Is Rudra fasting too !!! - Page 3

I was thinking the same.. I think he is fasting too may be..

I don't know, ladies. While I totally understand loveanime, zeelicious and ritureuben's points on the uncharacteristic nature of a secret fast for Rudra, I am not convinced he is not inherently religious.


He took his shoes off to go near his house mandir and relit Paro's diya, he comes to aarti if its being conducted and accepts prasad when its offered, albeit by Paro, only. He did go to the mandir for his father, even if it was for the first time in years. Most importantly, he didn't outright reject the concept of Bholenath at the crucial train scene. He did not deride Paro's faith , he countered it with logic and explained that a benevolent God would not act the way Paro was interpreting her sacrifice to mean.


If he was an agnostic, that train scene is where the disbelief or rejection would have come out---- as she was stripping him of his very life by leaving. He didn't reject her faith then, but used his faith in response for his argument. He gave the situation a logical direction by pointing out the flaws in her way of doing a penance for her Bholenath. I think he is definitely a passive believer and not a full on atheist like ASR.

Originally posted by: napstermonster

I dont know, ladies, while i totally understand loveanime and rituben's point on the uncharacteristic nature of a secret fast for Rudra i am not convinced he is not religious. He took his shoes off to go near his house mandir and relit her diya, he comes to aarti if its being conducted and accepts prasad when its offered, albeit by Paro, only. He didnt outright reject the concept of Bholenath at the crucial train scene or deride Paro's faith , he countered it with logic and explained that a benevolent God would not act the way Paro was interpreting her sacrifice. If he was an agnistic even, that is where the disbelief or rejection would have come out as she was stripping him of his very life by leaving. He didnt reject her faith then but gave it logical and more sane direction by pointing out her flaws in her way of doing a penance for her Bholenath. I think he is definitely a passive believer but not an aethist like ASR. Its more an issue of him not having been brought up in the habit of rituals and made uncomfortable by them now than of him being too practical for them. And with him the only thing that matters consistently is Paro. He might be fasting FOR her since she wants to and cannot, as a service for his wife, as if one half of the couple doing something the other half should do is good enough and it doesnt matter which half (an argument my husband uses all the time to get me to go see his parents when he's feeling lazy). He might be fasting for a bit of practical additional Divine help in his quest to keep her safe thinking every little bit extra helps...Or he might be fasting as a surprise for his wife-her teej gift is his devotion to her in the form of pledging his body to her long life. Its not that different from his physical pledge to her of protecting her with his very life if need be. I think he's fasting...but not for ANY if the usual corny reasons. And any one of these reasons wouldnt be beyond the Rudra we have come to know.

I don't think so
He doesn't believe in such things

@napster sa as always your explanation bang on and if he fasts now I'll understand it's for his Parvati.😆

I was thinking the same and it is not because he is religious but he knows that paro is fasting and lying to him and he could not bear to eat when she is fasting.