Sajan, symbolism and surrender

25th May episode

First the episode, then the comments
Starts from Samrat proposing in front of the crowd, Gunjan says yes and he slips a little grass ring onto her finger, not an engagement ring, but a perfect round circle. And they exchange vows again - I love you, I love you too. Nothing more - is anything more needed?

Walk on the road, Samrat says, now do you trust my love? and Gunjan says, yes, I trust you absolutely, but why did you jump up on that car, you could have fallen and got hurt. And he says, I've already fallen so deep in love, how much more can I fall! Then he says, but if my love is really true, it will rain ... (he wants a rain song as much as we do!). and Gunjan laughs - it's not going to rain in May!
And of course it does *dreamy look* and they run for shelter, holding hands ...

Find an empty house conveniently close by, and Gunjan says - if you'd asked for anything today, you would have got it. And the look in her eyes says - ask. Samrat says, that's why I asked for you ...

I always said, never leave Sajan alone in a deserted place ...

Zindagi do pal ki, intezar kab tak hum karenge bhala,
tumhe pyaar kab tak na karenge bhala

Dil mein tumhare chupa li hai maine to apni yeh jaan,
Ab tum hi isko sambhalo, humein apna hosh kahan
bekhudi do pal ki, zindagi do pal ki
intezar kab tak hum karenge bhala,
tumhe pyar kab tak na karenge bhala

For me, the line was - tumhe pyaar kab tak na karenge bhala
how long can I hold back from loving you ...

The song ends and the wedding mantras chant in the background as Samrat and Gunjan finally surrender, to themselves and to each other, to the call of heart and soul, a marriage of minds, souls and bodies ... they are already wedded together for all eternity, and they make love as husband and wife, as two souls joining together in complete bliss ...

The morning after ... one of the most sensitively handled scenes I've seen in a long time. No sorry, no regrets, none at all ... they are bonded together for eternity, and she loves him and only him. They have to go back to the real world, but for the moment, this was their time alone, a night stolen from time, a night to seal promises made long ago, many times over.

Symbolism - The scene was adapted from Parineeta, where Lolita throws a chain over Shekhar's neck, he puts it around her neck as wedding mantras chant in the background. And after that, Lolita accepts Shekhar as her husband in her heart. In the original novel and the first movie, that was all, but in the remake with Saif Ali Khan and Vidya Balan, they consummate to the chant of wedding mantras as Lolita's sister gets married on one of the most auspicious nights of the year.

Here - no garland or chain - it was a ring. Not an engagement ring, this was a round circle, like a wedding band.
- and the love making was again to the chanting of wedding mantras, as beautifully done as in the movie, to symbolise that this was not just a joining of bodies, but a marriage of souls.
- And the last ... both in white, to symbolise that what had happened was not impure, it was indeed as sacred as a marriage ritual, for making love - with love - is as much a sacred part of a marriage as the vows are. And with both in white, one couldn't make out where one ended and the other started ... so complete was their joining.