Feedback to CVs/ Story distortion # 3 - Page 43

Originally posted by: riti4u

Thanks for sharing excerpts Sabhyata. I am not good in gasping meaning from it.. But what I could understand was .. That Shikhandi was still in front of arjun when Arjun was firing arrows..as Bhishma himself says ..these arrows cant be from Shikhandi.. but Arjun..so clearly Arjun was behind shikhandi when he attacked... isnt it..? May be I am wrong in this interpretation.. but this is all what I could gather from these excerpts..

Originally posted by: Arijit007

from the first epi it was known that they were not folowing any books.

Originally posted by: Vibhishna

I have liked this show for quite a long while. The actors are great, I loved the costumes, the sets and the presentation and I absolutely adore the music.

That being said, of late (especially the last week), the show has become quite ... 🤢😕

I have always treated this Mahabharat as a unique and separate version and never compared it with the original or any other versions or presentations.

I can understand when someone wants to take poetic license to a story and portray his/her own version but what I expect at the very least is that they stay true to the character the portray. Excessive drama (like last week) put me off quite a bit. But that's just my opinion - no offense meant to anyone.

When the CVs have an extension and suddenly need to fill in a lot more episodes why not show something else rather than prolong the war. There can be scenes of Draupadi and the Pandavas spending time with their kids, Pandavas training their kids, and the kids discussing amongst themselves about the battle tactics. Pandavas remembering their time with Draupadi, and their time in Hastinapur with Bheeshma, Drona, Kripa and the rest of their family - some cute scenes, some emotional, some funny jokes among the brothers ... Kunti can dream of Karna being a part of the family as she sees the war and hopes he doesn't fight ... some dinner time scenes in the war camp to lighten the mood (it could actually make losing them much harder when they think of the happy times later) ... So much more... Since the CVs are taking quite a bit of poetic license, there can be so much more to show. Again, its just my opinion and not meant to offend anyone. I am just expressing my views.

And the mandatory deluge! 😆..Same set of selections. Same groundings. Same methods. GL Friends.

Bowing to sheer staying power of the deluge- ample leisure and 24hr presence, which I can neither match nor interested, I gladly 'applaud' and acknowledge the 'superb' logics. I defer to their interpretations, request them not to mind.. ( some simpleton like me who might be interested in what Vyas is 'glorifying'!)

The following passage, which for obvious reasons would never be part of 'deluge' highlights, here it is- to get the intent of the author...(and how SP is distorting- only point on which we all are unanimous perhaps...😊)

The actual 'last' passage before 'the fall';

"O king, when Bhishma and Arjuna met together. Like unto the vortex that occurs at the spot where the Ganga meets the Ocean, for a short while a vortex occurred there where the troops of both armies met and struck one another down. And the Earth, wet with gore, assumed a fierce form. And the even and the uneven spots on her surface could no longer be distinguished. Although Bhishma was pierced in all his vital limbs, yet on that the tenth day he stayed (calmly) in battle, having slain ten thousand warriors. Then that great bowman, Partha, stationed at the head of his troops, broke the centre of the Kuru army. Ourselves then, afraid of Kunti's son Dhananjaya having white steeds attached to his car, and afflicted by him with polished weapons, fled away from the battle. The Sauviras, the Kitavas, the Easterners, the Westerners, the Northerners, the Malavas, the Abhishahas, the Surasenas, the Sivis, the Vasatis, the Salwas, the Sayas, the Trigartas, the Amvashthas, and the Kaikeyas. 1--these and many other illustrious warriors,--afflicted with arrows and pained by their wounds, abandoned Bhishma in that battle while he was fighting with the diadem-decked (Arjuna). Then a great many warriors, surrounding that single warrior on all sides, defeated the Kurus (that protected him) and covered him with shower of arrows. Throw down, Seize, Fight, Cut into pieces,--this was the furious uproar, O king, heard in the vicinity of Bhishma's car. Having slain in that battle, O monarch, (his foes) by hundreds and thousands, there was not in Bhishma's body space of even two fingers' breadth that was not pierced with arrows. Thus was thy sire mangled with arrows of keen points by Phalguni in that battle. And then he fell down from his car with his head to the east, a little before sunset, in the very sight of thy sons. And while Bhishma fell, loud cries of alas and oh, O Bharata, were heard in the welkin uttered by the celestials and the kings of the earth. And beholding the high-souled grandsire falling down (from his car), the hearts of all of us fell with him. That foremost of all bowmen, that mighty-armed hero, fell down, like an uprooted standard of Indra, making the earth tremble the while. 2 Pierced all over with arrows, his body touched not the ground..."

In simple words...Shikhandin was nowhere around...The final battle was singlehanded rout by Arjun...

But even rarer part of 'circulation' would be following narration by Vyas- How man himself- Bhisma- is reviewing Arjun?

"...And Santanu's son, his thirst quenched, then addressed Jishnu, O monarch, and said, applauding him highly in the presence of all those kings, these words, viz.,--O thou of mighty arms, this is not wonderful in thee, O son of Kuru's race! O thou of immeasurable effulgence, even Narada spoke of thee as an ancient Rishi! Indeed, with Vasudeva as thy ally, thou wilt achieve many mighty feats which the chief of the celestials himself with all the gods, of a certainty, will not venture to achieve! They that have knowledge of such things know thee to be the destroyer of the whole Kshatriya race! Thou art the one bowman among the bowmen of the world! Thou art the foremost among men. As human beings are, in this world, foremost of all creatures, as Garuda is the foremost of all winged creatures; as the Ocean is the foremost among all receptacles of water and the cow among all quadrupeds; as the Sun is the foremost amongst all luminous bodies and Himavat among all mountains; as the Brahmana is the foremost among all castes, art thou the foremost of all bowmen! Dhritarashtra's son (Duryodhana) listened not to the words repeatedly spoken by me and Vidura and Drona and Rama and Janardana and also by Sanjaya. Reft of his senses, like unto an idiot, Duryodhana placed no reliance on those utterances..."