- Long live the Prince of Ayodhya! - Long live the Prince!
[joyous music playing]
Residents of Ayodhya,
this is the dream I have harboured for many years.
This was the hope my subjects held on to.
This is the light
that will bring glory to the Suryavanshas.
This is the victory
that will go down in the annals of Ikshvaku's history.
[joyous music playing]
Rama! [echoing]
- Rama! - Rama!
- 'Rama! - Rama!'
- Rama! - Rama...
[joyous music playing]
- [conch blowing] - [drums beating]
[devotional song playing]
[devotional song continues]
[theme song playing]
[theme song concludes]
[birds chirping]
'The very next day of Rama's birth, '
'Kaikeyi gave birth to a son, Bharata, '
'who was the incarnation of Lord Vishnu's conch Panchajanya.'
'On the very next day, Queen Sumitra gave birth to twin sons.'
'Sumitra's elder son Lakshmana was the incarnation of Sheshanaga.'
'The younger son Shatrughna'
'was none other than the incarnation of the Sudarshana Chakra.'
[devotional song playing]
"Hail Lord Shiva."
- [Shiva Panchakshara Stotram plays] - [conch blowing]
[devotional song playing]
[devotional song continues]
- Rama. - Rama.
[light-hearted music playing]
What a sweet word!
It fills your heart with joy.
What does it mean, Lord Mahadeva?
Goddess,
Rama's name has so many meanings.
Even more than the stars in the sky.
Yet I will tell You its meaning.
'Ra' means splendour
and 'ma' means soul.
Rama is the light within each one of us
and the light within every soul.
Shree Rama.
In order to complete Lord Rama's incarnation,
his significant other will soon come into existence too.
While Lord Rama was born in Ayodhya this morning,
on the other hand, in Mithila,
about to surface was Sita.
'Mithila, the centre of knowledge for the entire nation, '
'was hit by drought for the last 12 years.'
'The farmers looked eagerly at the sky'
'awaiting the rains, '
'but all that rained was the sweltering heat of the sun.'
'Birds and cattle were dying'
'and human beings were rendered nomads.'
'The people of the very land that bridged the lack of knowledge'
'were now forced to leave their homes.'
'King Janaka found himself in utter despair.'
[poignant song playing]
The subjects see only one solution to evade the drought, Your Majesty,
and that is to flee Mithila.
Are we unable to provide them with food?
The granaries have all run out in the last 12 years.
There is not a single grain of food left, Your Majesty.
We made many attempts to appease Lord Indra
but they were in vain, King Janaka.
Along with water and food,
the faith of the people of Mithila is long gone too.
Animals and cattle have been set free
and ploughs, renounced.
[poignant music playing]
A king does not sit on a throne
to keep an eye on diminishing problems.
A king has the foresight to resolve problems.
The subjects repose their faith in the king.
So, a king must not let them down.
What are you going to do, Your Majesty?
I will carry out my obligations.
The subjects have set down their ploughs.
The king needs to find a solution
and restore the lost faith of the subjects.
[inspirational song playing]
[conch blowing]
Lord Mahadeva.
I know not whether I will succeed,
but I assure You this.
Your mighty celestial bow, Pinaka,
lies here to ensure the safety of this city.
I endeavour to uphold Your will.
[conch blowing]
And
if the scarcity of rains
has caused our lands to lose their moisture,
I, Janaka,
will restore the moisture in our lands by way of my sweat.
Please help me, Lord.
Please help me.
[flute playing]
- Hail Lord Mahadeva! - Hail Lord Mahadeva!
Hail Lord Mahadeva!
- Hail Lord Mahadeva! - Hail Lord Mahadeva!
[devotional music playing]
- Hail Lord Mahadeva! - Hail Lord Mahadeva!
[conch blowing]
[devotional song playing]
- Hail Lord Mahadeva! - Hail Lord Mahadeva!
[devotional song playing]
[thud]
Your Majesty!
My lord!
[music playing]
- Hail Lord Mahadeva! - Hail Lord Mahadeva!
[devotional song playing]
[clanking]
[crow cawing]
[grunts]
I think it is a stone.
[stones rumbling]
My lord, I see a trunk.
[intriguing music playing]
[vocalisation]
[music playing]
[conch blowing]
[devotional song playing]
[conch blowing]
[baby cooing]
The baby was inside the trunk!
[devotional song playing]
[baby cooing]
I wonder who put it in here.
Whose baby is she?
Does anyone know?
Who was so cold-hearted
to bury this little soul in the ground?
[baby wailing]
[thunder rumbling]
[joyous music playing]
Your Majesty,
she is no ordinary child.
[baby wailing]
She is divine!
"Glory to Sita and Rama..."
[thunder rumbling]
- [baby wailing] - [raindrop lands]
[joyous music playing]
[subjects rejoicing]
- [rain pattering] - [devotional song playing]
[song continues]
Hail Lord Mahadeva!
