Originally posted by: capricornrcks
Seems like I'm in the minority.I'm with Devrath on this one.If my protegee on whom, I and the rest of the nation have placed our final hope, is running after a little girl at the eleventh hour like a lovesick puppy , you can bet your last penny that I'll take him away from there.And give him a good shakedown besides(if only he wasn't the Rajkumar).I think Acharya Devrath finds it hard to credit Ashok's love for Kaurwaki as anything other than calf-love or infatuation considering
1) their respective ages
2) Mauryavamshis' predilection for polygamy.AD must be telling himself that with the girl gone Ashok would easily find someone else.
Plus even if Ashok and Kaurwaki shared a once-in-a-lifetime amerprem, it would have to come in second to his responsibilities as a Rajkumar.If Ashok was a commoner he could put Kaurwaki as his No:1 priority and get away with it.But he's the Rajkumar of Magadh specially tasked with liberating Taxilla.Being royal means sacrificing yourself, your family everything for your nation.You can't ask for a work-life balance in this job.😆
No. You are not in the minority as far as this view on Devrath's goes elsewhere in the forum and general opinion also. I felt that both of them are right in their respective places. Ashok with all his greatness is and thinks like a teenager. Much as elders would love to condone it or exhorcise it out of the pysche, it happens as part of a person's coming of age.
Devrath is perhaps thirty-five or forty years and behaves with the maturity expected of his age while Ashok with the recklessness and immaturity that characterizes his age group. I know that Ashok is a royal and has to put public welfare before his own personal feelings. Easier said than done. Moreover he is a human being with his own set of flaws even though he has qualities that set him apart from the rest and show that he has the makings in him to be a great chakkravartin samrat.
My only qualm with Devrath's mentorship is the way he is dealing with Ashok knowing fully well the volatility of his age. You cannot force a troublesome teen to agree with you by force or reasoning. Try to see from where he is coming. If only Ashok had found Karuwaki, he would have been more focused on his job. Now all his faculties are getting dissipated in all directions.
I would have expected a person of Devrath's age and maturity to realize all this. At least, if Acharya Chankya had been alive, he would have dealt with Ashok in a much better way. Neither is Devrath very experienced as far as mentorship goes, nor is Ashok the ideal student at this moment. Both of them are learning the ropes on how to tackle a difficult situation.
Now this has resulted in Karuwaki doing something silly and getting caught. This will give an opportunity for Keechak to play with Ashok's emotional turmoil by using her against him. Sometimes it is best when not very difficult or dangerous to give a bit of leverage to a teenager and occasionally letting them have their own way! The elders need not always be right. What matters is the overall picture and the end result and not how we got there
Edited by shailusri1983 - 9 years ago