My translation attempt of Marathi Drama एकच प्याला (Only one glass) written Ram Ganesh Gadkari)
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Act III
EPISODE III
(Venue: Ramlal's house. Characters: Bhagirath and Sharad)
Bhagirath: That's right. This is a लोकभ्रम (social superstition) essay, considered one of the best in the series. Listen up ... (In mind) In reading temper I forgot what I am reading and who I am reading in front of! Shastribuwan's heartfelt and sincere condolences for the widow's condition I have read like crazy in front of this child widow! (In open) Sharad, it is time for Bhai Saheb( Ramlal) to come back. We read a lot today, didn't we? It’s enough for now, I think?
Sharad: (Laughs a little) Well, let it be enough today.
Bhagirath: (In mind) She has laughed and made a good mockery of we male community! The maneuvers of the mind do not work in front of this clever and loving girl. (In open) Sharad, I understand the meaning of your smile. You have understood my thoughts right. Sharad, due to religion, because of tradition, or because of the selfishness of men, any honest man has to admit that you widows are being humiliated in Hindu society.
Sharad: Bhagirath, along with the grief of worldly loss, we also have to suffer the intense grief due to our insult due to something like bad omen-
(राग- बागेसरी; ताल- त्रिवट. चाल- गोरा गोरा मुख.)
मानभंग दाही। मृतशा हृदया॥ ध्रु.॥
दग्ध वल्लरी जाळी चंचला अदया॥ 1॥
गतपतितांचे जीवन जगती वाया॥ 2॥
(Raga- Bagesari; Tal- Trivat. Chaal- Gora Gora Mukh.)
Insult
burns the dead heart
Burned creeper burns दग्ध वल्लरी जाळी
चंचला अदया॥ 1
Lives of widows has no usein the world. 2
Bhagirath: That is very true. We male are willing to be thoughtless about widows, believing what we think of them, and add to the public ridicule grief you have uttered. Believing in the simple fact that a widow is virtuous makes us feel as if great burden has fallen on us.
If a child widow just asks someone for directions, the onlooker always thinks that she is asking the path of sin! Needless to say, if someone gives a hand to a child widow who is drowning in water, our traditional mind imagines that he is pushing her to hell instead of taking her out. And if child widows are tormented in this hellish environment and ask what kind of happiness life should be saught, then these so called respected religious stalwarts ( Dharmasindhus ) will immediately say seriously, the pain of widow's torment is insignificant over the pure satisfaction that widows get by playing with relative’s children? If this is the case, then I say, why shouldn't these prudent Mahatmas satisfy their lust for money by counting the money of their neighbors? Why don't they satisfy their cravings by tgiving food to stranger instead of running after sweets and rich food to satisfy their stomach cramps?
(राग- काफी; ताल- त्रिवट; चाल- मोरे नाटके प्रिया.)
सद्गुणा वधोनि हा!
दंभ विजय मिरवी महा॥ ध्रु.॥
मोहपाशमेदना।
ज्यांसि अल्पही शक्ती ना।
विरतीसी भोगी स्तविती।
तोचि; काय
विस्मय न हा॥ 1॥
(Raga-Kafi; Taal-Trivat; Chaal-More Natke Priya.)
By killing good qualities
Pride celebrates great win
Those who do not have strength
To do away with pleasures
Call detached as having lust
Is it not a surprise! 1
Sharad: Let it go - Bhagirath, what will happen with your anger? Bhagirath, we have known each other for many days, so I ask you with an open mind, and that too, seeing my Dadasaheb's(Sudhakar) condition recently, I am losing hope. Is it possible to get rid of this drinking temptation?
Bhagirath: Sharad, to answer this question in positive way, while giving my own example, the idea of self-praise seems to be more important than the mind which feels shameful due to my past behavior.
Sharad: Never again - why should I hesitate? Did not even remember drinking again?
Bhagirath: Not even by mistake! And when will it happen? Nowadays, my time is passing so happily - on the one hand, the light of brother's(Ramlal) good advice and on the other hand, the cool moonlight of your companionship-
Sharad: What is a cold moon? (Bhagirath looks down.)
Bhagirath: I uttered this word unknowingly in my speech-
Sharad: You are not standing in front of me in the cage of the accused, swearing on the promise to tell the truth! I also asked casually, not out of anger- (Ramlal comes.)
Ramlal: Sharad, you haven't told me that now Sudhakar has started drinking in your house for two or three days? Now Gita met me and she told me this. I went to Sudhakar to talk about it, but my advice did not have any effect. Bhagirath Make a telegram to Padmakara and Babasaheb now and ask them to come here immediately. The only hope left now is whether their saying will have any effect on Sudhakar. And Sharad, you go home without delay as Gita has gone to your house, keep her in your house! Talirama has kicked her out of his house. If she doesn't want you to stay in your house, send her to me! Go immediately, that poor lady must have fallen into despair.
Sharad: Yes, I am going. (Goes.)
Bhagirath: Shall we send the telegram now?
Ramlal: There is no such hurry. It is fine even if you do it after a while.
Bhagirath: So, brother, then please finish yesterday's subject? Yesterday our talk stopped in between. I have been obsessed with the same thing ever since. What is the path of public welfare?
Ramlal: Bhagirath, the future prosperity of Hindustan is not limited to one type today as to show as the only highway of public welfare. On the one hand there is need of political reforms and on the other hand there is need of social reforms. They include religion, industry, education, the question of women, untouchables, the confusion of caste. In this complex situation It cannot be said that only one way is better than the other. One’s views on the subject are as varied as his experience of the situation.
We need as many idols of different natures as we can get to lift our land, which is being eroded by the weight of 33 crores of souls under the weight of thousands of years. The student who seeks to pursue in the public interest has to learn this lesson with body,speech, thought and even to life. If someone is trying for the public welfaret in a different way than us, then there is no other reason for not showing sympathy for him, but showing disrespect for the efforts of others, increasing competition and lowering each other is degrading our level which cannot be compared with other reason in the spirit of national interest.
Bhagiratha, I am not a Mahatma( Great sage) with a transcendental wisdom; But since I seeingcare things as calmly and with a balanced mind as possible, my thoughts are starting to change. Proponents of political reform do not care to trample widows' weak hearts with feet as they are going in their separate ways. Those who are busy in arranging marriages of widows have forgotten the widow status of our country.
Those who are very proud of Arya Dharma are planning to build six crore Mahara Mmanga bone skeletons for the erection of Arya Dharma so that the triumph of Arya Dharma may look higher and higher The so-called guardians of Namashudras and Atishudras, are trying desperately to bury the Brahmin class instead of elevating that class. There are so many people with many types the types have so many opinions and so many ways as, so many opinions. Resposible and irresponsible have many ways to act .
त्रिसप्तकोटिकंठकृतनिनादकराले जननि ( Mother with Thirty seven crores throats is crying) How we ignorant can hear the exact interest message through such commotion of noises? Bhagirath, Comprehensive Education, Public Education, however, seems to be one of the ways which, while not only leading us to the ultimate good will be showing a light on all other ways. The miraculous capable leader Mahatma, who will tell the exact path of the rising destiny of Aryavarta, is yet to get born.. It is the duty of a fallen man like you and me today is to look forward to the arrival of such a leader with eager hope. If all the roads are kept clean, then the journey of that Mahatma will be as pleasant as he thinks. Bhagirath, today we have a lot of private work. More are needed. At some point in the future, I will tell you as much as I can about the most comprehensive effort of this public education. Let us go Bhagirath, right now our misfortune is linked to Sudhakar's addiction. I shall write telegram message Send the telegram to Padmakar. Come on!
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