'If your happiness lies in this, '
'then I will certainly bring the golden deer for you, Sita.'
But you must promise me,
that you will stay inside the cottage
until I return.
Why do you want to take the trouble, Rama?
Please allow me.
I will catch the deer right now and bring it back.
No, Lakshmana.
Sita has asked me to bring it.
A wife has expressed her desire in front of her husband.
And it is my duty to fulfil it.
It is a husband's duty.
[mellow music playing]
In these 13 years, Sita has not asked me for anything.
And I will definitely
honour her wish.
[theme song playing]
Lakshmana, I am handing over Sita's responsibility to you.
Please remember
that no evil shadow should fall upon her.
Please do not worry, Rama.
As long as I am alive,
nothing will happen to Sita.
[dramatic music playing]
[theme song playing]
[theme song continues playing]
[flute playing]
[dramatic music playing]
[theme song playing]
[theme song continues playing]
[theme song playing]
[deer bleating]
[dramatic music playing]
Lakshmana.
Your brother should have returned by now, is it not?
It's a deer, Sita.
It must have slipped away somewhere.
And since
Rama has taken it upon him to fulfil your wish,
he will return only after accomplishing the task.
Please do not worry.
Was he right about the deer?
Could it be a mystical creature?
If it is an illusion,
then it is Shree Rama who is standing before it.
A great warrior.
And also,
have you forgotten,
he has weapons given by Sage Agastya and Brahmarishi Vishvamitra.
Please do not worry.
Nothing will happen to him.
[sombre music playing]
'Lakshmana.'
'Save me, Lakshmana.'
[tense music playing]
'Lakshmana.'
[voice echoing]
'Lakshmana.'
[tense music playing]
I am sure this is an illusion.
[tense music playing]
'Lakshmana, please help me.'
This...
This is Lord Rama's voice.
Lakshmana, my Lord is calling you.
He must be in some kind of trouble.
No, Sita.
There is no problem in this world
that would require Rama to ask another for help.
We have to remain cautious at this moment, Sita.
We must not worry about Rama.
Please do not worry. Go inside the cottage.
'Sita...'
'Sita, please help me.'
[gasping]
Lord Mahadeva.
My Lord is in difficulty.
He's calling out in so much pain.
I am the one who is to be blamed.
Shree Rama is in grave crisis because of me.
My insistence has given rise to such a big problem.
What have I done?
Lord Mahadeva.
[dramatic music playing]
Lakshmana, why are you still here?
Please go and help him.
'Lakshmana.'
[voice echoing]
You have to pay the price for this fraud of yours.
[dramatic music playing]
Lakshmana, please go.
Sita... Please calm down.
Will my brother Rama, who faced 14,000 Rakshasas all alone,
get trapped by
an insignificant illusion?
No, Sita. That is not possible.
But his cry for help is piercing my heart.
I hope this will not end up in something evil, Lakshmana.
Please go, Lakshmana.
He needs you. Please go.
Rama has ordered me to stay here with you, Sita.
- How can I? - Your brother's wife is ordering you to go and help him.
Staying here and taking care of you is my priority, Sita.
How can I cross it?
It is also your duty
to obey my orders.
Your elder brother's wife's orders.
[dramatic music playing]
Now I understand.
You are scared of the mystical creature, are you not?
You do not want to go.
In that case, I will go and help my Lord.
[tense music playing]
Please wait, Sita.
Please stop.
Have mercy.
Sita, this...
I can also understand that this is just an illusion.
But please think about it for a moment.
My brother faced Khar, Dushan and 14,000 dangerous Rakshasas alone.
Will he not be able to face one magical illusion?
And I am bound by the promise
that I have made to Rama.
And I am to Shree Rama.
I exist in him.
My life resides in him.
And if he is not there
then what will I do with my life?
I will also give up my life.
[dramatic music playing]
Sita, please stop.
Please stop.
Okay.
For the first time in my life,
I will disobey my brother's orders.
So that I can honour your order.
[sombre music playing]
[chanting sanskrit mantra]
[conch-shell playing]
[suspenseful music playing]
I have obeyed one order of yours.
