vaarali
Thanks for an excellent update ๐๐ผ I had no idea what the names of Krishna's horses were - thanks for filling that in ๐
The PH needs to multitask/thread these episodes more - they have too few of the characters, and show too few things happening concurrently. In this episode, instead of wasting all the time on the pujas, they should have also shown Balarama taking his army and starting for Vidarbha. And near the end, when they showed Krishna approaching Rukmini, they could have also shown Balaram arriving @ the borders of Kundinpur.
Incidentally, was Bheeshmaka the ruler of a city state? I thought he was the ruler of entire Vidarbha, of which Kundinpur was the capital. After Rukmi was defeated, to keep his vow, he never returned to Kundinpur, but founded a new city called Bhojakot. After he succeeded his father after his death, that became the capital.
Krishna praying to Ganesh was really strange, given that towards the end, when he fought Banasura, he fought Shiva and Pradhyumna fought Kartikeya. So I wonder why he'd possibly worship Ganesh? Also, was that the spot where Parvati created Ganesh - that would be in the Himalayas, where Shiva lives. Also, while Krishna is praying, why is the background music the title song - shouldn't it have been something about Jagdamba or Ganesh?
Some more anachronisms - Rukmini being referred to as Rukmini-ji ๐ - should have been Rajkanya or Rajkumari. In fact, Sudev addressing her as Rajkumari-JI in an earlier episode seemed strange as well. Wish they do get more strict about the language.
I thought that Krishna arrived there in advance - when Rukmini stepped out of the mandir, Krishna tapped her on the shoulder, and lifted her on to his chariot and took her away. But I'm okay w/ this dramatization as well.
Hopefully, Monday we see battles, and when they show Krishna fighting Rukmi, I hope they show him fight w/ his bow & arrow, rather than his discus