Upanishad Ganga Appreciation Thread: A MUST-WATCH!

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MagadhSundari

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Posted: 12 years ago

#161

Originally posted by: shubsmayur

I can't say which one is my most favorite the whole series is a master piece ⭐️only few episodes are there which i have not seen, soon going to watch them also,many of the stories of saints are untold on tv Tulsidasji, Soordasji, Pundalik, Haridas, Eknath, Parvaiieley Swami, Shankarachrya, Meera i loved all these stories and also of Varah Mihir, Bhaskarachrya 😃

All great choices! Just saw Pundalik recently and fell in love with the ending Tulsidasji's monologue about why, in spite of so much opposition, he wanted to write the Ramayan was another favorite moment, as was Eknath's witty way of reforming his son in law and Valmiki's origin story. I also loved the Savitri episode; all the powerful roles that Sai Deodhar enacted really came to life beautifully. Oh and the Akbar-Birbal story, along with all the others that were in that same episode, were classic!

One of the lesser known stories that really appealed to me was that of Arunagirinathar. The lesson he gives in the end mirrors that of Krishna and Pingala in the Bhagvatam. Also really enjoyed the Bhartrihari episode, it was hilarious 😆

And the show offered a real surprise bonus in the form of its music! The sufi songs from the Dara Shikoh episode are beautiful both in content and melody, as Debi di mentioned, and the Tansen episode features some hauntingly great shastriya sangeet. Also loved a lot of the shloks at the end of the episodes, particularly the sweet, lilting version of the Govind Damodar stotra.

Will try to start a more detailed, single-episode themed discussion later this week unless one of you guys gets an idea for one first, then I'll be thrilled to participate!

Edited by lola610 - 12 years ago

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shubsmayur

@shubsmayur

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Posted: 12 years ago

#162

Originally posted by: lola610

All great choices! Just saw Pundalik recently and fell in love with the ending Tulsidasji's monologue about why, in spite of so much opposition, he wanted to write the Ramayan was another favorite moment, as was Eknath's witty way of reforming his son in law and Valmiki's origin story. I also loved the Savitri episode; all the powerful roles that Sai Deodhar enacted really came to life beautifully. Oh and the Akbar-Birbal story, along with all the others that were in that same episode, were classic!

One of the lesser known stories that really appealed to me was that of Arunagirinathar. The lesson he gives in the end mirrors that of Krishna and Pingala in the Bhagvatam. Also really enjoyed the Bhartrihari episode, it was hilarious 😆

And the show offered a real surprise bonus in the form of its music! The sufi songs from the Dara Shikoh episode are beautiful both in content and melody, as Debi di mentioned, and the Tansen episode features some hauntingly great shastriya sangeet. Also loved a lot of the shloks at the end of the episodes, particularly the sweet, lilting version of the Govind Damodar stotra.

Will try to start a more detailed, single-episode themed discussion later this week unless one of you guys gets an idea for one first, then I'll be thrilled to participate!

Very true, all the actors have done very commendable job 👏, and i have watched Sai's episodes she was outstanding in all the roles truly brilliant 👏.

The Savitri-Yama conversation, Yama- Nachiketa Conversation, Debate of Yagyavalk & Gargi (this one is also very special make me feels so proud of the glory of vedic age Bhartiya Nari😃 Amazing), Happy Man's Shirt again a brilliant one.

The Pundalik episode is also a very special one and for Pundalik's Vithoba there is a saying in Marathi- "Yuge Aathawis Vete Vari Ubha" (Means from 28 yug's Lord Vithoba is still standing on that brick😃 isn't it amazing.

All the shlok's are the foundation of each episode 😃, to explain them clearly all the events have been shown.

And yes we have started discussion from episode 1(you can go through the previous pages😳), right now we are at episode 2, we would love if u join us, if u wish to discuss from episode 1 than also u are welcome 😃.

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Cherry

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Posted: 12 years ago

#163

Loladi I watched first 8 episodes.And one or two in between!

Yes as Neha said we are on episode 2 right now.But I dont remember where we stopped the discussion.Let me check.😆

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Cherry

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Posted: 12 years ago

#164

Ok we were discussing about 'Purush'(the supreme soul)😊

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Cherry

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Posted: 12 years ago

#165

Arjun expresses his trouble in fighting with his own relations.

Krishna's dialogs here are worth listening again & again...

Arjun this soul never dies.This atma never kills anyone nor is killed by anyone.It is not born so there is no question of death for it.It unborn,evergreen,eternal and ancient.Like people throw away their old clothes and put on new garments this 'Jeevatma' changes bodies.Neither weapons,nor fire,water,wind can damage this 'Soul'.

Arjun : What is this 'Brahma'?

'Aham Brahmasmi' - I'm the Brahma.You are Brahma,we all are brahma.

It is the one and only one,formless,Supreme of all powers,who at his plessure manifests in various forms.
Krishna : I'm only Surya,Varsha,Amrit,Mrityu,Satya and also Asatya!All beings come from me,sustain in me and merge in me.I'm the Purusha/Atma present in all forces.I'm the subtle and I'm only the majestic.

