Episode on Saturday, November, 8 2008

Jaichand has given orders to kill Prithviraj on the spot.
Sanyo is terrified, how could her father be so cruel to order something like that.
The Senapati says, yes Maharaj, and assures that our men are hiding in all areas, no matter where we are, even if Prithvi wants to follow us, he will perish there on the spot.
Sanyo looks at the Senapati, she is shocked to listen such words said right in front of her face.
They all walk ahead to continue the journey, Jaichand leads the way.

Prithvi stands near a tree contemplating, while Pundir waits and Arjun takes rest by a huge rock. Prithvi walks back and forth. Arjun tries to see if he can get up, but is unable to. Pundir sees him and offers help.
Arjun gestures its okay and tries to get up again without any assistance. He finally does it, he uses the boulder behind him for support, he is in pain but manages to stand upright.
Prithvi doesn’t notice his friend’s efforts and is lost in his thoughts.
Arjun and Pundir look at Prithvi, but Arjun loses his balance and falls, he slips between the deep crevice of two boulders in front of him. Pundir rushes to fetch him.
Prithvi is still thinking near the tree unaware of what has just happened.
Arjun struggles to come out of the ditch and crawls out he stands on his own. Both of them walk towards Prithvi.
Arjun calls, Prithvi?
Prithvi turns and looks at Arjun he is startled, Arjun? Prithvi rushes towards him and puts his hand on his shoulders, Arjun? How did you come here? Go and rest, Prithvi is worried about his health. You just need some rest.
Arjun informs him I am much better than before Prithvi……But you are the one who is not alright. The worry’s of sister-in-law are clearly written on your face. Arjun tries to show Prithvi he is fine, come now sister-in-law is waiting for us.
Prithvi is negative, but Arjun you…..
Now if you don’t believe in me, I can definitely run all the way to ‘trigud’ cave and show you, Arjun says happily to his King.
Pundir watches his buddies discuss.
Prithvi knows his buddy is trying so hard and gives him a big hug. Prithvi is pleased with him.
Arjun smiles and says, so we will go?
Prithvi replies come on. All 3 of them head to the cave where they are supposed to find Sanyo and Chand.
Prithvi walks ahead, Arjun limps with the sword in hand, Pundir is steady behind. They have to cross vast rocky terrain. Prithvi is far ahead, he turns around and sees Arjun and smiles at him with confidence.
Arjun gives a big smile back as if everything was fine. Prithvi walks ahead.
Pundir can recognize Arjun’s actual situation, blood drips from his calf through his bandages, he is in real pain and can barely walk. He feels sorry for his friend, and follows them both.
They have passed vast jungle and run ahead. Arjun calls Prithvi. They halt, see ahead is the cave he points right there. Arjun tries to catch his breath, that’s ‘trugud’ cave.
They are next to the cave Prithvi leads the way inside. The 3 enter the cave passing through the shrubs. They rush inside and call out Sanyogita! Chand!, Repeatedly.
They go deep inside the cave and shout their names loudly, they search everywhere.
Prithvi is annoyed what is this, nobody is here.
Arjun can’t believe it they were supposed to be here, maybe they are over there.
Prithvi shouts Sanyogita! They all leave the cave. Prithvi shouts Sanyogita! Chand! The three of them frantically call out their names and search outside in front of the cave.
Prithvi scans the ground for some proof, he sees some blood and torn fabric, he doesn’t like what he sees.
Somebody from far away calls Arjun!
Pundir says, sounds like Chand’s voice.
Prithvi says, Chand? They rush to the spot where the sound is coming from.
Chand sits at the trunk of a tree all wounded, he shouts with all the energy he has left, Prithvi…
All 3 of them spot him and run straight to him, Prithvi says, Chand? He hugs him and is glad to see he is alive. How did this all happen, Chand?
Pundir and Arjun are upset about his situation.
Tell me Chand, who did all this to you? Prithvi catches Chand’s head.
I tried very hard Prithvi, he breathes hard, but Maharaj Jaichand has taken sister-in-law away with him, please forgive me, I really did try hard to, but I, for you….
Prithvi understands and holds him tightly, don’t worry about it Chand, nothing will happen to your sister-in-law.
Arjun and Pundir become more upset by the situation.
Prithvi asks, just tell me where they went.
Chand lifts his hand and points in a direction, I heard they were talking about going that way.
Pundir, tells them to wait here, I will go and bring some of our troops, he leaves to get them.
Arjun sees his two buddies and clutches their fists together, Prithvi we will find sister-in-law real soon and nods positively.
Yes Prithvi, Chand agrees.
Prithvi gets up, all 3 of them carry on, to search, Arjun and Chand help each other walk ahead.
Prithvi’s eyes spot something shiny on the ground he bends to pick it up and recognizes it as Sanyogita’s ornaments, her bracelets. Arjun also sees it.

