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Mahakumbh 50: Yudhviraam
Folks,
The title comes from the (temporary) halt in hostilities between Daadi and Rao-Shiva, with the apparent retreat of Professor Rao from the Saraswati Kund investigations. I say "apparent" because he cannot possibly abandon the quest, but I do not see how they can return now unless they lock Daadi up, but where? The haystack that is masquerading as the Brahma Nisth Panth Hqs in the Mahakumbh grounds does not have any handy cupboards!😉
I was delighted with the neat trick by which they winkled Sahadev Malla away from his duties, but alas, it did not work, as I had half feared. But how on earth does Daadi scent mischief, even while she is making Rudra's head as sticky a mess as she can, and the pillow too, and apparate in on the dismayed duo? I begin to think she is a witch, and not just a jail warden!😉
The debate between two, both dignified in their stance and their expressions, was, as all such debates must be when one side has already closed its mind, inconclusive. And just like Shivanand when Charles threatened to blow his brains out if he was not allowed to take Katharine back from the underground hideout, so too now, faced with an implacable Daadi, Rao has no option but to retreat for the present.
No ritual obeisance by Shiva: Did you folks note one thing in this segment?Shivanand, who otherwise makes it a fetish to do paanv padna of his mother when he meets her and again when he leaves her, regardless of the fact that she almost never blesses him, did not make any move to do that last night. Maybe this will be the beginning of his defying her openly; he was dismayed and almost rebellious when Prof. Rao ordered him to pack up. More of this below.
An unregenerate dinosaur: The problem with Daadi is that she does not understand that nothing can be retained unchanged, for change is the one certainty in life. And there is no such thing as doing nothing (to change things), for inaction itself is a form of action, as it has definite consequences.
So, when she thinks that by avoiding all investigation of the Kund, and not provoking the Sri Santh Panth, all will be well, she could not be more wrong. Hatred and the savage desire to dominate cannot be foiled by the tactics of an ostrich.
But the most disturbing thing about Daadi is that she seems perfectly ready to forgive and forget the destruction of her family and of the Brahma Nisht Panth by Balivesh and Naanu, but she cannot forgive Shivanand for his probing of the miracle of the Kund and for his devotion to vigyan,This is truly incomprehensible, as much as her total indifference to all that her son went thru. And because of this hard heartedness and incredible obtuseness, I am unable to share the reluctant admiration for her that is felt by many here.
Daadi may be kind and compassionate to the kalpavaasis, but she is at heart an aggressive, obstinate dinosaur, and she belongs in a museum. And how does she acquire the sole rights to the governance of the Brahma Nisht Panth anyway? In our tradition, it is the son who inherits his father's mantle, not the widow. Strange, the way she asserts her sole right to the Panth, and the way in which the eternally paanv padofying Shivanand never questions it. He has as much right to the Brahma Nisht parampara as she has.
As for our ancient Rishis, as Meenakshi has rightly noted on Arshi's latest thread, their aastha and gyaan were not at all as allergic to vigyan as Daadi would have it. In fact the Rishi Kanada, who was an agnostic, if not an atheist, is widely credited with having originated the atomic theory of matter long before Dalton.
The Rithambara pragyna: As for the concept articulated by Shivanand, of all matter being sound, modern quantum physics says that the fundamental building blocks of matter, the protons, electrons, positrons, neutrons and other smaller, fundamental building block particles, can all be explained as either waves or quanta, or packets of energy, the two being interconvertible. But the wavelengths of these particles, and thus their frequencies, would not be in the audible range at all. So these particles would be waves, yes, but they could not be heard as sound.
This aspect of the Rithambara pragnya that Shivanand cites is thus stretching the edges of physics to fit a fantasy framework. This does not rule out the idea of a seeker getting a particular sensation, from a particular object; it merely means that an object cannot be visualised as a vibration.
Maya ki maya: in The explanation for Maya getting hit by Balivesh's thugs has been very neatly and convincingly scripted, but what was it with all those swords et al and about half a dozen men with all that ironmongery to kill just one fragile woman? And to do that openly, at the Mahakumbh? It is utter nonsense.
But perhaps it will allow from some of the dishum dishoom that I have missed of late, as Rudra takes on the SSP gang. I hope it is better than the tepid one where Charles and Rudra rescued Maya and Katherine rescued herself.
And yes, the blue-eyed one, who is apparently introducing the blue vish into Maya's drip (another stupid cliche beloved of pedestrian TV shows, and unworthy of Utkarsh😡) is sure to be a naga. Hallelujah, they are here at last!👏 Just when I was beginning to feel sick of having to watch Balivesh, who has deteriorated so badly from his early, Sinister Swami days, and now looks merely repulsive in a pedestrian fashion.
