Freewill should not be dereliction of duty- Story of Ganga

Ganga the daughter of himavan could purify anything and everything. She had the capability to wash away sins, reform even an asura. And rightly said she was a woman of free will. She couldnt be trapped anywhere.

When she was called to Devlok to perform her duty she went without hesitation. But when a man wanted her to come to earth so that the sins of his ancestors could be washed away, she didnt like it.

She decided by taking her destructive form, by coming in full force she can make this man tell her he didnt want her. Here Ganga was using her power against her dharma or duty. Because Bhagirath was no ordinary man. He had done a lot of penance for the sake of his ancestors. He only wanted moksha for them. And only Ganga could give them that. As I already said to neglect a plea is the biggest sin when you have power to address the plea.

Ganga had the power to address Bhagirath's earnest plea for the moksha of his ancestors. Still she decided not to do it. And to this woman who thought can get away by using her power neglecting her duty Mahadev showed she cannot. He trapped her in his locks, reduced her power. She was made to understand her duty by this action of Mahadev and Shanker made her follow Bhagirath and do her duty towards the man kind.

So Ganga's story is a reminder that use your freewill judiciously. Never become proud of it. Because there will be one Mahadev to trap you and cut your free will if you use it for dereliction of your duty.

Every woman has to understand it. She is power. Shakthi herself has submitted lovingly to Mahadev who respects and loves her equally and places immense trust on her that she will use her freewill judiciously. And Shakthi for all the power she possess ensures she never breaks this trust of Mahadev. That is the relation of Purush and Prakriti.

Prakriti should never use her destructive form for harming innocents or for neglecting duty. If they do so they are breaking the trust of Purush and of course consequences will happen the way it happened for Ganga.

The story of Ganga and Bhagirtah is also a representative of the eternal tussle between man and nature - the quest of men to change the course of nature for personal needs.

Unless we do it with humility and responsibility and provide nature with a safe and alternate channel, we will be causing loss and destruction

Your power comes with responsibility

And when u land to the position of responsibility you may have choices and will but its certainly important to address to the wishes of people as now it becomes are duty .

And truly the person In power should be humble , like the nature which has all the power , but yet it fulfills all our needs

Now that u talked about freewill, about the trust factor between purush and prakriti... these are in direct correlation with Sita Rama...

I have always held on to the opinion that Sita alone, if ever had taken on her real form, was capable of killing Ravana and destroy the Lanka legacy. But she didn't use her power or showed off her might. Instead she showed her free will and strength in the form of her immense trust and patience. She waited day and night for her husband to rescue her. She knew very well not to misuse her power. And her husband in turn also knew, in the back of his mind, that she will not misuse her power in the name of free will or anything. This is strictly my opinion though.

I m yet to watch the epi, and with this post of yours, I think it should be a very good one!

And even Panchali had the power to punish Dussashan as we have to know her call does bring Lord Krishna, but she too wanted her husband's to do their duty towards her and towards dharma.

loved it

freewill , power everyone has but it should be use for other's help not to destruct someone..