LOVE V/S DUTY and PROMISE V/S REALITY

For Akbar

Its a choice between love of son V/S duty of king and Duty wins hands down for him

For Jodha

Its a choice between love for son or Duty to her husband and to her own family

For Salim

Its a choice between love to his lover and duty towards his parents

Why here I say its duty to his parents is commoners do not really care after some point whom the emperor loves or lives with. There have been many kings whose main consorts and lovers were commoners even dancers and some rakasha's only. The awam may gossip for sometime but in long term it is the kings personal life they shall accept it and not really bother. Mughal emperors themselves have had consorts and Queens who were dancers and low class, be it Shah Jahan or Auragnzeb or Rangeela Mahmood or Rao Maldeo or Rana Udai Singh many of their favourite wives or consorts were actually commoners and even dancers and low class cocubbines. Did that mean that they were not respected or feared and revered by awam? No, its their work that awam saw not whom they lived and married or kept as consorts. Akbar himself was a serial Casanova who married and had relationships with all sort of woman widows, commoners, maids, low class ladies etc no one bothered still he is Akbar the great. He had kids too from these commoner and maids did anyone bother? Not really

The only people who may have some objections in long term are his own family, relatives and friends who are from royal background. They may not like making a rakasha as their bahu, babhi, saas etc in long term. The others really do not care after initial shock and gossip who their king lives or keeps as consort.

The next issue is a war between Promise V/S Reality

Is it OK for Salim to love anarkali but marry a maan bai or any others?

Will Salim be able to give similar love to maan bai as he does to anarkali?

Respect off course he shall treat her with respect and give her all comforts of his wife

But in life respect and comforts will be desired only to some extent

What ever human needs is love and acceptance of family

And in this case its Maan Bai - will she be fine if Salim respects her, gives her all comforts of a Queen and crown princess but cannot accept her and love her with all his heart

Its easy for us to say that in polygamy what is so great love one and marry many or love many or marry any lady

But life is long - can maan bai spend remaining 70 years or so with an husband who does not really love or accept her with all heart as his wife?

Its all about the choice they make.

i remember once in chinese historical serial the prince face the same problem with salim and when the woman/princess who supposed to be his future wife ask the prince why he cant accept her, his answer very deep, he said " what is the hard to obey or disobey king's order, but if i accept this marriage i wont be fair to you because i love someone else and i wont be fair to the woman i love because she must sharing husband with other woman, so i will be feel sorry for you and feel guilt to her, you wont feel happy and she will very sad and i cant see her sad and unhappy "

in reality its not that easy to share your husband with another woman, for woman who waiting her husband to come is like hell, not to mention the torture imagining your husband romancing another woman, in this show even jodha speak to jallu before the consumation how her heart feel hurt thinking her husband with another woman, she knew jallu have obligation to others wife but still she cant prevent her heart to feel jealous and pain.