Aug 15-16 Episodes - Some Thoughts

 

I liked this week's episodes when last week I had started to lose interest.  But suddenly there was a big improvement in execution and so except for Raavan talking non-sense, I liked all other parts.  Also I liked Sita, Ram, Lakshman,  Urmila, Vishwamitra, Mahadev/Parvati.  I was neutral about Janak and Sunaina this week though I like them both.  So here it goes.

 

1.  My sympathy was all for Sita in these episodes.  First Janak gave permission to try the bow test.  At that time, only Parvati and Urmila were thinking of her.  Mahadev was interested in breaking Raavan's ahankaar (ego) and all the duty stuff that only Mahadev specializes in.  Well Ram is another one who is all into duty and responsibilities.  So coming back to Sita,  first it was Janak, then Raavan with his bragging wasted all the time, then it was Janak again giving the entire lecture before deciding that he should give Ram a chance.  Just when Sita heaved a sigh of relief, Sunaina came in and she was interested in sparing Ram's humiliation.  After that entire discussion, finally Vishwamitra asked Ram to go ahead only for Ram to hesitate as he didn 't want to insult Shiv's dhanush.    Thankfully, after Sita decided to share 50% of Ram's burden in lifting the dhanush and sent a prayer to Mahadev, then he showed up to give Ram some valuable advise.  But...

 

Then he told Ram that Ram needed to break dhanush because the main objective was to break everyone's false pride...But Ram's main objective was to marry Sita.  Who cares if egos of others are hurt or not.  Anyway finally Mahadev did add saving Sita's honor and it clicked with Ram who finally decided to pick up that dhanush.  Along with Sita, I too was relieved because I really wanted to see the garland ceremony before the weekend.

 

 

2.  Raavan finally shut up and his expression at Ram lifting the dhanush was satisfying.  I was wondering if he was going to stay for the ceremony too even though he was uninvited.  Not that uninvited part matters because even Shiv's family is going to gatecrash this wedding.  But still Mahadev is Janak's family God.  So they are allowed to come uninvited.  Anyway,  just when I was thinking that Raavan will be a witness to Ram/Sita wedding, he thankfully left.

 

3.  Well, one uninvited guest left and the other one came in.  Yes, I am talking about Parshuram who was another wedding crasher.  Thankfully, Lakshman the Shesnaag have woken up from his sleep and is in full form to have an arguing session with Parshuram.  Really what is his business with dhanush when he has already gifted it to Janak.  Parshuram is one Narayan avatar who had no sense of humor.  Usually, Vishnu avatars were always fun avatar except for Parshuram. 

 

4.  Katyaani got the scene she wanted with a conversation between Ram and Mahadev.  I like her and Misti's explanation of Mahadev being the inner guide of Ram (or his inner voice).  But I can understand why Mahadev wanted to come in person.  He used telepathy to guide Vishwamitra, but he wanted to see live action up close.  So decided to leave Parvati at Kailash and came in person to guide Ram.  Well, I can't blame him.  It has been a while since he has fought with any demon.  So he is getting vicarious pleasure through Ram doing all these exciting things.  I think he will be again come to earth to watch Ram and Raavan fight too. 

 

5.  Yesterday, Lakshman was the star and today it was Ram.  I guess it will be Lakshman again on Monday.  Of course Mahadev is always the hero.  But for me it is Sita who was holding my interest with her expressions.  Liked her expressions of relief when finally Ram was allowed to lift the bow and then her happiness at him breaking the dhanush. 

 

6.  Did like Indra shaking up in the dhanush breakup aftermath.  It is always fun to watch Indra sweating over one thing or another.  So he landed up at Kailash and got an educational lecture from Mahadev. 

 

 

Finally, I liked how they showed this swayamvar in outdoor rather than indoor it is always shown with all kings sitting close to each other.  Here this gave a better feeling of it being a contest and even kings were seated at a distance from each other.  So I liked the execution of swayamvar. 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Totally. Mahadev also goes over-Vairagee sometimes, always thinking about rules and breaking ahankaar. ANd since he has brainwashed Rama also😛 (You know, with appearing frequently and propogating his Vairagya theory), Rama also is only thinking about rules and how bad Shiva will feel if his Dhanush is broken. Ah but in the end he finally broke it. All well that ends well I guess...

2. Yes I was glad that finally Ravan was just standing chup-chap in one corner and opening his eyes widely enough for them to pop out. But I would have vliked him to stay till the bow was broken. Then he would be like, "Mahadev ke DHanush ko main Nahi Utha Paaya, Aur yeh Baccha ne usko TOD diya?? Asambhav!!!"😆 That would have been a real treat.

3. Parashuram is stupid sometimes. (I can say that, Narayana is not going to mind. In fact, he will accept that fact.) Period.

4. Mahadev as the inner guide... nice.

Mahadev wanting to participate in Ram Ravan war... 🤢 It would be one bhakt against another. He can't take sides. Anyway he is Hanuman...

6. (5 has no comments) Hehe. Indra shaking like some other asura is going to kick him out and he is so scared. But in the end he got a crash course in Law of Conservation of Energy. Actually why did Mahadev say that in the first place?

YOu know, I think Janak's sabha is the same as Daksha's palace, without the walls. (The wals were graphics anyway (I think.)

Sonia, thanks.  I too liked the execution this week.  And it was good to see chastised Raavan even if for a brief time.  Sita's expressions were great and they fit all the stuff that was going around her.  I too liked Mahadev/Ram interaction.

Well, not all Rishi had all this anger.  Also I have read that when they would curse somebody, they would lose a portion of the power and had to undertake more tapasya to make up for that.  So I always think that Durvasa must always be busy with tapasya and cursing the way he used to curse everyone so frequently.  A good rishi should be close to eliminating all the deficiencies, but maybe power goes to their head too.