RAMAYAN DAILY DISCUSSION THREAD - Page 25

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

Vibs

Radha was never a wife of Krishna - something one would conclude by the use of the adjective 'other' to refer to Krishna's wives. In fact, she was already married to someone else when Krishna seranaded her, but their friendship was just that. This is the first I'm reading of Radha being the one to tell Krishna's wives on how to keep their husband happy.

As an aside, I'm surprised that Lakshmi, who incarnated as Rukmini, agreed to have co-wives to Vishnu. Wouldn't that have been a humiliation for her?

Exit question: In the treta yug, Vishnu preceded Sesha-nag, but in the Dwapar yug, the opposite happened. Are there any stories as to why?

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

If these characters were transfered to the Dwapar Yug, I think Gurmeet would be a fine Krishna, Debina would be a fine Satyabhama, the Sumitra here would be a fine Rukmini and the Chandrasena (of Ahi-Mahi) would be a fine Jambavati. Mandavi would make a good Draupadi, while 'Dhanya' (there she is again 😆) would make a good Subhadra. I'd make 'Kaikeyi' here Devaki, Jaya Ojha here would be Kunti.

Balaram would probably be best played by Praphulla, given that Praphulla combines both the physique and fury. Vijay Bhatia would make a good Pradyumna, while Ankit would be a good Satyaki, and 'Shatrughan' would make a good Arjun. Akhilendra would be a good Jarasandha, while Rakesh Deewana would be a good Kamsa. I'd also have Pankaj Kalra playing Shalva. Can't think of a good Shishupala from this cast.

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

Mandodari

I happen to agree with Chen2chic - I too have read about Satyabhama being Krishna's fav, not Rukmini. The Tulabharam incident was just there to demonstrate a lesson about the name of god being greater than god itself, but it in no way reflected who Krishna's favorite was. When Krishna went out on his campaign against Narakasura, he took Satyabhama with him, and once, it was Satyabhama who asked Draupadi how she managed to satisfy 5 hubbies when Krishna's 16108 wives couldn't satisfy even him. Draupadi taught her accordingly, and likely, that was how Satyabhama worked her way into being Krishna's favorite.

Originally posted by: Vibhishna

I have heard of a similar sotry but it was Radha who teaches all other wives the meaning of true love.

Besides, Sathyabama was the incarnation of mother Earth and Rukmini was the incarnation of Goddes Lakshmi. Lord Krishna had 8 principal queens and the rest (16,100 - if I'm not mistaken) were released from the clutches of Narakasur and Lord Krishna accepted them to vindicate their honour according to one version of the story.

Originally posted by: chen2chic

Thnx Chandraketu for supporting my view. In the Mahabharata, when Draupadi goes to work as Sairandiri under Queen Sudeshna in King Virat's place, she introduces herself and says that she had worked for Krishna's fav. queen Satyabhama and Draupadi, and that is how the queen agrees to employ her.

Oh yes, and also the Narakasura story, I think Satyabhama was the charioteer of Krishna, right?

And also is there a special significance of the number 16,108? (number of wives of Krishna)

Originally posted by: ananyacool

Does draupadi introduce herself as having been a servant of queen Satyabhama??

In BRchopra MBH Draupadi introduces herself saying that she was the foremost maid of Draupadi herself and she had been serving draupadi even before she (Draupadi) was married and that King Dhrupad regarded Sairandhri as his daughter.....

Btw Sairandhri is a position , if I'm not wrong; Draupadi calls herself 'Malini"

(Sorry Chandraketu, there's no 'Dhanya' as a prefix to Malini here) 😉

Originally posted by: chen2chic

Oh o.... looks the cast of Sagars Mahabharat is already brewing up...............

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

Vibs

Radha was never a wife of Krishna - something one would conclude by the use of the adjective 'other' to refer to Krishna's wives. In fact, she was already married to someone else when Krishna seranaded her, but their friendship was just that. This is the first I'm reading of Radha being the one to tell Krishna's wives on how to keep their husband happy.

As an aside, I'm surprised that Lakshmi, who incarnated as Rukmini, agreed to have co-wives to Vishnu. Wouldn't that have been a humiliation for her?

Exit question: In the treta yug, Vishnu preceded Sesha-nag, but in the Dwapar yug, the opposite happened. Are there any stories as to why?

Originally posted by: godisone

I too only read of Draupadi introducing herself as the foremost maid of Draupadi. Yeah, Sairandhri is a position. I think it's another word for 'hair dresser'. She called herself 'Nalini' in the book I have.

Originally posted by: ananyacool

Does draupadi introduce herself as having been a servant of queen Satyabhama??

In BRchopra MBH Draupadi introduces herself saying that she was the foremost maid of Draupadi herself and she had been serving draupadi even before she (Draupadi) was married and that King Dhrupad regarded Sairandhri as his daughter.....

Btw Sairandhri is a position , if I'm not wrong; Draupadi calls herself 'Malini"

(Sorry Chandraketu, there's no 'Dhanya' as a prefix to Malini here) 😉