16Jun-written-Luv and Kush in darbar

It is announced that the 2 rishi kumars will sing, and whole of Ayodhya is invited.

How does whole of Ayodhya fit into Rama's court? In Valmiki, this happened in the open, at Naimisharanya, not at Ayodhya, and not at the palace. But here, it happens in Ayodhya, and that too, in Rama's court. How does he fit the entire population there? 😕😕😕

Sita's statement - that she doesn't want to be Ayodhya's queen - doesn't make sense, and is more of a Sagaresque script to project their sadistic instincts onto Sita, making her more of a masochist (something the earlier serial was guilty of as well). Once Sita regains Rama's company, she'd automatically be queen of Ayodhya - unless she wants to do that in the afterlife, or unless she wants Rama to abdicate so that she can be w/ him.

On Kaushalya's offerings, in the original, the only things K-L were explicitly forbidden from taking was the payment for their singing. As far as food went, they were told to eat what the rishis were given, which included the fruits and berries. Of course, here, they are changing it to mean anything they feel like.

I think under the circumstances, they would have done well to have made this meeting between them on the night between Rama ordering Sita be presented to take the oath, and Sita taking the oath. That would have been a good occasion to bond

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

It is announced that the 2 rishi kumars will sing, and whole of Ayodhya is invited.

How does whole of Ayodhya fit into Rama's court? In Valmiki, this happened in the open, at Naimisharanya, not at Ayodhya, and not at the palace. But here, it happens in Ayodhya, and that too, in Rama's court. How does he fit the entire population there? 😕😕😕

Sita's statement - that she doesn't want to be Ayodhya's queen - doesn't make sense, and is more of a Sagaresque script to project their sadistic instincts onto Sita, making her more of a masochist (something the earlier serial was guilty of as well). Sita was not a masochist in the previous Ramayan. She never said she did not want to be queen anymore. When Valmiki told her that Ram wanted her to make one final vow, she said that she'd make a vow so convincing that people would never doubt her chastity again. But when came to the court, she heard Valmiki proclaim to Ram that Sita was the purest of women. Sita thought Valmiki's proclamation would convince the praja of Ayodhya but it did not so Ram still wanted her to do the vow. If you see Sitaji's expression, she was angry, (not at Ram but the Ayodhyavasis), dejected, and decided that nothing would convince the Ayodhyavasis but if she called upon Mother Earth. Yes, it was sort of pre-planned, but if Valmiki's proclamation had convinced the Ayodhyavasis, Sita was certainly ready to become Queen of Ayodhya once again. Unlike in today's episode, the Sita of the previous Ramayan never said she did not want to be queen but wanted to become Ram's wife. That was a totally controversial sentence because if she wanted to be with Ramji, she'd have to be queen.😕 Once Sita regains Rama's company, she'd automatically be queen of Ayodhya - unless she wants to do that in the afterlife, or unless she wants Rama to abdicate so that she can be w/ him.

On Kaushalya's offerings, in the original, the only things K-L were explicitly forbidden from taking was the payment for their singing. As far as food went, they were told to eat what the rishis were given, which included the fruits and berries. Of course, here, they are changing it to mean anything they feel like.

I think under the circumstances, they would have done well to have made this meeting between them on the night between Rama ordering Sita be presented to take the oath, and Sita taking the oath. That would have been a good occasion to bond

Sita was very much a masochist in the previous serial - like when she swore in front of the statues of the ancestors that she would never defile Ayodhya's throne again (incidentally, that did not increase my bhakti for her, if that was Sagar's intent), or when she told Gautami (Valmiki's wife) not to address her as Maharani after it's all in the open, or when she told Rama upon her leaving him for the forest that if they were focussing on the justice, they'd be seen as being attached to the luxuries of royalty. In fact, the masochism was very strongly there in Janak, when he told Rama that Sita was not alone and helpless, b'cos she had her dharm w/ her (what sort of an assinine statement was that? If somebody is walking around pregnant and barefoot in the jungle homeless and helpless, how does the fact that they may be pure saints help nurture them? That was unadulterated maso-sadism on the part of those scriptwriters)

Sorry, both the serials - not just this one - had very serious shortcomings in this department of being particularly sadistic.

Thanks for the update

Actually after reading Valmiki
Its not easy to accept part different from what we read ...

So sometimes even I watch it as Serial

such a great episode! thnx avinash, as always!

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

Sita was very much a masochist in the previous serial - like when she swore in front of the statues of the ancestors that she would never defile Ayodhya's throne again (incidentally, that did not increase my bhakti for her, if that was Sagar's intent), or when she told Gautami (Valmiki's wife) not to address her as Maharani after it's all in the open, or when she told Rama upon her leaving him for the forest that if they were focussing on the justice, they'd be seen as being attached to the luxuries of royalty. In fact, the masochism was very strongly there in Janak, when he told Rama that Sita was not alone and helpless, b'cos she had her dharm w/ her (what sort of an assinine statement was that? If somebody is walking around pregnant and barefoot in the jungle homeless and helpless, how does the fact that they may be pure saints help nurture them? That was unadulterated maso-sadism on the part of those scriptwriters)

Sorry, both the serials - not just this one - had very serious shortcomings in this department of being particularly sadistic.

Thanks avinash bhaiya for ur wonderful update.

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