Posted:
(Team banner :Srushti)
So,
Here we are!!
Leke Kailash ke Samachar!!!!
AA gaye Sab???
Kidhar thhey😆
I know all of you were busy dancing in the wedding and crying in the bidaai and then sneaking up the hubby wifey in Daruka Van😳...
But it is now time to leave them some privacy na??😆
So let us relive the few moments of that Wedding of the Universe!!!
In this...
Banner credit : Shruti.nil😳
So we begin the journey of manifestations!!!
Shiv Parvati Vivah
The Mating of the Soulmates, the joining of the Fates destined and the ancientest and the original lovestory of all...
What to say and what a beautiful journey it has been...
It must have been difficult for the CVs to live up to all the expectations that had built up during all these centuries in between, and more difficult to actually visualize the Marriage which was a precedent to all the processions over the years...but still hats off to them...
They presented it with their own flair of visual delight...
And taking us to that journey...
Izzz
Bhakti
With
The Story of the Shaadi
with the
Twist from CVs
I guess maybe we should start with shaadi itself - really beautiful
hai na - and the music backgrounds were so varied and heartlifting. I
really hope someday the music team for DKDM wins award for their efforts
as they have brought so much joy. The rituals themselves were
beautifully written with the dialogues of vows. But I did wonder at the
point where Shivji ties mangalsutra and puts sindoor in Parvati's
maang. Is this not more modern (not to mention Northern) traditions in
wedding? I thought it was a strange thing to show in their shaadi - it
was as if the CV's were starting in mythology and then jumping over to
typical saas-bahu serial wedding and then jumping back.
After
rituals they had Shivji recite lovely classical love poem for Parvati
and it was really a nice touch in the track. But from that point onward
things really began to get...well...creative! Insofar as the telly
track began to twist and turn in ways that the purans did never imagine!
We
can look at just a few high lights for example. First, there is a
moment where Shivji sees Parvati's distress at her impending bidaii and
decides that perhaps, for her happiness, he should let her remain at he
parental home and he would be ghar-jamata. I remember sitting right up
in seat to say "Kyaaa?" How very odd - the lord of the universe living
in a house in the Himalayas as ghar-jamata? Uff.
Luckiy,
Parvati intervenes and helps him to understand that he must return to
Kailash, but along their journey they stop and she does pooja of Shakti
Peeth.😕 Again, kyaaa? And meet Prasuti and Daksh.😕😕
And takes blessing from them as if to achieve final closure for life of
Sati, who had firstly been, in a sense, herself (pooja to one's self??😕😕😕)
and who secondly does not pop up in the puranic story of Shiv and
Parvati except insofar as Parvati wishes most to avoid the mistakes
which occurred with Sati and Shivji's marriage. Certainly she does not
pop up in the form of Shakti Peeth to receive a missing earring (😕😕...!)
In a discussion of this weird scene in the forum, someone also rightly
pointed out that Daksh should be taking blessing from her and not other
way around, as she is Adi Shakti and also not his daughter in this yug.
But
while the cv's were in this creative josh, they also decided to use
their usual masala grinder to mix up a few more characters, this time
our asur friends. We had the screen return of our delightful Taki, but
the addition of Shumbh and Nishumbh - this was confusing! While they
were tossing in many asurs to the mix, why did not Chandmund and
Raktibeej make this casting call? And who would be causing vadh of
whom? In purans, it is Kartikeya who is able to kill Tarkasur while it
is Durgama who brings death to Shumbh and Nishumbh. Will all these
stories be wrapped up in one? How is this even possible? And let us
not even bring into this hulchul the fact that the asurs are talking
about lustful desire for Adi Shakti!😕😕Chiii😕🤢.What can I say yaaron?? Not. In. The. Purans.
So
this week all I can say is that the cv's must have lost their copies of
scripture and decided to get very creative indeed. When I look back on
it all I could think was that it was "confuse Bhakti week" on DKDM. If
any of you felt the same, I will remove my name and call it "Confuse
the viewers week!"😆 Just let me know!
Now
I cannot even imagine where the storyline is going to go it has become
so different from the puran. I do hope they give Shivji and Parvati at
least one epi to settle into Kailash before fourteen other asurs from
three or four other yugs pop up to terrorise Indradev and the three
loks. Parvati will have to take all her forms within the first week of
her marriage else!
But ofcourse I forgot that We need to include the Procession to the marriage as well...That story is also important na...
had you not loved that week of celebration and excitement? Also, we have gained some beautiful knowledge on last epi - the discussion was very complex and gave much thought, isn't it?
Now
with all this knowledge being introduced to us, our spirits will be
full even as the gans and Shivji are so full of bhojan! (Thank goodness
the gans behaved themselves!) Now we can all sit on the edge of our
seats for this magnificent moment of shaadi! It would be a privilege to
have the invitation to witness this vivaah - even we are doing it from
our seats in front of the telly! Enjoy everyone! It's time for
happiness...😊
Have a great week everyone!
But ofcourse I forgot that We need to include the Procession to the marriage as well...That story is also important na...
had you not loved that week of celebration and excitement? Also, we have gained some beautiful knowledge on last epi - the discussion was very complex and gave much thought, isn't it?
