I'll write down a brief update for the episode of Jul 23, 2011. Shani Dev talks about the power of women. The story is of the Princess Narmada. Her swayamvar is going on. (My God Imagine is seriously obsessed with Swayamvars LOL!) When one Prince says he's a warrior, she says then he should become her bodyguard not husband. When one Brahmin says he has wisdom, then she says he should be his teacher not husband. She rejects all of the men saying nobody has the qualities to become her husband. The men who came there for the Swayamvar feel insulted & insult her father saying it's actually she who doesn't have the qualities of becoming a good wife. The King(her father, sorry forgot his name) cries in front of the statue of Shani & says he got insulted due to his daughter & wished he had no child. Narmada hears this & begs for forgiveness & says she'll marry any guy he chooses for her. The king angrily tells her to marry the first man she meets on the way outsideNarmada leaves & sees a man (Kameshwar) sitting under a tree covered with a shawl. She goes up to him & touches his feet & says he has accepted him as her husband. She takes off his shawl & sees the man who is suffering from leprosy. She gets shocked, the villagers tell her to stay away from him as he is suffering due to his sins he did in the past. She tells him that she has accepted him as her husband & asks them where his house is. Laxmi, Parvati & Saraswati are watching all this from above & are praising Narmada's strong determination.
The King arrives at Kameshwar's house & asks Narmada how she will live with a man like that. She says now her life belongs to her husband only. The king leaves. She serves her husband with full devotion. One day she tells Kameshwar to fill up her maang, Kameshwar throws the puja thaali on the floor & says he loves someone else (Chandrakala) & wants to marry her. Narmada cries & begs him not to leave her & says she has no objections of him marrying Chandrakala. Kameshwar thinks he'll let her stay as he & his wife would get a maid in the form of Narmada. Shani now gets angry & says Kameshwar has been suffering due to his sins & now still he hasn't reformed in his thinking ways yet. Narmada promises to take Kameshwar to meet Chandrakala. She goes to bring a cart, Shani appears in front of her & introduces him as Kameshwar's friends & tells her that he wasted all his money on Chandrakala & ignored his friends/family & today he's still going to meet the same girl. Narmada says it's her duty to serve her husband. Narmada & Kameshwar arrive at Chandrakala's place. She rejects him saying he has no money left & now she has no love for him. Narmada takes him away from there but he once again runs back calling out Chandrakala's name. Shani dev says now Kameshwar will get punished badly. On the way Kameshwar bumps into Sage Maandavi (I hope I got the name right). The sage curses Kameshwar that he will die the next day. Narmada swears in front of the Tulsi plant that if she has served her husband with full devotion then the sun will not rise the next day. Shani dev gets shocked. Laxmi, Parvati & Saraswati go to Mahadev & tell him to keep Narmada's promise. Mahadev takes the skin of tiger on which he sits, & throws it in the air & it covers the sun. Darkness is casted on the earth. The gods go to Mahadev & tell him that if the sun doesn't rise then the life on earth will get destroyed. Shani dev too arrives & tells Mahadev that if the sun doesn't rise then life won't prevail on the earth. Mahadev says that Shani Dev is the God of Justice so he should do justice to her. Shani dev arrives in front of Narmada & tells her to free Surya Dev from her promise. Narmada refuses then Shani Dev makes the curse of Sage Maandavi invalid & cures Kameshwar's leprosy & his evil thoughts. Narmada takes her promise back & frees the Surya Dev. Kameshwar gets cured & begs forgiveness falling at Narmada's feet.
Shani says the river Narmada was named after her & says a woman who is a true devotee of her husband has a lot of power.
Janakiraghunath thanks for opening this thread & thanks to Lola for reopening it & Vrish thanks for providing the link.
I'll post my comments & questions regarding the episode later ...
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