Act - 4.3
Act - 4.3
(Venue- Bundgarden. Characters- Sudhakar and other congregation.)
Sudhakar: What a strange situation I have! The beauty of this garden has been familiar to me since childhood; But today it seems to have a new look. The fallen mind does not have the courage to look at the beautiful but flawless objects with open eyes due to feeling of shame! Today, I am experiencing the strange state of mind of a man who woke up from twenty years of uninterrupted sleep in an English story, looking at the first world. What about this garden, but looking at the world as a whole, in my view, this inner ugliness does not diminish.
I feel like a thief due to habit of bad drink like alcohol to show my face back to the world in which I was raised, from a respectable society, from a prestigious situation, from my colleagues,- even from the all people. Will I find my place in this beautiful world again? While my mouth still smelling of alcohol, will my close friends in the former circle even acknowledge me? Can my lost place be located from my eyes still obscured by alcohol? My sly mind, after getting confronted with thousands of doubt,s does not dare to go even for shelter in front of generous gentlemen.
It is true that a traveler who has been living in a foreign place for a long time, while walking in his hometown, or a patient who has been bedridden for a long time, while walking around in his house, feels such partial novelty; But where does the longing for the sight of loved ones first, and the innocent joy of rebirth for the second, who gives holy joy and assurance, will be available for person with weakened repentance due to filthy addiction? How come no one is around still today? (Seeing) Oops, why did these people have come here this time? The traces of alcohol are still there. In such a situation, the addict does not dare to go to the world, so I came here with the expectation of meeting the heavyweight people from the drinking group who repeatedly promised to help me when I was in trouble.But I find the earlier sins standing before me like ghosts (Shastri and Khudabaksh come.)
Shastri: Well done, Sudhakar, You have tried to trick us.! We were tired of looking for you! In the end, I said, who knows you might have become drowsy in the middle of your journey and resting somewhere?
Khudabaksh: We had been to all the meetings, and gatherings. Just as last fakir is found in the mosque, we searched all drinking places also!
Shastri: We searched drinking places but not the bottles!
Khudabaksh: Oh man, we removed the mud of all the gutters ; But you could not be found!
Shastri: Well Khansaheb, don't waste any more time now. Sudhakar, as Talirama's illness is on the rise, we have to take turns all week watching him. So we have to arrange a special meeting of our group to decide its schedule, so come to the club early.
Sudhakar: Even though Taliram is dying, I don't want to come to the club now!
Khudabaksh: Why such annoyance? The meeting is not just plain( it includes drinking)!
Sudhakar: I told you once that I will not come! Not only today, but I will never come!
Khudabaksh: Come on ! If you are not, the meeting has no color! Similar to whiskey without ice is not fun without you!
Sudhakar: What, how should I tell you? I quit drinking!
Both: What? Abandoned? From now on?
Sudhakar: Yes, from now on!
Shastri: What are you talking about? You've never talked like this even after you are drunk! What you will do after quitting drinking? Hey crazy, once you make one thing close to you, what kind of wisdom in abandoning it? Hey- स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेय: परधर्मो भयावह:! Sticking to our religion till death is good, accepting other religion is disastrous::! Is it not true Khansaheb?
Khudabaksh: You spoke correctly! Hey friend, 'Apna so apna!' (Ours is ours) Come on, leave this crazyness. (Sudhakar doesn't say anything.)
Shastri: Come on, Khansaheb, it is better to let the heated glass cool down naturally! If you add water to dry it, it will crack suddenly! This is the only temporary regret. The ashes put on the head due to accepting detachment from life do not last long. Be patient, it will automatically hit the road. Sudhakar, we are going; But if you do not come to the club on your own, I will remove it this sacred thread( you will definitely come this is certain), remember this Brahma Vakya! (Shastri and Khudabaksh go.)
Sudhakar: (Swagat) I have been floating in the liquor gutter with these filthy insects till today, haven't I? But what should blame them? The fact that the burnt meteorite mixes with the soil and sits in a row of rocks is to blame for its own downfall. Let it go Even to think about them - not even that - all the adjectives of these two should be applied to me - to be in such a condition - alas! What a terrible situation! I cannot doesn't even imagine it. Today, I am struggling to find the support of the feet of the same incompetent man sitting on the shore of the sea to get out of the sea of alcohol, because of the intense pride of intelligence, which has never appreciated the handshake of most of his peers.
(A householder comes.) Sudhakara, in order to please this mean man, be ready to spread the word artificially by bringing a poor smile on your face with a hopeless look! (Greets him; he leaves without greeting the householder - Swagat) Oops! Ruthless misfortune, did you not have a mild remedy other than this reckless murder to kill Sudhakar's self-esteem? Why did you plan this last weapon in the beginning? (Another householder arrives.)
Another householder: (Looking at Sudhakar, Swagat) Look at the pain! Why did this phenomenon stand out? If anyone saw him talking openly with this beggarly drunkard, he would throw splinters all over his body! How to avoid this pain now? If a cat is lying down, it should be turned back thirty steps, if a widow is lying down, it should sit still, if it is lying down, it should be cut off, but if it is our own sin, then how to repel it is not revealed in any scripture. The stone should be removed by saying four words. (Sudhakar greets him. Greeting him and smiling dryly) Who is Sudhakar? Wow! Happiness! (Starts in a hurry.)
