Himavan's judgement on Sumedha

As far as my personal openion goes a person should never be forced to marry anyone. But thats modern thinking😆As for this current instance , we dont know whether the boy in question would have married Sumedha or not? Also does sumedha have enough will power and courage to search for her fiancee? If she has these attributes then Himavat's judgement is wrong. If not, if she will just sulk in a corner and ruin her life and do nothing to find and attract him then Himavat;s judgement is right

Good question.i was wondering how come no one opened a topic on sumedha.dis is really an interesting topic 2 discuss.

Though both of them are stuck in similar predicaments, there is a huge difference between Sumedha and Parvati. Parvati is Adi-Shakti in a human form. She has already romanced Mahadev in a previous birth-that of Sati. So not only does she have a spiritual connection to him through her previous life, she also has a divine connection through him right from the moment the universe was created.

A Good Question , From parents point of angle ,its right .

Two humans trapped in simillar circumstances. what differs here is their souls, which allows the person to change the situation or just follow what their parents decide for them. Parents want the best for their children based on their thinking.

Nice poll, Vrish. I was wondering if I should discuss it in the updates thread or elsewhere (if so, where 😆) and then came across this poll.

I don't agree with Himavan's judgement.


In this modern age, no one can compel another person. One can only advise or give suggestions. To accept it or forget it is the person's own choice. These days a person's life depends on his/her own choices and there will be people to support.


In those days, when marriage laws were so orthodox, it is a big injustice to both the bride and the groom if even one of them is forced to marry against their wishes. Parents would say that it is for your own good but its the couple who will suffer. This fact should have been considered by any judge - especially the king.

Not considering the laws of that time and the comparisons with Parvati (whatever the case, this situation deserves the same justice, universally)

It is Sumedha's parents' (and perhaps the merchant's too) fault to have given Sumedha the idea that she belongs to the merchant's son. Just because they couldn't find the groom and now when they find this arrangement inconvenient they want to break it off. Why didn't they keep in touch with that merchant? Why didn't they gather enough information to find them on a later date. If they had been so irresponsible, its not Sumedha's fault. She didn't even confront her parents on fixing her marriage with a guy she has never seen but accepted him with all her heart as her husband (as was the custom those days). For so many years, the parents didn't object to this but all of a sudden if they ask the girl to give up her hopes and get married with another guy, its not so easy. Even if she was forced to marry someone else, Sumedha is the one who will suffer.


Himavan should have gathered information about that merchant and sent his spies/troops to search for the family and find out about the merchant and his son. In case some tragedy has befallen or if he had married someone else, he should have put all the facts before Sumedha and asked her to decide. Whether she chooses to live with the same person, or give him up and marry someone else or live like a saint for the rest of her life rests with Sumedha alone. Its her life so she can choose. If she is forced to marry someone else, she may or may not be able to forget her past. If she is not able to, she will be scorned by her husband and in-laws. A common man may not consider all these fact in the anxiety to get his daughter married but how can a king forget all these?


Be it Parvati or Sumedha, the choice is hers. This series seems to showcase the fact that women's decisions were not respected those days. Even in the episodes when the 4 sons of Brahma challenge Lord Shiva, Devi Saraswati was chosen as the judge but the 4 of them accepted only when Lord Brahma appeared and said that the fourth Veda was authentic. Why couldn't they have asked Mata Saraswati itself? If she had answered with the same words, would it have been unacceptable? It looked like they called her to judge the debate just for name's sake.

Originally posted by: Vibhishna

Nice poll, Vrish. I was wondering if I should discuss it in the updates thread or elsewhere (if so, where 😆) and then came across this poll.

I don't agree with Himavan's judgement.


In this modern age, no one can compel another person. One can only advise or give suggestions. To accept it or forget it is the person's own choice. These days a person's life depends on his/her own choices and there will be people to support.


In those days, when marriage laws were so orthodox, it is a big injustice to both the bride and the groom if even one of them is forced to marry against their wishes. Parents would say that it is for your own good but its the couple who will suffer. This fact should have been considered by any judge - especially the king.

Not considering the laws of that time and the comparisons with Parvati (whatever the case, this situation deserves the same justice, universally)

It is Sumedha's parents' (and perhaps the merchant's too) fault to have given Sumedha the idea that she belongs to the merchant's son. Just because they couldn't find the groom and now when they find this arrangement inconvenient they want to break it off. Why didn't they keep in touch with that merchant? Why didn't they gather enough information to find them on a later date. If they had been so irresponsible, its not Sumedha's fault. She didn't even confront her parents on fixing her marriage with a guy she has never seen but accepted him with all her heart as her husband (as was the custom those days). For so many years, the parents didn't object to this but all of a sudden if they ask the girl to give up her hopes and get married with another guy, its not so easy. Even if she was forced to marry someone else, Sumedha is the one who will suffer.


Himavan should have gathered information about that merchant and sent his spies/troops to search for the family and find out about the merchant and his son. In case some tragedy has befallen or if he had married someone else, he should have put all the facts before Sumedha and asked her to decide. Whether she chooses to live with the same person, or give him up and marry someone else or live like a saint for the rest of her life rests with Sumedha alone. Its her life so she can choose. If she is forced to marry someone else, she may or may not be able to forget her past. If she is not able to, she will be scorned by her husband and in-laws. A common man may not consider all these fact in the anxiety to get his daughter married but how can a king forget all these?


Be it Parvati or Sumedha, the choice is hers. This series seems to showcase the fact that women's decisions were not respected those days. Even in the episodes when the 4 sons of Brahma challenge Lord Shiva, Devi Saraswati was chosen as the judge but the 4 of them accepted only when Lord Brahma appeared and said that the fourth Veda was authentic. Why couldn't they have asked Mata Saraswati itself? If she had answered with the same words, would it have been unacceptable? It looked like they called her to judge the debate just for name's sake.