[mellow music playing]
You bid me a farewell to go to the gurukul in the past.
However, you appeared optimistic back then.
You were full of enthusiasm
as you considered it to be beneficial for your son.
[mellow music playing]
Mother, it's a similar situation today.
[mellow music playing]
However, this time
your son will gain more.
[melancholic music playing]
I'm proud of you.
I'm proud of my son.
You increased my honour as your mother.
I don't want to withhold my permission
and belittle your sacrifice, son.
[gloomy music playing]
I give you permission.
Son, you have my permission.
However,
are you dutiful
only towards your father
and your stepmother?
Don't you have a duty towards your biological mother?
Didn't you think
how I would live in this palace
without you?
For 14 years,
my son
would wander in forests.
[Kausalya sobbing]
No.
I'll also come with you.
Son, I'll accompany you.
Son, I'll join you!
[dramatic music playing]
- Mother. - No.
[Kausalya sobbing]
I'm lucky
to have a mother like you.
How could I falter in my duty towards the mother
who taught me to tread the path of duty?
Mother, I can't begin my journey of duty
with injustice.
Mother, the duty towards husband precedes the duty for a son.
Father needs you here.
So, Mother, Ayodhya is the right place for you.
Close to your husband.
I'm confident
that my son
will fulfil his duties and come back.
I'm not sure
whether I'll be alive
to welcome you after you return.
No, Mother!
I'm confident
that the way you welcomed us after our marriage,
you'll welcome us again
after we come back from exile.
[vocalising]
Sita!
- You... - Why, Raghunandan?
Are Mother's duties
different from Sita's?
You said just a few moments back
that a wife's rightful place is alongside her husband.
[vocalising]
I'll stay at the place
my husband stays!
[conch-shell playing]
It could be a queen's palace or a forest!
- [conch-shell playing] - [theme song playing]
[theme song playing]
[theme song continues playing]
[bell clanging]
[theme song playing]
No, my dear.
You can't leave.
You are Ayodhya's eldest daughter-in-law.
You can't become a forest dweller.
[vocalising]
Mother,
I became a daughter-in-law
only after I married Shri Rama.
Mother, how could I fulfil the ancestral duty
without fulfilling a wife's duty?
Mother,
you consider me a daughter, right?
So please don't weaken your daughter.
Mother, give me the blessing of fulfilling my duty
and bid me goodbye.
[mellow music playing]
Sita, only I have been ordered to go into exile.
I can't let you suffer because of me.
Lord, you are right.
Only Shri Rama is asked to go into exile.
The whole Shri Rama.
If you leave your better half behind in Ayodhya,
how will you fulfil Raghukul's decorum?
[suspenseful music playing]
Our relationship is more important
than your destiny.
If I'm the body,
you are the soul!
Lord, how can we stay apart then?
[mellow music playing]
Sita, a woman enlivens the house.
She deserves respect and affection.
Sita, they can't be a forest dweller.
How will you live in the forest
without the comforts of Ayodhya?
Lord, you are my only wealth.
A relationship isn't measured
with luxury or the lack of it
but with affection and closeness.
It could be a queen's palace or a forest,
Sita will stay at the place
where Shri Rama resides!
[theme song playing]
Sita, you'll have to endure suffering
during this entire journey.
[mellow music playing]
I'll accept it.
But, Lord, I can't stay away from you.
[theme song playing]
But, Sita, I promised the king of Mithila
that I'll always protect his daughter.
I also assured Mother Sunayana
that I'd never let her daughter suffer.
If I take you to the forest with me,
how will I face them, Sita?
That's my point, son of Dasharatha.
How will you protect me in Ayodhya after you go into the forest?
On the contrary, you'll make me suffer by keeping me away
from the company of the sages.
Have you become selfish suddenly?
You want to keep me away
while enjoying your stay in beautiful forests
in the company of great sages.
I'm proud that you are fulfilling
your promise.
But, Lord,
I made promises too.
I made a promise to my parents
that I'll always follow Mithila's values.
I made a vow in front of the holy fire
that I'll always stay by your side.
'I, Janaka's daughter, Sita, '
'promise that I'll never leave you.'
'I'll walk with you on the path of duty.'
'If your duty or you are in a problem, '
'I won't back off'
'from sacrificing my life to protect you.'
'- We'll stay together... - We'll stay together...'
'- In happiness... - In happiness...'
'- And in sorrow. - And in sorrow.'
You are going into exile
to maintain Ayodhya's honour and Raghukul's decorum.
And I...
I'm also a part of Raghuvansha.
Lord, please think about it.
The history books will mention
that the eldest daughter-in-law of Raghukul
left her husband's side for the comforts of the palace.
