Ramji knew best - Rejection and acceptance

I am writing about the Bhog laddoo today. After Rashi's mistake and her punishment, you would feel that Ramji would be pleased with her and would have accepted the humongous Laddoo she had ordered. But no.. It took Gopi's little hands to make a small laddoo and present it as Bhog to her Ramji.

The truth is, Hetal was right in one statement today but she did not mean it the way I am going to write about it. She said that however the laddoo looked, it was still prasad. Very true. But what Hetal forgets is that you tell such statements when your heart considers that as Bhog and not as an excuse to hide a mistake.

Rashi ordered the laddoo as a duty. She did not and does not realize that a Bhog for Him requires the feeling of Bhakti involved in it. You may donate millions of rupees to God but to him a small portion of flattened rice and sugar from Sudama is more sweeter than the Laddoo made by the best of ghee and cashews..

That is what happened today. Rashi was too involved in herself and she forgot that she had made a mistake about His Bhog. She was so worried about getting scolded that not once did she regret ruining the Bhog as such. Hence when she tried taking the Laddoo in, Ramji did not even want it. He rejected it unceremoniously.

However, when the Panditji said that the Bhog cannot be presented in its huge form, Gopi had tears in her eyes. For she realized as a true Bhakt .. Her next actions tell us how true a Bakt she is. She did not do it to save Rashi or to get the credit. She did it for her Ramji and Ramji accepted the Laddoo from her hands though Rashi brought it in. For He always knows who is true and who isn't.

Another thing.. I loved and I totally agree with Koki today. from the updates I felt maybe she was harsh but seeing the episode, I do not agree. I think Koki like Gopi is a true Bhakt when compared to Hetal and Rashi who are superfluous even in this. I say this because...

When Rashi brought the laddoo, the Modi's know that she made a mistake. The mistake does not become smaller because people liked the laddoo size. And the situation was made worse by Hetal's statement which she meant as an excuse to Rashi. Rashi was nodding at the people praising the Modi's for the idea.

One person even said that it shows how true Bhakts they are. Koki was appalled. I would be too. This is no Bhakti. If you take credit for this then there is nothing lower that this.. Hetal and Jigar as well as Rashi should have been appalled at people thinking that the Modi's got the laddoo intentionally like this out of Bhakti..

Isn't taking pride about this mistake suddenly becoming a blessing like Rashi taking credit for Gopi walking when she actually almost killed her? What is the difference between that and this? That is why Koki was angry and appalled and Hetal could not say no to the punishment😊

No wonder Koki was angry. Once more Hetal and Rashi have gone down lower in the scale🤢

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Superb post harini👏⭐️

Harini... in reality, in any temple, this is how it happens... why do we have special darshan for 1000 Rs, VIP darshan with recommendation by the ministers or MLAs or bureaucrats... is this how you show your gratitude to god.. do you measure bhakti by money ' people compare donations to devotion...that is what happens in reality..which is pathetic...
even in the serial... people were thinking that the bigger ladoo the modis have more bhakti

Is bhakti all about money and size of the prasad...and
what does god want from a devotee...his undivided and selfless devotion...

Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart -- a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water -- I accept with joy.
' this is what Lord Krishna says in Gita

He the Lord Krishna, himself said that a small offering be it anything.. but the feelings of devotion and attitude should be genuine...
Here Gopi has the devotion, her only wish was to make an offering to Ramji.. where as rashi was all the more worried about herself and also was worried about the blasting she would receive from koki.. she was not for once thinking the ladoo to be bhog.. she was thinking about her mistake
god's sees intentions... rashi never had the genuine intention of offering the ladoo as bhog, which was mercilessly rejected by the lord.. where as people with good intentions have the mind and heart at right place.. the intentions will pave way to their intelligence... gopi had the intention and devotion to offer ladoo, she got the idea of making a small ladoo and offer it as bhog..but rashi's real intentions were to skip the blasting from koki.. to get the weight of her shoulders...but the exact opposite happened here...

Kokil Modi: do i have to tell how much i love her, 👏yes, she is an unbiased, fair lady, ⭐️her punishments are the same to gopi, rashi and even Ahem... there is a least distinction between the 3 persons...Koki made it a point,,, and hetal, being the elder... she has every right to stop koki..but she did not.. now after going home she can accuse koki of being harsh to Rashi...

if she really felt that rashi was unnecessarily targeted, why did she not stop koki from punishing Rashi...

harini.. hetal and rashi hit rock bottom with their conscience...and attitude...🤢

Watching the episode today and seeing the reaction of the onlookers and the pandit I was very disappointed. You cannot measure the depth of someone's faith and belief on the size of the offering the person gives. People give offerings from their heart and bigger is not always better. Just because the ladoo was humongous doesn't imply that the person offering it has a deeper belief than someone who brings a smaller offering.

However like you said, I did enjoy Gopi's solution and the emotion showing in her eyes. We all know that Gopi is a true believer, in good times and bad she is always remembering her god and is always first to thank him. Rashi shows her belief in only calling upon god when she needs something and doesn't think twice about using god to get her own way.

Kokila's reaction was perfect today. She knew that Rashi made a mistake and just because other people were ok to believe that she'd done good didn't detract from the fact that she's done wrong. Hetal didn't want a fuss made but that doesn't mean she can pull a cloak over Rashi's obvious mistake. Rashi hasn't exactly confined her idiocy behind closed doors.

Again the men were quiet but I think that just highlights that the older Modi men agreed with Koki in this matter. However Jigar, even though he's being irritating by romancing Rashi all the time, was feeling bad for his wife and trying to stand by her which is what a husband should do. Not that I think Rashi deserves a husband like that.

Regarding Kokila, though I agree with you regarding the degree of punishment, I thought that Kokila could have handled the situation better. Rashi deserves even harsher punishment, but she will take full advantage of this situation to make Koki-Hetal rift worse.

i disapproved of kokilas second punishment of having rashi hold the laddoo the whole time but i guess in someways she deserves it,

however the rfit is still on.. and so i was expecting Hetal to say something and bail rashi..but hmm..Hetal has her ways of tackling Rashi and Kokila. 🤔

Thanks Suk.. 😛

Sudama and Krishna's story is one of my favorites😊

Originally posted by: angl143

U have explained it so well 👏 that all my frustration and irritation at Kokila has now all gone down the drain! I guess I had a weak moment thinking of Rashi! What was I thinking? 😲

Thank you😃

Remember that this is very little as a punishment for Rashi. Actually I felt Rashi was acting about the weight today.. Just for sympathy😕

Thank you Nazma..😛

The comments from the people and Rashi's reaction to it was what angered me... And Hetal had to make an excuse after that😡

I felt Koki was fair today. Rashi made the Modi's look ridiculous today. Hence her punishment was to understand how ridiculous her mistake is.. I think except for Hetal and Jigar everyone agreed..

Gopi was worried for the laddoo and Bhog than about Rashi.

As for Jigar, sorry Nazma.. His support at the temple is understandable. But in the kitchen, I pitied him for falling for Rashi again. She was enjoying seeing him dance to her tunes..🤢 and he was smiling silly😡