WU Jan 21, 2012
Missed the first few scenes, so
will update since the part I watched😳 I've tried to make it short so I might be skipping some details. Plz feel free to add anything if I missed out something important😳
Madan Sen (MS), the king is worshipping Laxmi
& asking for wealth. Laxmi is impressed & appears in front of him. She
tells him to ask for a boon. He says he wants her to stay in his palace
forever. After hearing his wish, Shani's eyes gets opened😲 the gods are
shocked, so is Vishnu. Laxmi too is hesitated for a moment but then agrees. The
king & his queen get happy.
Shani is worried that Laxmi will
be a prisoner in MS's palace & a person who gets wealth without any hard
work cannot value it. He thinks the solution is only with Vishnu so goes there.
He requests Vishnu to wake up from his yognindra. He requests Visnu to stop Laxmi.
Vishnu assures him. Vishnu meets Laxmi. Laxmi asks him what he's doing in Laxmi
lok. He tells her that her promise given to MS will create disturbance in the
system of the world & tells her to take it back. Laxmi says it is important
to reward someone's true devotion, Vishnu says it is but if there is greed & negativity in
it then it's not important to do so. Laxmi says she has already made the
promise & can't do anything about it. Vishnu says that only time will tell,
not only she but the world will also suffer due to her promise.
Laxmi appears in front of MS
& his queen. She tells him that now she'll remain in the palace & fill
his empty pots with wealth daily. Three pots filled with coins & jewels
appear in front then she disappears. MS is happy seeing the wealth. He says now
Laxmi is in his control & his raajkosh will never be empty. He says now he
can donate as much as he wants & he'll become the chakravorti samrat by
donating. He tells his minister to make an announcement that whoever wants
wealth can come to him. The queen is not pleased hearing the king but doesn't
say anything. Shani too is displeased with the king.
The king keeps on distributing
his wealth among people & Laxmi is filling his pots with wealth everyday. The
people of his kingdom, the men have stopped working & spend their money on
alcohol, gambling & girls. Chaos is created in the entire kingdom & Laxmi
looks at all this helplessly😭 Laxmi disguises herself & sees a man beating
his wife saying nobody can stop him from consuming alcohol or gambling. Laxmi is
shattered😭
Laxmi in disguise & the
women who got beaten, followed by other women of the kingdom plead in front of
the queen regarding the matter. The woman says that since the king donated wealth, their husbands
have stopped working & all they do is drinking alcohol or gambling. The
queen says even she doesn't agree with the King's activities but she's helpless
as he doesn't listen to anybody. She says all they can do is one thing that is
praying to Shani to help them out & show their husbands the right path.
The king is throwing his wealth
among his people as always while he hears a voice which says, Stop this drama
of donating. MS gets furious as Shani in the disguise of a rishi appears there.
MS asks what he means by calling his donation a fake drama. Shani says MS is
not donating bcoz he has the true feelings for it but he's doing it only bcoz
he wants to be called the superior king among all. Shani says that if people of
his kingdom misuse the money provided to them then as MS gave them the money,
he automatically is responsible for the increase in crime in his kingdom. MS
gets angry & says if he wants wealth then just take it why talk like that.
Shani says in that case, MS will have to give him the amount of wealth
equivalent to his weight & if MS fails to do so then his life will be under
his (Shani's) control. MS is lost in thoughts. Shani makes fun of him that he's
scared of donating now. MS gets furious & agrees that he'll give wealth
equivalent to the rishi's weight & if not his life will be under the rishi's
control.
Shani places himself on one
side of the weighing scale & on the other side; sacks full of coins,
ornaments are placed but doesn't seem to have any effect on the other side
which leaves MS shocked. The minister informs that whatever Laxmi
gave them that day has finished & now they'll have to wait for the other
day to get anything from her. MS tells him to bring from their raajkosh, the
minister says that there's nothing left over there as the king has already
donated everything from there. MS tells the queen to puts her ornaments on the
scale. The queens agrees but Shani says he won't accept the ornaments of the
queen but if the king wants to put anything then to put his own ornaments on
the other side. The king takes off his ornaments including his crown & puts
it on the scale but still the side having Shani doesn't move at all. Shani says
the king has now left with his palace only, will he donate that. MS angrily says he is a great daanvir & won't break his promise & goes &
brings a brick & says he'll give his palace too & places it on the
scale but still doesn't affect the Shani's side of scale.
