Guys I have read through all the points. Have time constraint to reply individually. But let me tell couple of things. For me nothing is above humanity. Pandavas were as guilty as anyone else in that infamous hall of dice for allowing Panchali to fend for herself. None of them heard the voice of conscience or voice of duty.
Second why a woman has to tell explicitly her husbands they are wronged, the moment she untied her hair they dont exist for her, they are dead. If the men want their dignity let them show their masculinity. In those days a married woman with husbands never kept their head untied without shringaar. It was tied and adored with ornaments and gajra. Only widows kept their head untied without shringaar. That untying of hair was symbolic of what Panchali thought abt her husbands. That was enough to send the message.
Now comes the most important point. Individuality. I listened to mother, I listened to brother , I listened to the person whose salt I ate blah blah, nothing flies in when humanity and conscience is compromised.
If you look the 5 pandavas. Bhima roars in the infamous hall of dice, but he is chained, Arjun talks but he doesnt support Bhima, he thinks as brother he has to stand with Yudhi. If Yudhi was head, Bhima was heart. Things worked for everyone when Arjuna supported head directly or indirectly in various way. He always battled heart and head. And many times ended up choosing head. He gets BG yet he doesnt fight with all the heart. Still he has questions, why should I kill my teacher, my brothers etc etc..
Arjun breaks away from the system on day 14. Reason it is abt you and none could take decision for you. Arjuna knew to break Chakravyuha. But he was not there for his child. His child was killed brutally by the same people he revered. None of his brothers could protect his child. None.
The war of day 14 is Arjuna's individual choice. Victory or death it is his choice. It is the guilt, it is the anger, it is the realization of what he could have done so that his 16 yr old couldnt have died. When Arjuna goes breaking the rules, then the brand of Yudhi dharma also goes. Arjuna was the Maya that held the reeti, neeti and paramapara of hastinapur. The most eminent warrior in his need to be a good son, good brother, good defense of hastinapur ends up making wrong choices.
When Arjuna goes for Jaydrath head on day 14, the reeti, neeti falls. Kauravas get the taste of their own medicine, which ideally Yudhi should have given to Shakuni in infamous hall of dice. The so called Dharmaputra is forced to lie. This man tries to tell the truth, but Krishna and Bhima ensures it is not heard. His brand of theoritical dharma dies a death on day 14.
If you come to LM, Satrupa is that Maya, who battles head and heart, but chooses head indirectly supporting many things that are undesirable. A very talented woman becomes the bait for people to manipulate her in the name of reeti, neeti and parampara. This woman has to break free to ensure the truth of what happens in LM is seen outside. She is the Maya on which LM wasis run their reeti, neeti and parampara. This woman has to choose the heart and it will change a lot of things, lot of things.
MB all characters are grey and there is very thin line between dharma and adharma. I as a person exactly dont know the depth of it. So whenever in confusion I ask for direction and I get it from the story itself, which had formed the basis of my understanding of MB.
Someone told in MB there is Nar Narayan concept. Agree that is why it is easy to connect. But Ramayan also has that concept. I got the connection when I watched Siya Ke Ram. I had watched the show with certain questions and to be frank the screenplay of SKR answered me that questions to such an extend that " Shree Rama Rama Nameti " comes naturally to me and to be frank understanding Ram helped me to take a very important personal decision also. I cannot write everything of that in this thread as I had in detail analyzed that show and if interested you can read it from my writing index.
Edited by shruthiravi - 7 years ago