Symbolic Themes In Mahabharat: Edt july 4 - Page 5

@bheegi, thanks for making this thread, and those who added their point of views in this topic, thanks to you as well. 😊

Originally posted by: Arijit007

@bheegi, thanks for making this thread, and those who added their point of views in this topic, thanks to you as well. 😊

Originally posted by: bheegi

Another interpretation/symbolism from VH scene

This follows the basic principle of Gita- the soul with it's various layers of clothes

Soul: Draupadi

Clothes/Body: Pandavs

The body 'died' the moment the Pandavs became slaves. hence, the soul was exposed. That's when God intervened and 'covered' the soul in another layer of clothes (literally). The soul was never really insulted in the grand scheme of things- it just wrapped itself in another layer to continue it's existence in the never ending cycle of life and death.

Originally posted by: nikki1291

and this interpretation is also in tune with the one as how our soul is eternal...and after death of the physical body the soul moves on to a new body just like we change clothes,...and once a person attains moksha or salvation the soul merges with the Supreme being therefore never really perishing and becoming one with the supreme life force...

and you know this is in accordance with quantum physics too...it states how every material thing has a dual nature and hence a wave nature...and the world we witness is the material world..it is our incapability and limitation that we cant see beyond what our inferior eyes allow...

and isnt this exactly what bhakti says...every thing is maya...an illusion...and we can only see the Eternal and Divine Truth once we cleanse ourselves, purify ourselves of moh-maaya...only then out internal eyes will open and we will witness the truth beyond the maaya of this perishable world...then we attain nirvana...when we get over the Moh-Maaya...and only then can we be truly free...

Originally posted by: bheegi

Thanks Nikki. My only question is- if everyone's soul is recycled for eternity then we should have a constant # of living beings on this planet- unless of course we are all recycled between other planets in the universe

Originally posted by: bheegi

Thanks Nikki. My only question is- if everyone's soul is recycled for eternity then we should have a constant # of living beings on this planet- unless of course we are all recycled between other planets in the universe

@leadnitrate

Thought ful post ...

Mahabhart beautifully depicts inner conflicts of good and bad of a person through dharma and adharma.

Krishna and Arjun , the Nar narayan .. the actual world resides in them . Nar is not different from Narayan , infact he comes from the god but his righteous deeds paves the way to have supreme power at his side to help him and to attain moksha.

Pandavas exile clearly teaches us that god makes us to go through hard ship to bring out best out of us but its only our patience and honesty all through the test yields the successful results .

Centuries gone by but Women and her situations are same .Atleast Draupadi had Krishna to save but present generation has to stand up for her own self defense and Draupadi's revolt some where or the other shows us the present scenario .

Mahabharat presents us all the facades of the mankind and it is in our hands to choose the path wisely and mould ourselves .