आपण सारे एक Apan Sare Ek (We Are All One)

नाटिकेच्या सुरुवातीला शामराव आणि रामराव हे दोन मित्र भेटतात. रामराव कामासाठी फिरत असतो, आणि पोटासाठी फिरावे लागते असे सांगतो. हे दोघे 'आधी पोटोबा मग विठोबा' म्हणत जेवायला जातात. हे बोलणे शरीरातील इंद्रिये (नाक, कान, डोळे, जीभ, हात, पाय) ऐकतात, आणि इथूनच पुढच्या नाट्याला सुरुवात होते.

The play opens with two friends, Shamrav and Ramrav, meeting. Ramrav, who has come from Nashik to Jalgaon, explains he is on a travelling assignment and must roam about for a living. The two then leave to eat, saying 'first the stomach, then worship' (a Marathi saying meaning food comes before anything else). This conversation is overheard by personified organs of the body - the nose, ears, eyes, tongue, hands and feet - and this overheard remark about 'the stomach' sets up the complaint against Potoba (the stomach) that follows.

कर्णिका जिव्हाताईला विचारते की ती नेहमी बडबडणारी आज गप्प गप्प का आहे. जिव्हाताई सांगते की तिला पोटोबाची (पोटाची) चीड आली आहे. पोटासाठी सगळे राबतात, पण पोटोबालाच सगळा मानसन्मान मिळतो, अशी तिची तक्रार आहे. शिवाय, आपल्याला आवडणारा पदार्थ जास्त खाल्ला की पोटोबा गुरगुरतो, यावरूनही त्यांचे भांडण झाल्याचे ती सांगते.

Karnika asks Jivhatai why she, who usually chatters non-stop, is so quiet and sad today. Jivhatai explains that she has grown very irritated with Potoba (the stomach) - overhearing Shamrav and Ramrav's conversation made her realise that everyone has to struggle for the sake of the stomach, yet all the respect and importance goes to Potoba alone. Moreover, whenever she eats a little extra of something she likes, Potoba immediately starts growling at her, which had even led to a quarrel between them recently, Jivhatai complains to Karnika.

कर्णिका इतर इंद्रियांनाही याबद्दल विचारते. नासिका सांगते की ती रात्रंदिवस श्वास घेण्याचे व वास घेण्याचे काम करते, तरीही पोटोबा काहीच काम करत नाही. नयनकुमार म्हणतो की तो नेहमी बघण्याचे काम करतो आणि माणसाच्या सौंदर्यातही भर घालतो. हस्तकराज आणि पदकुमारही सहमती दर्शवतात की पोटोबा फक्त गुरगुरतो आणि सगळ्यांना राबवून घेतो.

Karnika asks the other organs too. Nasika (nose) says her work of breathing continues day and night, and she does the extra work of smelling as well, yet Potoba does nothing at all - that is her complaint. Nayankumar (eyes) says he always does the work of seeing and even adds to a person's beauty, asking what would happen if he did not exist. Hastakraj (hands) and Padkumar (feet) also list their own duties and complain that Potoba, instead of working, only growls at everyone and makes them all toil for its sake. Karnika too points out her own work of hearing and how important her role is.

जिव्हाताई सुचवते की सगळ्यांनी पोटोबाविरुद्ध संप करावा आणि मेंदूराजेसाहेबांकडे तक्रार करावी. नयनकुमार, नासिका, कर्णिका, जिव्हाताई, हस्तकराज आणि पदकुमार हे सगळे आपापल्या पद्धतीने संपात सामील होण्याचे ठरवतात - कोणी बघणार नाही, कोणी ऐकणार नाही, कोणी घास उचलणार नाही, अशा शपथा घेतात.

After hearing everyone's complaints, Jivhatai makes a decisive suggestion - let us go on strike against Potoba and take our complaint to King Mendu (the brain). Nayankumar immediately agrees to strike and declares he will not look at anything from today. Nasika says she will not smell anything, though she must still breathe. Karnika says she will not listen. Jivhatai says she will not eat at all and will also get the teeth to join the strike. Hastakraj says he will not lift a single morsel of food, while Padkumar decides not to go anywhere near the kitchen, saying this will teach Potoba a proper lesson. In this way, all the organs unite and declare a strike against Potoba.

सगळी इंद्रिये मेंदूराजेंकडे जातात आणि तक्रार मांडतात की पोटोबा अजिबात काम करत नाही, फक्त खातो आणि गुरगुरतो. पोटोबा उत्तर देतो की तो काम करत नाही हे साफ खोटे आहे. तो अधूनमधून गुरगुरतो हे खरे आहे, पण ती त्याची सवय आहे, कोणाला त्रास द्यायचा हेतू नाही.

All the organs go to King Mendu's court, which convenes at once. Everyone hails the king and takes their seats, and they announce that Minister Potoba is also present. King Mendu tells Potoba that all the assembled organs have complained that he does no work at all, only eats and growls at others. Potoba humbly replies that if he shows any disrespect while speaking before the king, he begs forgiveness, but the claim that he does no work is entirely false. He admits that he does growl occasionally, but clarifies this is not directed at the organs - it is simply a habit of his.

पोटोबा स्पष्ट करतो की सगळ्यांनी संप केला तेव्हा तो गप्प राहिला, पण त्याचा परिणाम इंद्रियांनाच भोगावा लागला - जीवनरस न मिळाल्याने त्यांचे चेहरे सुकून गेले. मेंदूराजे इंद्रियांना समजावतात की आपण सगळे एकमेकांवर अवलंबून आहोत - डोळे असतील तरच पाय चालू शकतात, पोटोबामुळेच सगळ्यांना जीवनरस मिळतो.

Potoba continues that when everyone went on strike, he stayed silent and calm, but they alone bore the consequence - their faces withered from lack of life-nourishment, he points out. King Mendu asks Nayankumar whether everyone is now convinced. He explains that they are all interdependent - just as a nation runs smoothly through everyone's unity, the feet can walk because the eyes can see the path, and everyone's work runs well because of Potoba, since it is through him that everyone receives life-nourishment. Everyone must now understand what suffering follows if food is withheld, King Mendu says.

मेंदूराजे सांगतात की आपण सगळे या शरीररूपी राज्याचे सेवक आहोत, आणि हे राज्य सुरक्षित राहण्यासाठी सर्वांनी एकत्र राहायला हवे. हे ऐकून सगळी इंद्रिये पोटोबाची माफी मागतात आणि पुन्हा कधीही तक्रार न करण्याचे वचन देतात. शेवटी सगळे एकसुरात म्हणतात - आपण सारे एक! आपण सारे एक!!

Finally King Mendu explains to everyone that they are all servants of this bodily kingdom, and for this kingdom to remain safe and function smoothly, everyone must live united - he asks if they now understand this. Hearing this, all the organs agree, apologise to Potoba, and promise never to complain about him again. The play ends on a joyous, unifying note, with all the organs declaring together: we are all servants of this kingdom, we are all one! We are all one!!