- Hail Lord Mahadeva! - Hail Lord Mahadeva!
Hail Lord Mahadeva!
[conch-shell playing]
O, Mahadeva.
I don't know this girl's identity.
But
I'm confident
that
she is Your blessing.
You fulfilled the wish
I uttered
and also the one I didn't utter.
Lord, You gave Mithila
a new lease of life.
Also,
You gave me a reason to live.
O, Mahadeva,
with Your holy bow as a witness,
I accept this girl as my daughter.
Henceforth, this girl born out of the ground
will be known as my daughter!
[conch-shell playing]
Lord, this girl
is found on the ninth day of Shukla Paksha in the month of Vaishakha
and her zodiac sign is Aquarius.
[joyful music playing]
The ascendant is Gemini and the genus is Deva.
That's the reason, this benign girl's name
should start with the letter "S".
The letter "S".
She was found in the furrow after ploughing the field.
I'll name her
Sita!
- Hail Lord Mahadeva! - Hail Lord Mahadeva!
King Janaka's daughter, Janki!
The one who enlivened Mithila, Maithili!
Videha's light, Vaidehi!
My Bhumija!
[joyful music playing]
[song playing]
[amusing music playing]
[suspenseful music playing]
- [conch-shell playing] - [devotional song playing]
Your Highness!
Her Highness asked you to bring Prince Lakshmana.
I'll take him with me.
[sombre music playing]
[song playing]
I won't get a better chance to get an offering
from the Lord Himself. O, Rama!
[exhilarating music playing]
Rama!
Please don't eat this. Son, the offering is for Lord Vishnu.
[sweeping music playing]
- [conch-shell playing] - [bells clanging]
[theme song playing]
Lord,
what's this illusion?
Why do I see Your reflection in my Rama?
[conch-shell playing]
- [conch-shell playing] - [hand cymbals chiming]
Devi Kausalya, the answer is hidden in your past.
- [conch-shell playing] - [hand cymbals chiming]
'You were born as Mother Shatarupa during Satya Yuga.'
'King Dasharatha was born as Manu.'
'You two performed great austerity on the banks of the Gomti River'
'and appeased me.'
[mantra chanting]
'Manu, I'm appeased.'
'Please ask for a boon.'
'Lord, I have just one wish.'
'I want You to be born as our son.'
'Your wish'
'will surely be fulfilled in your next life.'
'Devi, what is your wish?'
'When we are born as human beings again, '
'I must remember'
'that You are born as my son.'
'I want to see Your divinity and feel gratified.'
'Your wish is granted!'
[conch-shell playing]
Lord, now I understand.
You are born as my son, Rama
because you granted me a boon.
But, Lord, I made a blunder to wish to remember
the boon You gave us.
I asked for that wish as a devotee
and not as a mother.
I don't want to revere You as a devotee.
I want to dote on You like Your mother.
Lord, can You remove
this knowledge from my mind that You are Lord Vishnu?
Please stay close to me
like my son.
Call me Mother.
Devi, a mother doesn't request. She simply orders.
[conch-shell playing]
[suspenseful music playing]
Mother!
[song playing]
[joyful music playing]
Rama, come to me.
Lakshmana and Shatrughna, come to me.
[joyful music playing]
Rama!
Did you see the power of a father's affection?
It isn't the power of your affection but a father's cheating.
Let our sons be with us.
[song playing]
'Time flew by.'
'Eight years passed in the blink of an eye'
'as everyone was busy doting on Rama.'
- [conch-shell playing] - [theme song playing]
[theme music playing]
Your Majesty, he committed theft.
Father, we must ask him
why he resorted to theft.
[ethereal music playing]
The accused
must answer the prince's question.
Why did you steal?
Your Majesty, hunger was the reason.
My business was a dead loss
and I couldn't see my children hungry.
[dramatic music playing]
Father, you often say
that subjects are like our children.
He doesn't deserve punishment but a chance.
[happy music playing]
Prince is right.
If children are hungry,
their father is responsible for it.
If any person in Ayodhya is hungry,
it's the kingdom's duty
that person is given food. Please set him free.
Appoint him as the food pantry guard.
- Hail King Dasharatha's justice! - All hail!
[child laughing]
[joyful music playing]
Urmila, the ball is gone.
The Shiva's bow is kept there. You can't throw the ball to that side.
The ball is stuck in the bow.
Urmila, you know that the bow is heavy.
Hundreds of people are required just to move it.
Who will get my ball?
[joyful music playing]
- [conch-shell playing] - [mantra chanting]
Urmila, look over there.
[mantra chanting]
[devotional music playing]
[song playing]
- [conch-shell playing] - [song playing]
[conch-shell playing]
[wind whooshing]
[happy music playing]
[ethereal music playing]
Kaikeyi, do you know something?