It is me in the form of all these rivers,trees,Hills,Animals etc.Even it is me as Mrityu(Death).I'm only this entire Universe.I'm the beginning and the end of this universe.

Vishwaroop

Paritranaya sadhunam
vinashaya cha dushkritam.
Dharma sansthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge.

For the up-liftment of the good and virtuous,
For the destruction of evil,
For the re-establishment of the natural law,
I will come, in every age.😊

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_gReenheaRt_

@_gReenheaRt_

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Posted: 12 years ago

#166

Thanks for the pm shubsmayur.😊

Will try to post something today itself.

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_gReenheaRt_

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Posted: 12 years ago

#167

Cherry I see you're here.What are doing?😆

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Cherry

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Posted: 12 years ago

#168

Originally posted by: SRUJAconscience

Cherry I see you're here.What are doing?😆

Seriously &

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_gReenheaRt_

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Posted: 12 years ago

#169

{This Self is never born nor does it ever perish; nor having come into existence will it again cease to be. It is birthless, eternal, changeless, ever-same (unaffected by the usual processes associated with time). It is not slain when the body is killed."The Bhagavad Gita II:20}

About Avatar...

We all both living and non-living are the manifestations of lord but we donot consider ourselves as an 'Avatar' coz we never realized that we are an avatar of god unlike Shri Ram,Maa Sita ,Shri Krishna,Vyasa,sages,yogis etc.Avatar refers to a soul freed from maya (delusion) and comes by the will of God back into manifested existence to help others.It is noway different from the one and only eternal god and has all the above mentioned traits.A soul awake in omnipresent Spirit loses his delusive nightmares of births and deaths.This makes a perfect avatar.Traditionally, the word avatar is sometimes limited to few incarnations.But if we go through the scriptures,we can find some references.

Eg."Vyasaya Vishnu roopaya Vyasa roopaya Vishnave!!",. which means, Veda Vyasa is none other than, Lord Vishnu himself.

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Shivang

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Posted: 12 years ago

#170

Lola. Jay SiyaRam. Jay RadheShyam.🤗 Hello everyone.

I had awesome experience of watching this series thanks to Debi di and the show is right there among top of the tops because of its unique & interesting style of presentation of stories (Drama plot) and coverage of stories of different ages to explain effective deep spiritual knowledge of Upanishad and total coverage of spiritual concepts. As Lola said, Hindi is pure except the use of Urdu in the episodes 5 & 6 (However I think the use of the word SHAYAD is a bit too much everywhere and disturbing for me whenever it is there - far more used than RS Ramayan when they had 2-2 options of Kadachit and Sambhavatah). Apart from the frequent use of the word 'Shayad', the only thing which could have been taken care of in the show I feel is that the same characters should have been given to same actors in every story (For example, Narad and Yagnavalkya are played by too many different people along with Indra and Pandavas - it's fine if different actors are used for depicting different ages but that's not always the case. Consistency of casting for the same roles would have made the scope of enjoying this serial much more wider because of our set mind for one actor for one character). Another critic observation of mine is Shukracharya's single eye (both in Kach-Devayani episode and Virochan-Indra episode). Both the events are ahead in chronology of Bali's meeting with Vaaman avataar. But Shukracharya is shown with only one eye in the stories before that.

I haven't yet gone through first 22 pages of this thread and haven't found time to read and discuss what is being discussed here and has been discussed over here but I just step in to write down my most favourite episodes out of 50 story episodes (all watched) 3rd episode onwards (I loved the first two introductory episodes also providing the background and setting up the theme of presenting the knowledge).

My favourite episodes in the order of number sequence are:

Episodes 4 (Ashtavakra), 5 & 6 (Darashikoh), 10 (Arth - Kautilya), 12 (Moksha - Kotikarna), 13 (Brahmacharya - Satyakam), 14 (Grihasthaashram - Magh Kavi 😃), 18 (Varna - Chandragupt), 23 (Glory of Human birth - Tulsidas), 25 (24 teachers of Avdhoot), 26 (Indra & Virochan), 27 (Yaksha prashna to Yudhishthir), 28 (Savitri), 29 (The true self - Arunagirinathar), 33 (Camel's rope 😃 😆), 35 (3 questions), 40 (Srishti - Varah Mihir), 44 (Vasnas - Eknath), 46 (Antarang Sadhana - Keshidhwaj & Khandigya), 47 (Karmyog - Haridas), 49 (Gyanyog - Sadashiv Brahmendra), 51 (Moksha/Jeevan Mukt - Paravailla Swami), 52 (Gratitude - Totakacharya).

My favourite actors in the series are K K Raina (excellent versatility and expressions), Abhimanyu Sinh (best command over Hindi and Sanskrit & clarity of pronunciation), Gagan Malik, Zakir Hussain, Ravi Khanvilkar.

K K Raina was already my favourite actor because of the telefilm Ek ruka hua faisla (remake of 1957 film 12 Angry men) and TV series Byomkesh Bakshi. But this serial has given him great opportunity to discover the heights of his talent and I just love every character and episode in which he is acting.

I have also just edited my post in the thread of Introduction of Members after completing all the episodes of this show.

Edited by ShivangBuch - 11 years ago