(What happened earlier at the same spot,
Sanyo has just rushed out of the cave and sees her father instead of Prithvi, father? Sanyo is surprised to see him, you?
Jaichand who was leaving the place hears her voice and angrily turns around and faces his daughter, “kabardar!”, “kabardar”, you ever call me father. Tie her hands and take her with me, he orders the Senapati.
Senapati tries to get her.
No! Shrieks Sanyo, don’t you dare touch me!
Jaichand walks over to her instead and grabs her arm and yanks it.
Sanyo tries to struggle out of his grasp, while Jaichand glares at her. Jaichand then pulls her bracelets out and drops them onto the ground so he can tie her arms up. He slaps her face.
Sanyo holds her cheek and tears fall from her eyes. Jaichand then yanks her away, while her other set off bracelets fall also as they leave.)

Prithvi still holds the bracelets gazing at them.
Arjun puts his hand on Prithvi’s shoulders and says his name to give him courage.
Prithvi acknowledges him and they continue their journey to search for Sanyo with Arjun limping and Chand by his side.
In the bush nearby, two Kannauj troops are in camouflage, they spy on them, Senapati Shreyas was correct when he said Maharaj Prithviraj Chauhan never accepts defeat.
The other troop says, but today he will have to accept defeat. They watch them walk ahead, the other troop waves the red flag to alert the others. More Kannauj troops are alerted to prepare for an attack.

Night has fallen, Jaichand and Sanyo along with the troops walk into the dense forest.
Where are we going to Maharaj, asks the Senapati, as you look further and beyond not one human being seems to be present.
That’s because where we are going, no human being can reach there that easily. This is a very distant and isolated area. A tiger roars, birds tweet in the jungle. No human even tries to reach here, because of the tribals who live here in this forest are cannibals.
Then how will we go there Maharaj?
Jaichand halts, Sanyo and all the troops behind him also come to a stop, you see all of the tribals are my friends thats how. Also because of them, even if Prithvi wanted to, he would not be able to put even his foot here in this territory.
Sanyo finally interrupts her father and requests him, why don’t you remove this misunderstanding from your mind, because wherever I am, nobody can stop Prithvi from coming to me.
Jaichand grabs his daughter’s hands angrily and gives her a jerk, he glares into her eyes. He informs his troops and everyone, now on from here we must travel carefully ahead because this territory is filled with “koonkar” tigers, understand. He yanks his daughter’s arms away.
Sanyo retaliates and shouts, why don’t you just leave me here to die!
Regarding what you have done to your father’s pride and reputation, in front of that this is a very small punishment for it, Rajkumari Sanyogita! Let’s go!
They all march ahead along with the troops into the dense forest.
A tiger’s roar is heard. One tiger eyes them, it is hidden in the dense canopy of trees.