Laxmi appears above & says
now she's not obliged to stay there, so, she's leaving. MS says that she
promised to stay in his palace forever. Laxmi said she did say she would stay
in his palace but now that he has donated his palace to someone else, she's not
going to stay there. Laxmi & Shani communicate through telepathy. Laxmi thanks
Shani for freeing her from there & says she's realized what she did &
says she'll never make such a promise to any of her devotees & praises his
justice. Shani folds his hands & bows down to her with respect. Laxmi disappears.
Shani asks MS does he remember
what he promised. MS remembers his promise that his life would be under the
rishi's control if he's unable to provide wealth equivalent to his weight. MS
says he agrees. Shani says now MS will have to work & earn & whatever
he earns needs to be submitted to Shani. MS on the way sees a lender & asks
for work. The lender says the king of their kingdom spoilt the people that nobody
works, all just live on the wealth given to them by the king for free, so, he's
going to another kingdom to start his business & leaves. MS is shocked. MS
then sees a man beating his wife, asking for money. The wife replies she's
speaking the truth that there's no money left with her & if he needs some
then why doesn't he go to his king who keeps on donating. MS is sad seeing
this. MS then sees people drunk & leaves. MS thinks to himself that he gave
birth to crime in his kingdom.
MS sees a farmer & asks for
work. It's Shani in disguise. Shani says he has work to offer but will MS be
able to do it as it requires a lot of toil. Shani says that one of his oxen is
sick so can MS help to plough the field. MS thinks for a while, then Shani
tells him to leave it. MS agrees to do it & asks what he would get in
return. Shani smiles & tells him to work & not think about the fruits
right now. MS starts ploughing along with the other ox. A devotional song is
being played in the background that the king has now realized what hard work is
after finding himself in the position of the ox. After he finishes it, he &
Shani both sit down. Shani takes out rotis & asks MS to eat. MS says he's
hungry. Shani says he has just two rotis & hands over one to MS. MS is
about to eat but then remembers what the rishi said that he needs to submit
whatever he earns. The farmer Shani tells him to eat but MS says he needs to
donate it.
MS arrives in the palace &
sees the rishi. Shani asks him what he earned today. MS shows him the roti.
Shani says let's try it then & sits down on one side of the scale &
tells MS to place the roti on the other side. MS hesitates & thinks what
will happen with one roti. Shani tells him to try it. MS places the roti on the
other side. The side having Shani gets lifted & the other side with roti gets heavier👏 All in the palace are astonished😲 MS says how come this miracle happened😲
Shani says that previously he
donated wealth which he got without hard work while this time he donated
something that he had earned due to his hard work & the latter is the most
superior donation in this world. MS says he cannot be an ordinary rishi as he
opened his eyes & showed him the right path; he asks Shani who he is. Shani
disappears from that place & appears above on his eagle in his true form. MS,
his queen & his people all fold their hands on seeing him & do the jai
jai kar of Shani👏
At Shanilok, Shani says that
one should have true feelings of donation while donating & should not do it
just to display his superiority. He adds that while donating one should know to
whom he's donating & on what & how the person receiving it is using it,
whether for a good purpose or is misusing it. If left hand gives out something
then the right hand should not know about it. This is how it should be. The episode
ends.
Comments: No idea whether the
episode was based on an authentic story or just a fictional one, but... personally
I liked the episode a lot👍🏼 The episode was different from what has been shown
till now👏 The weighing scale track reminded me of the Tulabharam incident
though 😉 But I liked the way the story track was handled & presented. However,
it did feel incomplete as only MS got the enlightenment of the importance of
hard work & the value of the earnings received after it, but what about all
those men of his kingdom who stopped working😕 Didn't Shani have to teach them
any lesson❓😕😲 But still overall a very good episode👍🏼 I think I've seen the actors
playing MS, the queen & Laxmi but can't exactly say who they are😕 Any guesses...😳😕
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