Asoka, el refugio Page #6

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with the sword.

I will teach him

to fight like a warrior.

My son.

The first heir to the Mauyan empire.

The Emperor of Magadha.

I will take him in my arms

and put him on the throne.

What if it is a daughter?

No. It will be a son.

Go and tell Susima, it will be a son,

the emperor of Magadha.

Wasn't it your dream

that I sit on the throne?

I give you my word

I will strive to be an able King.

You will be proud of your Susima.

Devi is expecting.

Susima, the word is out

that an heir is to be born.

Asoka's son will occupy the throne.

- The people will never accept him.

Am I right, pundit-ji?

- That's right.

A son born of a Buddhist mother

cannot claim the throne.

The people have no choice, Susima.

And you? You're incapable

of producing an heir.

It's destiny.

You tell me, Pundit-ji.

What fate awaits Asoka's child?

Think before you answer, pundit-ji.

What fate awaits Asoka's child?

Asoka's son will not live.

Destiny. It's all destiny.

Who is there?

There is someone here. Soldier.

Everybody leave.

- Friend?

I said, everyone leave.

Leave.

Come.

Speak to me, Mother.

Please, Mother. Talk to me.

I did all that you asked me to.

Please, Mother, talk to me once.

Speak to me just once,

for just one moment.

If something happens to you,

all hell will break loose.

I will destroy everything.

Everything.

Vitasoka, tell Mother to talk to me.

Please, speak to me.

Please don't.

- Don't stop me today.

Somebody has to stop.

Anger destroys everything.

- Then let it.

I will never let you touch my child

with a killer's hands.

So, you've come to kill your brother?

Kill me.

Pick up the sword, Susima.

What about your mother's death?

Take your revenge, Asoka.

Why hesitate? Go ahead, kill me.

Pick up the sword, Susima.

Your mother was like my own.

I'd love your son as my own.

Only if you were not Asoka.

But you are Asoka. It's destiny.

Pick up the sword, Susima.

To help you defeat me?

I won't allow you that pleasure.

Let history note

that Asoka did not win the throne...

he had to kill to get it.

Pick up the sword, Susima.

- No.

I was not a murderer, Asoka.

You left me with no choice.

Moment to moment I lived in fear

of your snatching the throne from me.

To sit on the throne

you must kill your own brother.

You will have to become 'Susima'.

Kill me, Asoka. Kill me.

You need courage to sit on the throne...

and also to kill your brother.

Kill me, Asoka.

I knew that you are incapable

of killing your siblings.

I know you cannot.

That's why the throne is mine,

not your's.

Destiny...

What should I do with the brothers?

Kill them all.

I have killed all my brothers, Susima.

Now can I sit on the throne?

Long live King Asoka.

What's the matter?

Why are you all so quiet?

There's nothing left to say.

Asoka killed all his brothers.

And no one said a word.

Who can say anything?

Even King Bindusara is no more.

Entire Magadha is terror-struck.

Strange.

Keep quiet, idiot.

Know what people are saying?

An evil man now rules over Magadha.

'Evil' Asoka.

You will not go anywhere, Devi.

You know I will not let you go.

I am leaving.

- What was I to do?

They killed Mother.

I should forgive them?

Yes.

I don't have such a big heart.

I know. That's why I am leaving.

You are not leaving.

I am going.

You should know.

Where is Sugatra hiding?

He won't say anything.

He does not know.

Then his life is meaningless.

Friend, please stop. Enough.

Nothing will stop me now, Virat.

I will be the greatest emperor on earth.

Greater than King Bindusara,

stronger than Chandragupta Mauya.

The greatest, ever.

Susima said, "To rule an empire,

to be a great Emperor...

one needs to kill."

Please rest, Prince Sugatra.

Give the senate time to think about it.

My death is certain if Kalinga

does not grant me asylum.

I plead with the senate of Kalinga

to protect my life.

Kalinga has given asylum to Sugatra.

Why? Had they not heard my order?

They say Kalinga owes nothing

to a man who killed his brothers.

My relationship with Kalinga

is a strange one.

Till today no one has attacked Kalinga.

Kalinga is a democracy.

Your grandfather dreamt

of a united India.

Make that dream come true.

Attack Kalinga.

Kalinga.

We will always win.

Pawan's with the Magadha Army.

Will he too fight us?

Pawan will never fight us.

- That's true.

Order me, Your Majesty. I'll make

them stare into the eyes of death.

Fear will render them useless.

They will forget patriotism.

What are you saying?

Friend, this is against the rules of war.

War has only one rule, Virat.

Victory.

We'll burn their houses,

destroy their fields.

I told your father. This village,

these homes, these people...

all belong to Emperor Asoka.

Which means all belong to me.

You too are mine.

Your father is very brave.

Such cruelty? Is he human

or a monster? Who is this Asoka?

Why kill so many innocent people?

- He'll do anything to win the war.

He has not spared his own brothers.

- Then he must die.

I can take you to Asoka.

- Let's go.

Kalinga has attacked!

Look, there he is.

Sugatra?

Come, come, Sugatra.

You've missed your brothers so much

that you came to meet them?

You want to fight me?

One more time?

You won't face me?

All right then,

strike from behind.

Come Sugatra. Attack me!

Come, attack me.

You can kill me...

but you can never defeat Kalinga.

The Magadha flag will

tower over blood-stained Kalinga.

Give my greetings to Susima,

my loving brother.

What will become of us, now.

How will we fight this war?

This is not mere soil.

It is our ancestral heritage.

Nobody can take it from us.

Should we lose,

what will we tell our children?

Why should we lose?

Why should we not fight?

We will fight... together!

All my sons were killed in the war.

Had I one more, he would fight too.

She is my daughter.

Now she will fight.

Every man in Kalinga will fight.

- Every woman in Kalinga will fight.

Yes, we will all fight!

You don't know him.

He will do anything to defeat Kalinga.

At any cost he wants victory.

Only victory.

My wish is that

when my child opens his eyes...

he should see only love not death.

The first words he hears

should be of love, not shrieks of pain.

Everything will be destroyed.

Everything.

Where to, friend?

- A war awaits me. Have you forgotten?

Before that you have

to fight another war.

Really? Who is this new enemy?

The one who stands in front of you.

No. You are a friend, my only friend.

Then listen to your friend and stop.

Enough!

When will you stop killing

innocent people?

How much longer will you fight?

Till I win.

Till I win it all.

Then today you will not win over me.

One moment...

You will kill your own friend?

- I will go to any length to stop you.

Remember, friend, the 19th tactic?

Enough, Virat!

- No! Never.

You're alive...

because you are a friend

You are nobody's friend.

You are your own enemy.

That's why you are called

'Evil' Asoka!

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