Please accept one request from me, Sita.
This Lakshmana Rekha will protect you in my absence.
This is not an ordinary streak, Sita.
This is my loyalty towards Rama,
my respect for you
and the fruit of a lifetime of penance.
If anyone with a wrong intention
dares to cross this line,
then they will burn to ashes.
[tense music playing]
That is why, no matter what happens, Sita,
you must not cross the Lakshmana Rekha.
Please give me your word for it.
Certainly, Lakshmana.
Measly dramas
of an insignificant man.
Lankesh, who could not
be stopped by the line of control of Trideva,
how will he be stopped by this line?
[dramatic music playing]
[sanskrit mantra playing]
Please give me some alms.
[tense music playing]
[sinister music playing]
Greeting, Holy Sage.
[sinister music playing]
The news of Rama's valour
and
the glory of your splendour spread through this forest
and brought me here.
Many saints like Sage Sutikshna
are singing praise
of Rama all over the world.
I have come to visit him.
Shree Rama has gone towards the forest
for some work.
Please order me,
how can I serve you?
I have come from a far-off place.
I am hungry
and tired, too.
If I can get some food to eat
and a place to rest,
then I will be grateful to you.
Certainly.
Kindly wait here.
I will bring some food for you.
I said...
[tense music playing]
Food and a place to rest.
I want both.
Will you not invite a tired guest
to come inside?
I beg your pardon, Holy Sage.
My husband and brother-in-law are not here.
In their absence
how can I invite another man to come into the cottage?
Please wait outside
until they return.
[vocalising]
[sparks flying]
[sinister music playing]
[sinister music fades]
[tense music playing]
'Ravan.'
[dramatic music playing]
[tense music playing]
'This Lakshmana Rekha will protect you in my absence.'
'That is why, no matter what happens, Sita, '
'you must not cross the Lakshmana Rekha.'
Please accept this, Holy Sage.
Please have them.
I have sat down.
I won't be able to stand up again.
Have mercy on this old hermit
and please bring my food here.
[dramatic music playing]
Please forgive me, Holy Sage.
The thread of promise binds me.
I cannot cross this line.
Please come forward and accept these alms.
[dramatic music playing]
Rama.
Where are you, Rama?
[dramatic music playing]
Rama.
Rama, where are you?
[dramatic music continues playing]
Rama.
Aah!
I cannot cross this line, Holy Sage.
Please come forward and take the alms.
Have the great learned,
Royal Sage Janak
and Sage Vidushi Gargi
told you to welcome your guests this way?
Or do
the daughters-in-law of Ayodhya
behave in this manner with aged hermits?
This universe
sings many praises of Rama's compassion.
But that Rama's wife
does not have even an ounce of compassion.
Just because she is unable to walk a few steps,
she is killing an aged hermit
of hunger.
Please pardon me.
Due to my hunger,
my words sacrificed their dignity.
I had heard so much about Mithila's hospitality
and Raghukul's dignity.
But after seeing your indignant behaviour
my mind is feeling disgusted.
For the first time today
maybe a monk will return empty-handed
from the Ikshvaku clan's
daughter-in-law's courtyard.
Such is the irony.
How disgraceful.
You did not invite me inside the cottage,
and you did not come out to give me alms.
I cannot accept these alms.
It is not what it looks like, Holy Sage.
Neither have I forgotten Mithila's hospitality
nor have I forgotten Raghukul's traditions.
But I am bound by a promise.
I cannot come outside, Holy Sage.
I request you
- to please take the trouble. - No.
I can no longer
accept these alms.
For alms,
a resolution is taken.
And the resolution is taken
with complete faith.
But your behaviour
is clearly showing,
that you do not have faith in Sages.
Any food that I eat
without the giver's faith
is equal to poison for me.
Please allow me to leave.
I will go and knock on someone else's door.
Someone
who has faith and reverence.
I cannot believe it.
This is the same clan
which had great men like Harischandra,
Dilipa and Nemi.
And here, a guest is not being welcomed
but is being insulted.
[sinister music playing]
Kindly wait, Holy Sage.
[dramatic music playing]
[dramatic music fades]