If we have complete faith in our love and loyalty,
let alone illusion,
even the Trideva Who create the universe, run it,
and destroy it,
can't break that faith, Mother.
The entire world
is compelled to bow down to it.
Sita, you are unmatched.
Your behaviour and your thoughts have won me over.
Sita, you have a special place in my heart.
I want to give you something.
[joyful music playing]
Sita, please accept my divine jewellery.
I earned it from the deities.
- No, Mother. How could I... - As you called me a mother,
how could you refuse a mother's gift?
The jewellery given by parents can be used by their daughter
in the future when they face difficulty.
Sita, it'll help you overcome
future difficulties.
[joyful music playing]
[intriguing music plays]
You look like Goddess Lakshmi's avatar!
[anklets chiming]
[anklets continue chiming]
[joyful music playing]
[theme song playing]
Mother insisted so...
I didn't insist. It's my love.
How can a daughter leave a mother's house empty-handed?
Rama, the daughter listened to her mother.
Now, you must do as I say.
Please don't take Sita to a dangerous place like Dandaka forest.
It's not safe for her.
Lord,
I think your fear is misplaced.
I saw Sita's brilliance and determination.
Sita doesn't need Rama's protection
during their journey ahead.
In fact, Rama needs Sita's company and her strength.
They can overcome all kinds of difficulties
with the help of Rama's valour and Sita's devoutness as a wife.
Sage, I'm grateful for your warm service
but my duty awaits me.
I must leave.
I promised some sages residing in the Dandaka forest
of my help.
Sage, I can't sin
by breaking my promise.
Sage, we'll take your leave.
Please bless us.
The dusk has fallen.
You mustn't head towards the Dandaka forest at this hour.
Please stay here overnight.
Please start your journey afresh tomorrow morning
at sunrise.
Sage, I'll do as you say.
[theme song playing]
[theme song continues playing]
[theme song playing]
[crickets chirping]
[mellow music playing]
[intriguing music plays]
I lost my Sita today.
I'm right in front of you.
You look like Goddess Lakshmi to me.
Lord, please don't flatter me.
I'm just Sita.
I'm my forest dweller Rama's
ordinary wife.
Sita, your extraordinary nature
and your loyalty make you unique.
You are a combination of beauty and virtue.
Honestly, Sita, I'm lucky to have you.
[exhilarating music playing]
[conch-shell playing]
- May God make you successful. - May God give you a long life.
Rama, please remember a mother's words.
The bigger the goal, the tougher the path.
That place is dangerous beyond imagination.
You three must stay safe by being together and staying alert.
Please don't slack even for a moment.
Sure, Mother.
[dramatic music playing]
[birds chirping]
[eerie music plays]
[suspenseful music playing]
[eerie music plays]
[screeching sound]
[eerie music plays]
[hissing sound]
[wind howling]
Sita!
Rama!
It seems to be an illusory tornado!
[wind howling]
[arrow swishing]
[suspenseful music playing]
Rama!
Look over there.
[suspenseful music playing]
'Evil Viradha targets young women.'
[adventurous music playing]
[eerie music plays]
'The entire Dandaka forest is rife with the commander'
'of Khara's army, Viradha's atrocities.'
[dramatic music playing]
This sinner must have devoured innumerable human beings.
He can't be forgiven.
He must be killed right away.
Lakshmana, we must kill Viradha.
[theme song playing]
[wind whooshing]
[chilling music playing]
[eerie music plays]
Lord!
Sita!
- [demon chortling] - Shri Rama!
Lakshmana, please save me!
[demon chortling]
Rama, he is Viradha!
[gloomy music playing]
Sita!
[demon chortling]
Lord! Lakshmana!
Please save me!
[stretching the bowstring]
[demon chortling]
[sweeping music playing]
[demon smirking]
Sita!
Please get up, Sita.
Rama, our arrows are ineffective.
You aren't letting me eat my food!
First, you'll be killed!
[demon chortling]
[demon continues chortling]
You'll meet a sad and painful end!
[demon straining]
Rama, all our weapons are ineffective on him.
What should we do now?
[suspenseful music playing]
Lakshmana, a warrior's biggest weapon
is their power.
Lakshmana,
I hope you remember the training of Malla-yuddha.
[intriguing music plays]
[thrilling music playing]
- [thudding] - [demon grunting]
[demon groaning]
I can't die like this. I have been cursed.
I won't attain liberation like this.
It's no use doing this.
