Jagat Satya Bhrahma Mithya - episode 9

Ram meets Rishi jabali, a rationalist, and is intrigued by him

Father and sons have a warm reunion, but parampara stands in the way of their meeting their mothers

While Ram encounters rationalism, in Mithila the nag becomes symbolic of oncoming danger, will Sita be the saviour here too?

Rishi Jabalis words - jagat Satya, brahma Mithya - the world is the truth and the brahma is A lie

He also believes that all relationships are merely stops in the journey of life. A very contrasting view to the world view at that time.

Another interesting episode, which again raised many questions for us.

Father and son reunion was a very nice scene.

Completely agree with you today's episode raised so many questions.

Looking forward to how Sita will be savior for Mithila. A very interesting part.

A wonderful take of the episode!!!!

I don't know if I want to see Sita as the saviour of Mithila. It is a serious digression from the original story.

I also hope that having done this, the writers have thought her character through and will know how to balance her character later.

That's because I was quite stumped by it - both by jabali and by the yudh on Mithila, there seem to be some changes from the original here

Jabali was an advisor to raja Dashratha, but here he seems to be some sort of a rebel... Let's see how it goes. Very confused with so many liberties with the story

Thanks dear, I too want to see Sita's role in the battle, and not sure if I like this modern twist

I don't know much about Jabali. Hence I don't think it is right for me to discuss about it or Sita going to battlefield. I have my own reservations regarding this. But I will not discuss that also. I will put 2 other important points I observed in the episode which can be food for thought.

First Jabali is aethist. He says God resides in human, if everyone is God why Pooja is necessary. And as usual he is rebuked by traditional people. And then Lakshman raises another question seeing Jabali. How he got so many followers. If Jabali got so many followers the reason is because people are not able to see God. They just see humans and they don't believe in the idols in the temples. How will you prove to them God exists. In fact some people are above others. Not by birth, not by caste. But by actions. What does Ram's eyes see when he enters Ayodhya. Not the opulent buildings but the beggar lady and a poor man pushing the cart. He who sees the pain of others and thinks of doing something for it is God. Unless the pain is alleviated, unless people feel their grievances are addressed how will they see God. Yes Jabali will see God but in the form of the human. He will understand why pooja is needed and why some are poojaniye. The answer to his belief is in Ram, and to give answer to Jabali Ram will not have to be angry like those priests. Following the traditions he can prove Jabali wrong by his actions. And that is real victory. Again application of the learning. Instead of rebuking a thought we have to understand why such a thought exists. And how that thought can be removed. There has to be someone who understands both sides.

Second part superstition. Janak says if you need to have blind faith, why not have it for something good. Yes Nagdevata came. Why cant it be taken as the symbol of protecting Mithila, or protecting Shiv Dhanush. Same is the case with us. When we try to go out we get a small injury, or some small block comes. We curse it, we think our journey wont be fruitful. But why cant we think that injury or that block is nature's way of protecting us from some big calamity.

I have read an account of 9/11 survivor who told just because she had a shoe bite, she had to stop at the chemists to get a band aid and that 15 min delay on that day was her life saver.

And I feel the show will also show Nagdevata coming in a positive light only. But for us whenever obstacles come, please understand it is nature's way of telling us, I am protecting you. Just tolerate this. Be thankful to nature for small obstacles.