Sudhakar: Raosaheb, a few words with you-
Second householder: Right now I'm a little confused- this Dadasaheb is gone- (goes.)
Sudhakar: (Swagat) provided a blatant insult to the evil potential of the former. Even if the vertical world hated me with its sincere smile, its scurrilous laughter would not have healed my heart. This is the third case. No problem. I have made up my mind to climb all these steps of humiliation one after another.
(A third householder arrives. They greet each other.)
Third householder: Who are you? What's your name It looks like a sack that encloses with a drawstring.
Sudhakar: Dadasaheb, my name is Sudhakar.
Third householder: Sudhakar! Sounds like a name, too. What did you say Isn't it Sudhakar?
Sudhakar: Dadasaheb, there is nothing to think about. I have had many knots. Brothers and sisters have often promised to help me in times of crisis. Dadasaheb, today I am really in trouble and that is why I have to remember those words.
Third householder: Shameless man, don't you feel ashamed to remind the good thing in the right place? Fool, you should have been wary of the fact that I did not recognize you at first! Promises made at a liquor meeting, acquaintances made, all these are to be thrown away, like a broken glass of liquor, like a crumb in a mine. If a drunken friendship in the dark begins to flourish in such a light, then like you, I too will have to be disgraced.
We don't get the help of our peers in the mildest form of alcoholism, that's why we have to mix the big ones in the milder ones like you! But that's about it. No one puts a pipe in the living room. We all know from the beginning that poor alcoholics like you deliberately associate with this addiction in the hope of friendship between the elders. Go away Don't put anyone like me in such a predicament. (Goes.)
Sudhakar: (Swagat) Unfortunately, Sudhakar's shamelessness is still a bit dull. (The fourth householder comes - hello.) Raosaheb, I want to say two words to you. My name is Sudhakar! My face may look like you have seen it somewhere, but in reality it is your complete acquaintance.
Fourth householder: Sudhakar, what is the reason for speaking so loudly? Are you like us back brother and tell us this?
Sudhakar: Forgive me for hurting your generous mind. But the bitterness of the medicine I now experience is still lingering in my mouth. If you can't remember the name of your best friend found on the occasion, you should start naming him for your convenience, this is the highway of the world. If the face of the acquaintance does not match, then it means that he has to show so much sophistication that even the clerk of the firm should put it forward while verifying the signature on the bill. But let it go. It would be rude for a good man like you to hear this. Raosaheb, I am in a strange situation today. I want a job! Raosaheb begs so much that you have a job somewhere, give me a job somewhere; I mean three souls- (throat gets choked.)
Fourth Grihastha: Job to you - Sudhakar - What job do we want to give you? Your erudition, your cleverness, your merit-
Sudhakar: Why these great ideas about my worthiness? My worth is less than that of an animal! Pattewala's, Hamala's, some kind of job - Raosaheb, there is a question of three stomachs, so in the Panchayat! If not here's a new product just for you!
Fourth householder: You are like a brother to us - what can we do for you? Is a job- up to fifteen per month-
Sudhakar: It's too late - Raosaheb -
Fourth householder: But it is up to the contractor to manage the store. Khori, shovel, yes, no - I mean, today I used to play movable goods of fifty-five in your hands and - don't be angry. Sudhakar, you are like our backbone! You don't have to have false language - you need a very worthy, honest person in that place - yes, there is a trickster and he took two stains to the art to get drunk - at least he needs bail!
Sudhakar: Then you have to post bail for me-
Fourth householder: What to say now? Sudhakar, you are like our backbone! I want to tell you clearly - look at this, you are addicted to talking, your bail is to walk around with dhoti in your dhoti - yes, you are the one to say - what do you trust addicted people? So, I have to join hands with you and tell you that in this crisis, like my backbone brother, you - I want to say no to you - but you are someone else - yes, that too, really, who else will get it? Yeah Al that sounds pretty crap to me, Looks like BT aint for me either. The world is for this! You are like our backbone! So we have the right to preach to you - the implication is that drinking is not good. Alcohol said, the man's credit is gone, the dance is over! No one wants to stand in the doorway, no one wants to meet the real sympathizers - everyone will speak at length as grandpa baba - you have to introduce the brother of the lesson - you want to tell you as the brother of our lesson - Sudhakar, you give up alcohol! Ok come on now It's time!
Sudhakar: (Welcome) Just! I no longer have the strength to see the unfortunate Dashavatar! Anyone who still has nightmares around me should advise me to stop drinking! Should a couple who doesn't deserve to stand near a couple value me? How can I get the sympathy of a virtuous man where the poor of the poor have trampled my feet? How can we show this thobad to someone who has been kicked by drunken friends? In what capacity should I go and stand in front of my hungry baby, Sindhu, who is struggling? Stupid father - incompetent husband - worthless man - half-hearted drunkard - God, God, why did you give birth to this Sudhakar, and keep him alive by giving birth? What do i do Where to go How to get out of this world? How to kill a crocodile in the neck of death? But even a healthy mind is afraid to look at the harsh form of death for suicide. Then where will the drunken weak mind get such courage? Alcohol is the only form of death known to a drunkard! Alcohol is the only way to stop the agony of suffering! This is the last salutation of Nirvani to despair, to humanity with children, to the world with Sindhu, to happiness with virtues, to Jagadishwar with the world! Now an alcohol - alcohol till death - alcohol till the end! (Goes. The curtain falls.)
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