His Majesty takes Rama to the royal court daily.
He thinks that Rama's face makes him more compassionate.
It's a good luck.
Rama is my eldest son.
He is the future prince of Ayodhya.
If Rama is helping spread compassion and love,
what's wrong with it?
What about Bharata?
What do you mean?
Bharata is Rama's younger brother.
A brilliant brother like Rama will guide him.
His three younger brothers will help Rama.
The mere thought of it makes me joyous.
Oh! Manthara, what are you doing?
Will you pluck off all my hair?
You feel the pain of your hair being plucked off
but you aren't concerned about your son's future.
Kaikeyi, Queen Kausalya is Rama's mother.
But you...
You have forgotten your biological son because of Rama.
Kaikeyi, do you think about anything except Rama?
Bharata's education is due.
Will he ever be educated?
[suspenseful music playing]
Manthara, you are right.
We three mothers dote on Rama and let alone Bharata,
we don't even think about the other princes.
Kaikeyi, I...
Please don't worry.
I'll talk to His Majesty at the right time.
[sweeping music playing]
Kaikeyi,
my son Rama is gifted.
[joyful music playing]
That's right.
A gifted child's education should be up to the mark.
Lord, it's time for Rama and his brothers
to go to gurukul.
Um,
I remembered something important.
Lord.
Lord, what could be more important
than your children's education?
Lord, we can't override our responsibilities.
I can't stay away from Rama.
I won't be able to endure Rama's estrangement.
Kaikeyi,
do you know something?
They need to attend the gurukul for eight years. Eight long years!
I'll be away from my sons.
No. I can't endure it.
I can't do it.
You also went to a gurukul.
My brother also went there.
Lord, we can't be selfish
and compromise with the future of our children.
Even a bird teaches its offspring to fly. It doesn't sever its wings.
Please tell me
your problem.
Let's discuss it later.
Lord!
'You can't get rid of your karma.'
'You snatched the life support of two blind people.'
'You will pine'
'for your righteous son just like Shravan and die!'
Father.
[vocalising]
Rama!
[conch-shell playing]
Hold it firmly.
Your eyes should be set on the target.
Keep your body still.
Move one leg forward.
Stretch the bowstring.
Pull it and then release.
[Manthara screaming]
[Manthara moaning]
Manthara!
Oh! I'm done for.
Why were you hiding there?
You must be eating something secretly.
No, Kaikeyi. I didn't steal anything.
I went there to break off a neem tree twig
but this brat Rama almost took my life.
Manthara, don't you dare!
Don't you dare call my Rama a brat!
How could anyone get hurt with a toy arrow?
What if it was a real arrow?
It wasn't real though.
Please leave.
Forgive me.
Grandmother Manthara, please forgive my mistake.
Stop it!
If you can't target well, why do you wield a bow and arrow?
Manthara!
Huh!
Do you know what happened today?
I was teaching the Princes to shoot an arrow.
Rama's arrow hit Manthara by mistake.
Manthara pretended as if she really got hurt.
I scolded her,
but Rama
was dejected.
He said if it were a real arrow,
an innocent person might have died.
[unsettling music playing]
He says he will never shoot an arrow without prior inspection.
[music playing]
I witnessed it.
Rama is right.
One must not shoot an arrow
unless he has inspected his surroundings.
Kaikeyi, do you know
why I uprooted this plant
from under the shade of the banyan tree
and am planting it here?
So that it may grow.
Its father's shade
will surely protect it from the harsh sun,
but it will not grow that tall so as to provide shade to others.
You were right, Kaikeyi.
My sons must get the right education through the right channels.
The love for my sons
had blinded me to my responsibilities.
I had become an impediment to the education and growth of my sons.
Please forgive me, Kaikeyi.
No, Your Majesty.
Although with a heavy heart,
I will surely send my sons to gurukul to get an education.
[Sanskrit chant playing]
The 'Upanayana Sanskara'
marks the beginning of your formal education.
Now,
you are no longer Princes, but pupils of the gurukul.
Your demeanour must also
be befitting of a pupil studying in the gurukul.
As per the rules of the gurukul,
you must sleep on the floor.
You will be given
only one meal a day.
You must dedicate all your time
to education at the gurukul as well as to serving the people.
[light-hearted music playing]
May you live a long life.
Son, look after yourself.
Yes, Father.
I will look after myself as well as my brothers.
Rama, from now onwards, Gurudev is your father
and his wife Arundhati is your mother.
Respecting them, honouring their wishes
and serving them is your foremost duty, son.
Return a valorous warrior, son,
whose every arrow
always hits the target.
Be the Raghuvanshi whose duty is to protect and serve.
[joyous music playing]
May you live a long life and be happy.
[flute playing]
[theme song playing]
[song fades]
[poignant music playing]