It is early morning, mist is all around. The 4 march on with the troops, they have entered the tribal’s territory.
This area looks dangerous Prithvi. Why would Maharaj, Maharaj Jaichand come with sister-in-law in such a place? Questions Arjun. They halt for a moment.
Kannauj troops are prepared to attack any time, they are concealed and hide in the bushes and trees ready to fight.
The four walk ahead, while they are watched upon by them. Prithvi’s troops follow them. They stop again, Prithvi observes some trampled and damaged foliage in the path and says look, it looks like someone has just passed by here moments ago.
Has some human passed here or some animal, Arjun questions.
A tiger has spotted them and roars.
Maybe an animal (tiger) is waiting to target us, Pundir comments.
The 4 all march on with the troops carrying their torches in the dim lit night. They are careful and slow, they quietly walk ahead paying attention all around them in case something attacks. Prithvi is especially vigilant.
Suddenly a tiger roar is heard loudly, one troop panics. All the troops scatter everywhere in fear in different directions. Prithvi turns around and tells them all to stop and be calm. I said stop! The troops listen and come back to their positions. Prithvi cautiously spots someone in the bushes and says, there’s not only a tiger here but someone else. Prithvi slowly and silently moves near a tree and quickly cuts away on the tree in front of him with his sword, an unsuspected Kannauj troop falls down dead. Prithvi is correct there was somebody there. He wanders off ahead and cuts away into two more trees, 2 more of his enemies fall dead, they didn’t even try to save themselves. Prithvi slashes the throat of another Kannauj troop before he can even react and attack back.
Prithvi tip-toes further and stabs another with his sword and kills him instantly he falls flat down to the ground. Prithvi looks for more people to attack and walks back to his buddies. Nobody else seems to be around, the path looks safe and cleared for them to pass. Prithvi and buddies check around. No, instead they get surrounded by more troops of Kannauj, they attack, fight is on. Swords clash, Prithvi eliminates two at a time rapidly. One after the other he stabs them all with his sword, many die. Chand has regained his strength and fights two more. Pundir takes on two more troops, he pins their swords in the air and kicks a third oncoming troop all by himself. When that’s over he kicks another one and pushes many as they attack him.
Prithvi takes on four more at a time, he pins their swords up in the air with all his energies to save himself. He pushes them back and they all fall backward like dominos.
Chand continues to fight one and punches another.
Arjun stabs one troop with his sword, four more attack him, he cuts into four of them with his sword one by one. Pundir does the same thing he kills 6 more of the enemies. Prithvi slashes into 2 more troops, and sees if anybody is left.
Pundir is next to him and looks around for more attackers, all of them were soldiers from the Kannauj army, he says.
This would mean only one thing, says Prithvi, Jaichand and his men have gone directly on this road ahead, he points in that direction to show his buddies. He has left his troops scattered everywhere, so that we cannot follow him.
This would mean that he has not reached very far, says Chand.
We must follow them, hurry up let’s go, Prithvi orders. They all follow the path.

Jaichand and Sanyo, plus all the troops carry on through the night.
A fierce sound of a tiger is heard. The tiger makes his way into their path to attack.
Sanyo and Jaichand turn to see if anything is there. Nothing is seen and they walk ahead. All are cautious, even the Senapati looks frightened. As they walk ahead one troop falls dead in front of them and gets dragged away.
Jaichand has his sword ready and looks around.
A tiger watches them all.
The troops have heard the roar and scatter all around in different directions with fear, like cowards.
Jaichand watches his troops run away and reaches for his daughter and pulls her.
Sanyo shouts, leave me, let go of me. Jaichand still pulls her away to safety, he runs with her and trips over a dead body and falls down. Sanyo is set free and runs in another direction. Jaichand gets up and looks for his daughter, he calls out Sanyogita! He looks everywhere around him, nobody is seen. Sanyogita!
Sanyo is alone and runs away all by herself through the darkness.
Jaichand still calls out Sanyogita! But no use he searches everywhere. Jaichand runs towards another direction.
Sanyo is still running, a tiger eyes her and follows her. Sanyo has come very near to the tiger. It roars fiercely. Sanyo stops right there with fear, she can see it from a distance, a dark orange coloured patch. She continuously looks at it from the bushes and tries to move away slowly. She then stands silent and can hear more harsh roars, the tiger advances closer to her.