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Though I have made a seperate post on this topic, it is actually a continuation of the discussion that has been going on across threads.
Since the discussion has spanned multiple threads and multiple days,
with different ideas and so many interesting thoughts sprinkled around these posts,
I thought bringing it under a single separate thread,
So, here is my thought on the dynamics and statics of the equation between Dadi, Rudra and Shiva - who have met after 24 years of extraordinary experiences!
The statics:
Rudra:
Who is he?
The sarvshreshtha Garuda - the man who is denying his own destiny - also the man who seems to have done a sudden flip of his intent - from swearing revenge to this peace loving ahimsa vadi balak - and this I love her not, I love her...
His 24 years :
Rudra in his 24 years has seen far far more than many do in their entire lifetime
For a 4 year old, to witness an explosion is frightening and traumatizing even for an adult,
obviously left a very very indelible mark on his mind.
Maimui and Udiya baba became his new parents and yet tragedy stuck again
and he lost his father again, in a death that was horrible
- for a 16 year old to see the charred and mutilated body of his father is sure to make a permanent scar on his mind.
12 years, another Kumbh nears and another gruesome tragedy strikes,
and his mother lies there lynched, blood oozing out, breathing her last,
and he held her, held on to her, but ...
She gave him a name - of the man who had wrecked the last two horrors on him
And Rudra turned all his pain and trauma and anger into taking revenge !
But fate played its hand once again, and Rudra met his family - his own flesh and blood family - and this time he was home for real
As he found familial bonds again, he felt soothed, and this changed him again, for he didn't want to go through the pain of loss again,
And revenge would again take him through tragedy, again horrible voilent deaths and again put him and his dadi through the pain of losing his loved ones.
So, Rudra made peace with his past, so that he and his family could live in peace in the future...
Dadi
Who is she
A proud strong lady, quite the maharani of her world, who spent her life doing seva,
not as a sevak but as the gracious First Lady of the Brahma Nishtha Panth
Her life is good, but for her stubborn son, who is so obsessed with his questioning of divine blessings
and hobnobbing with foreigners, that her whole world is threatened.
The old order would continue, her family of husband, son, daughter in law, grand son was perfect,
the panth was flourishing and respected, and she had a purpose in life,
if only her son would not be so obstinate and have some more respect for God's will.
Her 24 years :
Her worst fears came true, her son's heretic views incurred the wrath of the God,
The shree santh panth would have left them alone, had her son not meddled in affairs
He had no business meddling in
She lost her home, her panth, and all of her perfect family in a short span of life
and her own son was to be blamed for it
Unable to face the loss of all she ever had and valued, she went into a yoganidra
A deep sleep of 24 years, that passed by like a long long night from which she was awakened
By her long lost little grandson, and re-kindled her hopes of restoring her old world!
She soon met her son too, and life was almost back to where it was 24 years ago...
Shiva :
Who is he?
A genius, a man of incredible intellect and unequalled thirst for knowledge
And man who will not let things be, for true knowledge is the only religion he knows
And it's pursuit his only passion
An researcher, a discoverer and an inventor, in his world people live on the fringe
while all his energy is focused on the startling discovery he has made
- the significance of the Garuda chinha...
And the duty that has befallen on him - to save the world
His 24 years :
Every day a near death experience
Physical torture, captivity, abuse, insults and
the secret that he must guard even more than his life
Every day has been an agony and yet he did not allow himself to break
And survived everyday, because he knew that he had to be in Allahabad at the Mahakumbh
And he thought a lot about his son - Rudra !
The dynamics :
Dadi - Rudra
Her little baby is now a big boy, who is loving and caring
What more, he listens to her, and understands her and is supporting her to rebuild her life
For Rudra dadi has filled to an extent the emptiness that Maimui left, she has also shown him a way
To live a life that will be calm and safe, yet meaningful
Revenge destroys, Dadi's path is of rebuilding and that's an option that seems welcome after all the horrors he has faced !!!
Rudra - Shiva
Rudras last memory was sitting on his fathers shoulders, all agog at his first Kumbh mela, and this memory stayed with him, and he blamed himself for bringing this upon his father
For 24 years Rudra thought of his father with guilt, and also grew to hate the Garuda mark, beleiving it to be responsible for his ill fated life.
Now his father has explained to him the true meaning of the chinha, and the great power that has been bestowed upon him, and his true duty.
But, to do as his dad says is to once again walk down the path of death and destruction, and he is reluctant to do that
Rudra loves his father, but he does not want to go through a repeat of the last 24 years again, it is too painful ... Surly nothing can be worth that pain...
For Shiva he has been fixated on finding his son, 24 years in captivity he could survive because Rudra was out there somewhere and they were going to meet again, in MAHAKUMBH, if not sooner
He only had to last till then
All these years he never thought of his father, mother, wife, he never wept for his loss
He just waited with patience and thought of Rudra
For Rudra was the sarvashreshtha Garuda and he and his son were the chosen ones
When the battle for amrit took place, Rudra would lead them to victory and even in this janam
Save the amrit
And he shiva was the father of Rudra and had unlocked the key to this secret of ages !!!
Shiva Dadi
She went into a deep sleep last night angry with her son for wrecking havoc and bringing the total destruction of her world
Today she has woken up, to find that her grandson has survived but carries many a scar,
The same son, however still stands before her, unchanged, still unbending, uncontrite,
For her 24 years were not lived with pain and suffereing, she did not spend every day wondering how she was going to go through with it, she slept with anger and pain, and woke up with the same anger
Unresolved.
Shiva, on the other hand has suffered too much every moment for the last 24 years, to throw it all away to appease his mother
Some things are so much bigger than us that individual suffering is insignificant. Gyan is supreme and the duty of a Garuda is to protect the amrit - it has bee for many many births and that is the only fact that is significant.
We need people like Dadi to protect the moral fibre of a society and a family
But we also need people like Shiva to make sure that there is a society to protect
What lies ahead :
Today all 3 of them are living in their own towers, they must come together if the Mahakumbh is to be won, and we will see them together, I think
Food for thought:
Is Rudra by thinking only of his own pain, taking a cowardly approach, that doesn't befit a Garuda?
Is Dadi by being consumed by her loss, being too harsh to her only son, after all, of the three, he has suffered the worst fate in the last 24 years
shiva never thought of his parents or his wife, only of his son rudra
Is it because he loves his son the most, or becasue Rudra is the leader of all Garuda
Is his joy at meeting Rudra the joy of a father meeting a son, or the pride of a father for siring the sarvashreshtha Garuda
Is Rudra the apple of his eye or a man who is mission critical...
CID
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