[demon groaning]
[theme music playing]
Raghav, please bury me alive.
Only then, I'd be freed
of this curse and this hellish life.
Viradha, what curse are you talking about? Please introduce yourself.
I'm Tumburu, a gandharva.
I became a demon after I was cursed.
I was overcome by lust and eyed
Kubera's daughter-in-law Rambha.
Instead of taking her to her husband in Kubera's meeting,
I abducted her and tried to marry her.
So Kubera punished me
by cursing me to turn into a rakshasa who abducts women.
There's just one way for me to attain liberation.
Shri Rama. Only he can liberate me.
Your weapons won't kill me.
So, lord, please bury me alive
and liberate me from this curse.
But why me?
Because only the person who respected women all his life
can end my curse and this pain.
The one who never eyed an unfamiliar woman.
I approached many sages and deities to attain deliverance
but all of them lusted after an unfamiliar woman, lord.
Raghav, only you are pure in this world.
So, Rama, please help me.
Please free me of the curse.
Tumburu,
your life is a lesson for the world.
It's a lesson to respect and honour women.
Tumburu, I pity you and I empathise with your pain.
So I'll surely help you attain liberation.
[mellow music playing]
[arrow swishing]
[theme song playing]
'You are great, Supreme Rama.'
'You liberated me.'
'I'm a gandharva.'
'Music is my life and also my duty.'
'Henceforth, my music will always praise you.'
'Please head towards Panchavati in the south.'
'Towards Sage Agastya's ashram.'
'The Dandaka forest is rife with rakshasas.'
'The powerful Lankesh aka Ravana is the king of rakshasas.'
'Ravana's unrighteous ways and atrocities know no bounds.'
'He has left many man-eaters in the Dandaka forest.'
'Khara is the commander of the army of rakshasas.'
'He is like Ravana's shadow who is terrorising everyone'
'and spreading unrighteousness along with his brother Dushan.'
'Lord, to evade this trap of unrighteousness and sin'
'and to establish righteousness and virtue,'
'you need Sage Sarabhanga's guidance.'
'He will help you meet Sage Agastya.'
'Only Sage Agastya knows how to end the rakshasa rule.'
'Rama, please make haste.'
'Sage Sarabhanga is staying alive just to meet you.'
Then I must leave immediately.
[dramatic music playing]
[suspenseful music playing]
Please stop, Lakshmana.
Rama, I'm sure he is a spy sent by the rakshasas.
Let me kill him before he informs his accomplices about us.
Lakshmana.
Lakshmana, it's unrighteous
to attack someone who is running away.
How can we be sure
that he is a spy?
Lakshmana, we must uphold
Raghukul's decorum and honour as its descendants.
We can't be sly.
Rama, then we must follow him.
He'll guide us to Khara.
Lakshmana,
our goal isn't killing Khara!
We must end the rakshasa rule!
We must go and meet Sage Sarabhanga.
Lakshmana, he's waiting to guide us.
Okay, Rama.
Lord,
I get engrossed listening to Shri Rama's story
but some events during the exile
hurt me.
Goddess, I understand.
However, one enjoys the shadow of a tree
only when a person
endures the scorching sun for a long time.
This event is imperative for this world
because it educates them
that pain could be the source of fulfilling an important goal.
You are right.
However, Viradha mentioned some difficulties
after getting liberation. What are those?
The purer the goal,
the more difficulties are faced.
Shri Rama's goal
is to end unrighteousness in this world
and establish righteousness.
He wants to destroy injustice
and establish justice.
Goddess, it's just the beginning.
Goddess, in other words,
Shri Rama isn't entering the Dandaka forest
but a web of illusions rife with danger and problems.
Viradha became a demon
because of a curse.
However, there are many evil souls
whose nature is to sin.
They enjoy tormenting
sages, ascetics, and decent men.
Shri Rama must kill them too.
It can't be difficult
for Lord Vishnu's avatar.
He can end
Ravana's arrogance
and sins within a second.
Goddess,
though Ravana's power is immeasurable
and the strength of his army is limitless,
he is facing Narayana.
And His brilliance is divine.
Nobody in this universe
can counter His brilliance.
But please don't forget
that Narayana has taken Rama's avatar
as a human being this time.
Whatever he does
will have to be within a human being's capacity.
He must maintain decorum
because decorum
makes Shri Rama an earthling.
It helps him become a human being.
A human being,
who feels pain,
faces problems,
and has enemies too.
[suspenseful music playing]