In Episode 3, we saw Mohendra meet Bhavananda, who rescues him from a retinue of sepoys, while relieving them of the tax money they are transporting to Calcutta. Bhavananda tells Mohendra he knows where Kalyani and his daughter are.
In this episode, we meet the Santaan, the Children of the Mother. Mohendra has a crisis of conscience.
This one’s a little longer than I thought it would be, and also involves poetry.
Footnotes for this episode:
Vande Maataram. Interestingly, Sri Aurobindo, who translated this book into English, went on to edit a publication named Vande Maataram. Here’s the version of the song by AR Rahman. It’s beautiful.
Mir Jafar and The Battle Of Plassey, the starting point for British rule in India.
I was also pretty impressed with Sri Aurobindo’s translation of Vande Maataram. Translating poetry/lyrics from one language to another seems difficult, to keep the musicality as well as lyricality and rhyme scheme of the original in the new language. Fun fact: Sri Aurobindo’s father raised him in London from a very young age, so he would speak English like a native language, and be able to qualify for the Indian Civil Service (back then, you could only take the exam in England). When he came to India as a young man, he learned Bengali, rediscovered his roots and turned revolutionary.
Anandamath Ep #4 - Mohendra Meets The Mother