Shambuk Vadh
a play in Hindi

Shambukvadh is based on a little-known tale from the Ramayana. After the war, when Rama has assumed the throne at Ayodhya, one day a brahman appears in his court. His son has died, he complains, due to the ruler’s paap, sin. Perplexed, Rama wonders what paap he has committed. It transpires that there is a shudra named Shambuk who is reciting the Vedas. Rama goes out in search of this shudra, and kills him. The moment this happens, the brahman’s son comes back to life. The original story in the Ramayana is brief, and we are not told how the recitation of Vedas by a shudra leads to the boy’s death, or how he comes back to life when Shambuk is killed by Rama.
Written by:Brijesh
Directed by:Sudhanva Deshpande

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