I can't believe the show Mahabharat is drawing to a close. I didn't watch it from the beginning but I had grown fond of it. I had never thought I would say this but it surpasses B.R.Chopra's Mahabharat. Preaching is inevitable in any mythological show but somehow the dialogue writers of this show managed to make it sound practical, very relevant to this age. Chopra's Mahabharat would probably put me to sleep if I watch it now. :-)
Granted, the whole Brahmastra thing in yesterday's episode was a bit hilarous but I was so furious at Ashwathama that if I had x-ray vision I would have surely toasted him to a crisp through the TV screen :-) He is supposed to be one of the 7 immortal people on earth - the Chiranjivis. I had once read a book on Narmada Parikrama. It was mentioned in it that those travelling through the forest of Shoolpani come across Ashwathama who has been condemned to eternally roam the earth asking for oil as a remedy for the gaping wound on his forehead. I must say I never believed the story but if it is even remotely true, I hope no one gives it to him. That said, it was terrifying to watch Krishna get angry and tear the precious stone off his forehead using His Sudarshana Chakra. Imagine being cursed by God Himself!
What I liked most about yesterday's episode was the dialogue between Krishna and Draupadi as they stand sadly watching the funeral pyres of the dead being lit. When he asks her if she is sad that they had resorted to war. She says something like this - when it comes to physical pain, you imagine that it would be great but when you really experience it, its intensity is found to be less. But when it comes to emotional pain, your imagination cannot match the actual pain when it hits you. You stop believing in anything in this world. Hats off to the writer who wrote this. Bang on the target!
I will also always remember what Krishna says to Arjuna once - when going is good, humans gain a lot of confidence in their own abilities. But when they sense failure, they are quick to run to the Gods. Then things start looking up again and their self-confidence returns. What happens in the process is that they end up neither trusting God nor their own abilities 100%. This perfectly sums up our attitude towards God.
Sometime in future, I would really like to watch this series from the beginning.
Granted, the whole Brahmastra thing in yesterday's episode was a bit hilarous but I was so furious at Ashwathama that if I had x-ray vision I would have surely toasted him to a crisp through the TV screen :-) He is supposed to be one of the 7 immortal people on earth - the Chiranjivis. I had once read a book on Narmada Parikrama. It was mentioned in it that those travelling through the forest of Shoolpani come across Ashwathama who has been condemned to eternally roam the earth asking for oil as a remedy for the gaping wound on his forehead. I must say I never believed the story but if it is even remotely true, I hope no one gives it to him. That said, it was terrifying to watch Krishna get angry and tear the precious stone off his forehead using His Sudarshana Chakra. Imagine being cursed by God Himself!
What I liked most about yesterday's episode was the dialogue between Krishna and Draupadi as they stand sadly watching the funeral pyres of the dead being lit. When he asks her if she is sad that they had resorted to war. She says something like this - when it comes to physical pain, you imagine that it would be great but when you really experience it, its intensity is found to be less. But when it comes to emotional pain, your imagination cannot match the actual pain when it hits you. You stop believing in anything in this world. Hats off to the writer who wrote this. Bang on the target!
I will also always remember what Krishna says to Arjuna once - when going is good, humans gain a lot of confidence in their own abilities. But when they sense failure, they are quick to run to the Gods. Then things start looking up again and their self-confidence returns. What happens in the process is that they end up neither trusting God nor their own abilities 100%. This perfectly sums up our attitude towards God.
Sometime in future, I would really like to watch this series from the beginning.
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