Five Elements - PanchTatva.....

Since DEV has to apologize to the Five elements.. and there were some questions about it I just want to write on this topic - based on my understanding - others are welcome to contribute as well...or correct me if I am wrong....

As you must know Hindu philosophy believes God is both Nirgun (no attributes) and Nirakar (Formless) and also Sagun ( with all the attributes) and Sakar- (With Forms)....[Different schools of thoughts believe differently]

GOD is Formless and yet can take Infinite forms.... God has no attributes and yet He has ALL the infinite qualities...

But the vedas clearly state :

Ishwar ekoasti, Dwitiya naasti naasti naasti - God is one..... not two, not at all, not at all and not at all....

so there is no doubt that ultimately there is ONLY ONE GOD....

However the Vedas also state 'It started with ONE and then took to Infinite and again brought it to One having said "Neti Neti" means neither this neither that....'

So what is the connection between the NirGuna and SaGuna......One way of understanding that I like is through the formation of the the Five Elements...

From the Nirguna Bhraman came...

First Aakash - It has the quality of sound ....(OM sound)

From Aakash then came Vayu - which we can hear and feel (sound and TOUCH )

From Aakash and Vayu came Agni -which we can hear, feel and see ...( sound, touch and SIGHT)

Then from Aakash Vayu , Agni came Jal - which we can hear, feel, see and taste(rasa).... (sight , touch sound and FLAVOR)

From all them came the Earth which we can see, feel hear, taste and smell - ( sight , touch, sound, Flavor and SMELL)

So basically from the attribute-less Bramhan came all the 5 elements with their 5 gunas.....

Hence God although being nirgun and nirakar made all the qualities of Sight, Sound, Touch,Taste and Smell...hence He is also SAGUN and Sakar..

Hence the importance of Panch Tatva's....

Your post is extremely educational. So what is the moral dilemma for Rads in Dev asking forgiveness for something that he has not done? From the way that you wrote it this seems like a very serious ritual. So also does this prevent Vish from claiming any rights on him later?

I have another question, so what does this ritual actually consist of? Visiting 5 temples in Delhi? So walking by foot dragging a heavy chariot? Is there a ceremony to this?

I would love to know if there is such a Prayaschit in any Hindu samaj book of rules.

Is this just a creative team gone wild to create "shock and awe" kind of episode to get viewership?

FL Gators, it seems like creatives are creating many chances for Rads to speak up and spare the RP family humiliation. For instance when Dev has to leave the puja area b/c he has no wife. Here Dev will have to publicly apologize for something he has not done (get married and be unable to honor that marriage). So I am not sure whu but just so that as you said when the truth comes out all these sufferings will be remembered by RP family. Or maybe creatives want truth out now. As kuku said before, the truth will have less impact after re-marriage. But now Rad's silence is indeed having a cost.

Very nice and educative post Kuku.

These Panchtatva concept gels so well with the five senses we have got. I had never associated the sky, air, fire, water and earth with the five senses earlier! Thanks, it is a good read.

JP, I don't think they are aiming for the real truth now. I think all these repentances are for future. When Dev knows about the truth, these incidents will make him mad at Rads. So it will be prayschit time for Radhika at that time. 😊

Very well explained about Panchatatwa. But the question is when once Dev comes to know the truth ( especially after all these so called prayshchit) how can he love Radhika? The entire RP house has been humiliated in public, Devaki says that her scare for amma made her shut her mouth, is she not scared of GOD ( being a shastris wife?)

Hello ALL. ...Thanks for your comments..

I really have no knowledge what the procedure of 'Prayaschit' will involve.. [Allthough I am from Rajasthan -I have no knowledge of RajPurohit rules...😆 😆 😆 ]

I just wrote this because there were some questions like.. what these 5 elements are and their importance..I just thought that I would share whatever little knowledge I have. ...and maybe learn from some other people as well ..

So I don't have any input if asking for forgiveness has grave importance - I know Radhika Will allow this to go through and will be further maligned in eyes of DEV eventually.....


Shahsi54 : I think it is better to view this serial as a story of Human Weakness .... Humans are not perfect and everybody interprets will of God differently....everybody does different acts ... with some intentional and some unintentional consequences... Just becasue someone is Shastri's wife or a Krishna devotee does not mean that they are making the right calls or will NOT commit grave SIN or are not susceptible to weakness in general - this story is all about choices being made by humans not GOD.

Better not to view it as a story about Hinduism.. It is a story of man made follies - that is just my outlook 😊

very true Kukuraja-looks like human weakness is rampant in a hindoo shastri jis home. right from his mom they uphold lies and adharma. devki follows footsteps-they say there is darkness under lamp-this is the perfect example.