Will Ayodhya's and Raghuvansha's dignity remain intact?
[melancholic music playing]
Sita, you made me speechless
but the place where we are going
isn't a garden.
It's a forest.
If we stay together,
even a forest will be like a garden for me.
You said in the past
that we have equal rights in our relationship.
Equality of position, respect and rights!
Then how could you underestimate me
in fulfilling responsibilities, Lord?
[song playing]
[song continues playing]
A mother
marries off her son
in the hope that his wife will stand by him
in her absence.
I forgot a mother's duty
due to my selfishness.
But now, I won't stop you, Sita.
You must...
[mellow music playing]
You should stay close to my Rama!
[joyful music playing]
I know who hatched this plot!
Son!
Please hear me out.
Mother, it's not the time to listen.
Mother, it's time to act.
Lakshmana!
Mother, presently, I should be serving you
but I'm leaving.
Mother, please forgive me for this crime.
As you are following the path of duty,
don't feel guilty
but be affectionate.
[adventurous music playing]
May God bless you with good fortune.
Unbelievable, Rama!
Unbelievable!
One person made a promise,
another person asked for a boon
but you are ready to go into the forest.
Lakshmana, our father
made the promise.
And our mother
asked for the boons.
She is a mother to Bharata only!
That's the reason she asked for the throne
for her son
and the opposite...
[suspenseful music playing]
Sita,
you should have convinced Rama
and tried to stop him.
But you are supporting him in this injustice.
Mother Kausalya, you...
What happened to you?
You are blessing them while bidding them goodbye.
What's going on in Ayodhya?
However, I, Lakshmana, won't stay silent.
Let me see how this injustice takes place in front of me.
I won't hesitate
in sullying my hands
with Bharata's mother's blood!
[thunder rumbling]
[dramatic music playing]
Wait, Lakshmana!
[dramatic music playing]
She is my mother before Bharata's.
[suspenseful music playing]
Please don't cross the line in anger.
Excuse me, Rama.
What line are you talking about?
[suspenseful music playing]
The line which your Mother Kaikeyi already crossed!
[sweeping music playing]
If she was really a mother,
she wouldn't have given such a curse to her son, Rama.
[gloomy music playing]
[suspenseful music playing]
My brother, it's Father's order.
Rama, please don't say "father".
Call him "His Majesty".
The King of Ayodhya, Dasharatha!
[pensive music playing]
He took the path of unrighteousness due to his love for a woman.
But I, Lakshmana, can rebel against such a king!
[tense music plays]
Rama, please don't worry.
I swear on you
that I'd help you and Mother Sita
ascend the throne of Ayodhya!
[thunder rumbling]
It's not just my wish
but the entire Ayodhya's wish.
Lakshmana.
Revenge is also an unjust act.
Even if somebody crosses the line,
I know my Lakshmana will never waver on the path of duty.
[melancholic music playing]
My brother will never commit the sin of revenge.
[melancholic music playing]
Rama, what should I do then?
Should I endure the atrocity done to my brother
without complaining?
Lakshmana, who said I endured atrocity?
Atrocity is committed against Father.
[pensive music playing]
He was compelled to send his most lovable son into exile.
My brother, just think about it.
Father must be in extreme pain.
He can't share his grief
and pain with anyone.
But still,
he put his duty as a father into the background
and fulfilled Raghuvansh's custom.
[pensive music playing]
Lakshmana, what do you want?
Should I forego my duty as a son for such a father?
Lakshmana, even Mother Kaikeyi can't be blamed!
It was destined.
Human beings are just the instruments.
[pensive music playing]
Lakshmana, the path of duty isn't easy
but it's the right path.
The seeds of duty sown
by Grandfather Harishchandra and Bhagiratha
need to be watered by us.
[pensive music playing]
Lakshmana, we need to tread
their footprints.
Forsaking duty
isn't Raghuvansha's decorum!
[melancholic music playing]
Lakshmana, use your bow
to serve Ayodhya's future king, Bharata.
My brother, please fulfil your duty.
No, Rama!
This weapon,
the bow
will be used only to protect my brother Rama.
Rama, I'll use it to protect you.
[melancholic music playing]
Rama, please don't estrange me from you.
Please take me with you.
Please take me!
Lakshmana, get up.
No.
If you leave,
who will take care of Ayodhya?
Bharata and Shatrughna are also not here.
Lakshmana, Father needs you.
[pensive music playing]
Ayodhya needs
my brave Lakshmana.
And I...
You are my parent,
friend and also the well-wisher.
How could I live without you?
Rama, I can't live without you!
[mellow music playing]