This
week I am little bit sad that my job only is to see where our story is
matching or differing from the scripture - because there are so many
other delightful things to talk about! But I will leave that to my more
skilled sisters and brothers here at NL! So here we go...it's Puran
vs. Tellyland! Let's see a clean match😆
This
past week all in Himavant's palace have been abuzz with the
preparations for shaadi. We have seen Shivji in his magnificent bhasm
coming to the door. I loved the scenes where the bg music chanted "bam
bam bhole" and Shivji himself too was throwing the bhasm into the air
while the gans were dancing wildly. No baraat has ever looked quite
like this!
In the Shiv Puran, A similar scene
plays out as Shivji approaches the palace with his baraat. There it is
described so detailedly - and the description of the lakh lakh gans and
preyats and all manner of bhoot and pisach not to mention the devtas and
Vishnuji, Brahmaji, Laxmiji, Saraswatiji - everyone is in this
procession. Loud noise and trumpet and dhamru and dhole are blasting
away - the gans are shouting and singing - it is really a long and
beautiful scene to read. I thought the telly version captured it so
well - even they could of course not put in millions of Shivgans (cgi
machine would just be blowing up and then what would we do for Taki's
cartoonnetworkwalle creatures?😛)
But they did capture the feeling of that wild and joyous baraat filled
with bhasm-covered gans dancing with happiness that their prabhu is
finally approaching mandap time!
I loved the
scene wherein Mena faints on the spot and all the ladies run screaming
from the poor nag that Shivji has so lovingly offered, This was so cute
scene - and it did parallel in sentiment a scene from the purans
wherein Mena, seeing this mad baraat approaching the palace, shrieks in
dismay and horror and then swoons down on the spot. When she awakens
she becomes adamant that her beautiful daughter shall never marry such a
horrid creature as this wild, naked Shivji whose companions are dirty
and crass. This in turn cues Vishnuji to suggest very nicely to Shivji
that perhaps it would be in the best interest of all (including all
creation, which is depending now on this milan) for Shivji to appear in a
more enchanting form - thus to calm Mena's frantic mind.
This
is where the scriptures and the telly version again come together - as
Vishnuji transforms wild Shivji into the golden shining Chandrashekhar.
So soul enchanting is he that the minute Mena sees him in this form she
is struck with amazement that she did not love him immediately before.
She is overjoyed with this radiant jamata and happily gives her
agreement to the marriage once again.
From this
point there is happiness on all sides so that the rituals can proceed
without any obstacle in the path. One place the telly version did
elaborate was the lovely scene wherein Shivji approached Parvati in the
bhojan room which is divided by the silken veil. This scene wherin he
requests her so longingly to look at him in his beautiful form is not in
the scriptures, but how it tugs at the heartstrings of the viewer! I
thought the cv's did a nice thing for all of us for putting this in, hai
na? It showed the almost "human" side of their love for each other, if
I might be permitted to say such an impossible thing. It is not to
offend - just to say it was a lovely romantic idea on the part of cv's.
It
is clear in the scriptures that there is a kind of unceasing longing in
the hearts of Shivji and Parvati the one for the other, all through all
the days of preparation and ritual. being so close to one another they
are acutely aware of each other's presence and feel their sense of
ardhangani - their two selves pulling inexorable closer and closer. I
thought the cv's have handled this well by showing how they understand
each other - speak to each other through their minds without uttering
anything aloud. Each understands the other's mind even when those
around them do not discern the deeper meanings of what is happening. It
is a nice way of showing what the scriptures have more time to write
out - the process of the re-knitting together of the universal power
which is present in this utterly divine jodi.
We
were also given the privilege this week to hear the shastrath in
Himavan's hall. How arrogant is this Indradev hai na? Kher - the gans
were too funny, particularly with the answers about the sparrow birds!
Many posters on IF did notice that this shastrath conversation has
happened elsewhere in other stories, with the same intellectual debates
and even jokes taking place, but not sourcing from the story of Shivji
and Parvati. For this reason, although it does not take place in the
purans in this form, I think you could still say the cv's are paying
attention to our remembered cultural heritage, both in written or
perhaps bhi in oral form.
As the discussion goes on there is the wonderful section wherein Nandi and the learned rishi lock horns (no pun intended!😆)
over the right answer to a mysterious series of gestures. The rishi
reveals the thought behind his gestures, Nandi reveals the thought
behind his - and the two versions differ uterly! Shivji has to explain
to the rishi that one must realize that it is a trap to feel one has all
the knowledge. Nandi beautifully describes that reality is changeable
to the fickle eyes and mind - it is all Shivji's leela. Shivji goes on
to promise he will embellish the current knowledge of the veds with
adding upanishads and such. All express the appreciation for this great
knowledge to come and it is suggsted to arrange for pooja.
The
purans do not contain this exact scene, but the essence of it is
present throughout. The Shiv Puran is in a way an exploration of all
these themes as well as being the story of Shivji's various
relationships. There are great long tracts of it wherein Shivji
delivers wonderful pieces of philosophy, sometimes in debate with
Parvati, sometimes in conversation with Vishnuji or others. I hope many
of you felt as I did that the writers did a wonderful thing to include
such a thought-provoking scene which competely captures the feeling of
what it is to read the scriptures and consider all this knowledge from
many angles, all the while knowing there are powers so deep you will
never gain understanding of them even in many lifetimes.
Have a great week everyone!
Song Dedications of the Week
comment:
p_commentcount