Crisp Bytes SC - 23rd Aug 13 - Page 8

Originally posted by: Arshics

The way GMT had meant it to be Shana. No pramaad sudhar, HDDCS, Navin ka khulasa and Saras Kumud ko ghar nikala, and pramaad's death!

Aisa lag raha hai mujhe

Originally posted by: IdiotViewer

...Kumud's big reveal... I had a lot of issues with that I've explained in my previous posts. It was clever on one hand, but incredibly foolish on another. Like attempting to stop a crack in a dam with a piece of scotch tape. A temporary, hasty suture when the avalanche has already started. Kumud is only going to get washed away by the sheer force. The 'tease' of a data provided by Kumud has only further whetted Pramad's appetite to find ALL he can about Saraswatichandra. Kumud's 'big reveal' essentially focused on two people. Did she even mention to Pramad why her and Saras' rishta broke? She came close to it while she talked about LN's adultery and the letter Saras' found, but did she actually come out and say? Remember this is the same 'secret' that Alak holds like a weapon over Kumud's head. I doubt she would've actually bitten the bullet here. Not even in good faith. The only thing I liked about the sequence was that it functioned as an ode to "Saraswatichandra"... And the powerful purpose for which it was intercut with Saras and Kusum convo was to highlight that Saraswatichandra, lives on, not in Navinchandra but in Kumud. On one hand, Saras was renouncing and refuting his very existence and on the other Kumud was unabashedly 'celebrating' the man.

... No one wants to be alone (Kumud) but someone has always walked alone (Saras). What of him? He stays unwanted, perpetually in rifle-sights and now he will be put under a microscope too. That too by someone who cannot bear even the merest hint of scrutiny upon himself (Pramad).

...Curious mention: Kusum 'stumbles' and Murakhdass of all people catches her out?! Another piece of the jigsaw has been dropped. It is an indication of how that name "Saraswatichandra" is going to resonate in the coming days in BD household. There is no escaping "Saraswatichandra" a name BD and Alak are already familiar with. A name Pramad is consumed with. A name Navin has renounced. A name Kumud keeps firmly inside her heart. A name Kusum condemns. A name that is going to end everything. Only to start anew. A name that will one day again, rise, like the phoenix it is... SARASWATICHANDRA.

... Navin for his part, was in blue, in his Krishna avatar, and that is how he will be conducting himself in this interaction. By the end of the trip, he unwittingly and unaware is going to end up handing Pramad another important piece of the jigsaw. Ironic that BD is worried about Pramad when Navin is the one who will not return 'unscathed' and Pramad, stronger than before.

...That "Aap bhi khalena" bit... With ehsaas assaulting full-frontal, was very calculatively placed by Cv's in the service of Pramad. Saras is going to be reeling under it, under the magic of that half-smile bestowed upon him like manna from heaven. He will be vulnerable in the throes of "ehsaas", Pramad is gonna notice, strike and Navin, in the moment is going to let something slip away. That is why he was wearing blue. Because with this first 'dance' with Pramad, Saras is going to be the star-crossed lover and not the persona he has adopted now. Curious mention: Kumud 'entreats' Kanha ji, to keep one "Kanha" safe from the other "Kanha"... Ironic.

Originally posted by: IdiotViewer

Adiani... Thank you and, You're right. We can keep debating =) However, my interpretation above was to soothe a subjective 'itch' that I was feeling. You're right, there is no reformation basis now, but I will still maintain, some markers placed in previous epi's did hint at the scope for it.

Arshi ji, would be much obliged if some context could be provided for the "Makkhan eating" bit today. I know Krishna was fond of it, but is there any ritual per se, regarding such on his birthday? Would really appreciate it 😳

Originally posted by: hotdogg

Ivy-

krishna was fond of makhan...which was often denied to him.
So he would play pranks with the cowherd girls - gopis - and try to steal the makhan.
The foremost among the gopis was Radha.

Hindu theology also celebrates divinde jodis as Vishnu - Laxmi / Shiva - Paravti as interpretation of the Yin - Yang forces of nature...or the split between matter (male - Purush) & energy (female - Shakti)...which are essentially both the same yet so different.. (with the female form represented by the goddess or Shakti).

Krishna - Radha is considered a divine jodi... incarnation of the original god & goddess :Vishnu - Laxmi.

Krishna - Radha relationship is considered as the complete union - from physical to mental love.

Therefore in the story, Kumud providing makhan to Pramad is an attempt by the MIL to enact a complete union described above...when kumud provides makhan it means she has accepted him completely and/ or surrendered herself completely to Pramad...


So in a sense she is trying desperately to believe all is well between kumud & Pramad

Originally posted by: pasumarthisa

Krisha-radha are symbols of divine love beyond physical and worldly. And also used to mean the relationship that didn't translate to marriage.

I don't think krishna-radha symbolism is behind this ritual that SD was referring to. I was also asking Arshi if such a ritual exists in North.

Rukmini is considered an incarnation of lakshmi and is the wife of Krishna.