Shyamala/Aunty/Akka/Di
Folks,
The title comes from the (temporary) halt in hostilities between Daadi and Rao-Shiva, with the apparent retreat of Professor Rao from the Saraswati Kund investigations. I say "apparent" because he cannot possibly abandon the quest, but I do not see how they can return now unless they lock Daadi up, but where? The haystack that is masquerading as the Brahma Nisth Panth Hqs in the Mahakumbh grounds does not have any handy cupboards!😉
I was delighted with the neat trick by which they winkled Sahadev Malla away from his duties, but alas, it did not work, as I had half feared. But how on earth does Daadi scent mischief, even while she is making Rudra's head as sticky a mess as she can, and the pillow too, and apparate in on the dismayed duo? I begin to think she is a witch, and not just a jail warden!😉
The debate between two, both dignified in their stance and their expressions, was, as all such debates must be when one side has already closed its mind, inconclusive. And just like Shivanand when Charles threatened to blow his brains out if he was not allowed to take Katharine back from the underground hideout, so too now, faced with an implacable Daadi, Rao has no option but to retreat for the present.
No ritual obeisance by Shiva: Did you folks note one thing in this segment?Shivanand, who otherwise makes it a fetish to do paanv padna of his mother when he meets her and again when he leaves her, regardless of the fact that she almost never blesses him, did not make any move to do that last night. Maybe this will be the beginning of his defying her openly; he was dismayed and almost rebellious when Prof. Rao ordered him to pack up. More of this below.
An unregenerate dinosaur: The problem with Daadi is that she does not understand that nothing can be retained unchanged, for change is the one certainty in life. And there is no such thing as doing nothing (to change things), for inaction itself is a form of action, as it has definite consequences.
So, when she thinks that by avoiding all investigation of the Kund, and not provoking the Sri Santh Panth, all will be well, she could not be more wrong. Hatred and the savage desire to dominate cannot be foiled by the tactics of an ostrich.
But the most disturbing thing about Daadi is that she seems perfectly ready to forgive and forget the destruction of her family and of the Brahma Nisht Panth by Balivesh and Naanu, but she cannot forgive Shivanand for his probing of the miracle of the Kund and for his devotion to vigyan,This is truly incomprehensible, as much as her total indifference to all that her son went thru. And because of this hard heartedness and incredible obtuseness, I am unable to share the reluctant admiration for her that is felt by many here.
Daadi may be kind and compassionate to the kalpavaasis, but she is at heart an aggressive, obstinate dinosaur, and she belongs in a museum. And how does she acquire the sole rights to the governance of the Brahma Nisht Panth anyway? In our tradition, it is the son who inherits his father's mantle, not the widow. Strange, the way she asserts her sole right to the Panth, and the way in which the eternally paanv padofying Shivanand never questions it. He has as much right to the Brahma Nisht parampara as she has.
As for our ancient Rishis, as Meenakshi has rightly noted on Arshi's latest thread, their aastha and gyaan were not at all as allergic to vigyan as Daadi would have it. In fact the Rishi Kanada, who was an agnostic, if not an atheist, is widely credited with having originated the atomic theory of matter long before Dalton.
The Rithambara pragyna: As for the concept articulated by Shivanand, of all matter being sound, modern quantum physics says that the fundamental building blocks of matter, the protons, electrons, positrons, neutrons and other smaller, fundamental building block particles, can all be explained as either waves or quanta, or packets of energy, the two being interconvertible. But the wavelengths of these particles, and thus their frequencies, would not be in the audible range at all. So these particles would be waves, yes, but they could not be heard as sound.
This aspect of the Rithambara pragnya that Shivanand cites is thus stretching the edges of physics to fit a fantasy framework. This does not rule out the idea of a seeker getting a particular sensation, from a particular object; it merely means that an object cannot be visualised as a vibration.
Maya ki maya: in The explanation for Maya getting hit by Balivesh's thugs has been very neatly and convincingly scripted, but what was it with all those swords et al and about half a dozen men with all that ironmongery to kill just one fragile woman? And to do that openly, at the Mahakumbh? It is utter nonsense.
But perhaps it will allow from some of the dishum dishoom that I have missed of late, as Rudra takes on the SSP gang. I hope it is better than the tepid one where Charles and Rudra rescued Maya and Katherine rescued herself.
And yes, the blue-eyed one, who is apparently introducing the blue vish into Maya's drip (another stupid cliche beloved of pedestrian TV shows, and unworthy of Utkarsh😡) is sure to be a naga. Hallelujah, they are here at last!👏 Just when I was beginning to feel sick of having to watch Balivesh, who has deteriorated so badly from his early, Sinister Swami days, and now looks merely repulsive in a pedestrian fashion.
Shyamala/Aunty/Akka/Di
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