM ALL WITH HIS FALSE LOVE AND CARE INSTEAD OF SHOWING THEM THE CORRECT PATH ...THAT HIS WAY WAS WRONG AND ONE DAY HE WILL FIND HIMSELF ALL ALONE ...BEREFT ...AND LONELY WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT. ...INDICATING TO ANJALI TOO THST ATLEAST SHE GIVE RESPECT TO HER AGE AND GIVE ASTHA WHO SUPPORTED HER EVEN THOUGH YOUNG ...HER PROTECTION FROM BABA... ...AS THAT WAS THE VERY SITUATION ANJALI WAS IN ...IF DIDN'T COME FORWARD FOR ASTHA..ATLEAST NOW ...IN REDEMPTION ...FOR DESTROYING HIS LIFE ONCE BEFORE BY HER SILENCE ...EK BAAR PHIR ...
Which astha who though looked.. puny ...and lonely now ...in fear too thought shlok was challenging her ...and so said that ...who was with truth were never alone ... AND FOUND TO HER RELIEF THAT ANJALI FINALLY TOOK HER HAND IN SUPPORT...AS ONCE ASTHA SUPPORTED HER WITH LOVE AND CARE ... ...IN A GIANT LEAP FORWARD ...AND ..TOLD ASTHA THAT SHE WAS NOT ALONE AS SHE WAS NOT WRONG AT ALL ...AND THAT IT WAS SAHIB WHO IS AND WAS WRONG ALWAYS ...STUNNING EVERYONE INTO SILENCE AND STUPEFICATION ...ASTHA WITH RELIEF FOR NOT BEING ALONE ...SAHIB WITH FEAR AND NOW A HELPLESS RAGE ...OTHERS IN CONFUSION ...VARAD WITH UNDERSTANDING. ...
BUT IT WAS SHLOK'S EXPRESSIONS OF STUNNED SILENCE ...FILLED WITH ANGER TOWARDS ANJALI ...FOR SPEAKING OUT LATE BUT ALSO RELEIVED FOR HER SUPPORT TO ASTHA...A AS HE HAD TOLD ANJALI TO TAKE CARE OF ASTHA HERSELF WHEN HE HAD LEFT HER ALONE IN THE MARKET TO SEE HOW SHE WILL COME BACK HOME ...BUT A VERY CONTEMPTUOUS GAZE INWARDLY .. TOWARDS BABA ... THAT FINALLY BABA WAS GETTING HIS JUST MEANS ...WITH HIS MOTHER OUT OF HIS CLUTCHES... AND EVIL SHACKLES BABA HAD CHAINED ANJALI WITH .. ...BUT THERE IS STILL MORE TO DO...DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ...,FOR EVERYONE TO BEFREE AND HAPPY ...ESPECIALLY THE FUTURE GENERATION...KAVYA ...AND MAYBE ASHLOK'S OWN CHILDREN ...AS ASTHA MAYBE PREGNANT ...FOR WHOM SHLOK WILL HAVE TO TAKE DIRECT ACTION AGAINST BABA ...IF BABA CROSSED HIS LIMITS WITH HIS LOVE AND LIFE ...,.ASTHA IN ANY WAY HARMING HER ... AND SO WAITING FOR THAT DAY TO ARRIVE ...
AS SHLOK HAD DRAWN THE LAKSHMAN REKHA ...NOT ONLY FOR ASTHA... BUT ALSO ...INDIRECTLY WARNING BABA ...NOT TO CROSS HIS LIMITS ...WITH HIS LOVING BIWI ASTHA ...AS IT MAY BE DETRIMENTAL TO HIM ...BUT SOME LINES ARE TO BE CROSSED FOR THE FINAL TRUTH TO TRIUMP OVER EVIL ...
JUST AS SEETA CROSSED THE LAKSHMAN REKHA ...ONLY TO BE CAPTUPTURED BY RAVANA ...AND SO WAS KILLED BY RAMA ...SEETA'S SOUL ...TO SAVE NOT ONLY .. SITA RAMA'S HEART ...BUT THE WHOLE WORLD TOO...FOR LIGHT OF TRUTH AND DHARMA CAUSING HAPPINESS TO PREVAIL ...ONCE AGAIN EK BAAR PHIR ...
IN A WAY THE LAKSHMAN REKHA ...WAS ALSO TO TEACH ...ASTHA ...HER LIMITS AND STRENGTHS TOO ...AS ASTHA THOUGH STRONG IN LOVE AND TRUTH ...WAS PHYSICALLY WEAK BEFORE A EVIL MAN LIKE NIRANJAN AGNIHOTRI. WHICH IN A WAY SHLOK SEEMED TO HAVE SHOWN ASTHA WITH HIS OWN ACTS SOMETIMES ...AND SO NEEDED TO BE CAUTIOUS...CAREFULL ...AND DIPLOMATIC TOO ...WITH HER DEALING OF HIM ...WHEN ALONE WITHOUT PROTECTION ...AND SILENCE COULD BE A BOON TO HER SOMETIMES MORE THAN TRUTH ...UNTILL SHE HAS SOLID PROOFS AGAINST HIM ...INSTEAD OF GIVING AWAY THE PLAN AND GAME TOO ...TO THE ENEMY ...CREATING PROBLEMS FOR HER AND OTHERS TOO ...
Whether shlok knew or not about baba...this time his love for astha alone... Will make shlok go against baba...to save... his love astha...mother anjali... And rest too.. As love is another weapon of God...against evil... Rendering it useless first... And then destroying it completely.