These days I am watching a Gujarati serial named ‘Kanho Banyo Common
Man’. It is a nice serial which tells the story of Krishna as a common
human being on earth. A young person (Gopal) meets Krishna after his death
and complains of his untimely death. Krishna accepts the
challenge given by Gopal to come to earth (without any special power) and lead
the life of a common man.
Many incidents from our daily life are shown in the serial. I really
love those scenes in which Gopal (the role played by Krishna) explains many
concepts to the family members or to his friends, from the point of view of
spirituality. The values which are conveyed by those scenes are really nice.
Those scenes seem like coming directly from Shri Krishna.
Though I do not understand the language completely, still I get an
idea about the main points of all the scenes.
Here I am trying to note down some of the points covered by Gopal-
# During Rakshabandhan, he made a gift for his dear sister
which had the pictures of both the brothers (Gopal and Bhupesh) and a mirror where their sister
Kokila can see her own face, along with her two brothers.
# In one episode, Gopal explained how fasting helps our
body and why it is necessary.
# In a track which dealt with smuggling of alcohol, Gopal
exclaimed if only people would try to read the Geeta instead of using it
only for swearing in the court…
# Gopal explained about Puraan, how they present an ideal
life which the society can follow, in one of the episodes.
# He also explained about Krishna’s leela with Gopis to his friend
Geetika, when she asked Gopal about vastraharan leela of the Lord.
# During Randhan Chhath (along with Naag panchami, Shitala
Satam- all the Panch parv) Gopal
explained why we worship the kitchen, how any food made with a pure heart can
be considered as a prasaad and how the food made with any kind of negativity
and selfishness in mind, loses its vitality. Why sharing is necessary for the
society was also discussed.
I remembered the 12th and 13th shlok of Chapter 3 of Gita, while watching
the episode.
[ Ishtaan
bhogaan hi vo devaa daasyante yajnabhaavitaah
Tair
dattaan apradaayaibhyo yo bhungkte stena eva sah // 3.12 //
Devas,
cherished by the sacrifice, will give you the desired objects. Indeed, he who
enjoys objects given by the Devas without offering in return to them is
verily a thief.
Yajnashishtaashinah
santo muchyante sarva kilbishaih
Bhunjate
te twagham paapaa ye pachantyaatma kaaranaat // 3.13 //
The righteous who eat the remnants of the sacrifice
are freed from all sins; but those
sinful ones who cook food only for
their own sake, verily eat sin. ]
# Once the Mehta family (Gopal’s family) arranged a
Satyanarayan Puja in their home. I enjoyed that episode so much!! Gopal was
surprised that he had to worship himself.
He took the name of Sage
Sandipani as his teacher.
He also realsed the
bliss which a devotee feels when he worships his ‘aaradhya’.
That track was very
very special.
# In one of the episodes, he taught a neighbour- Durjan
Singh, why following the Truth is always better than indulging in any wrong
ways.
# Once there was a lady named Satyabhama in a track. Gopal
was very surprised to know her name and almost exclaimed aloud that- ‘this is
the name of my wife’.
# Recently they had a Geeta Shlok Pathan Competition.
During one of those episodes, Gopal recited the shlokas from Chapter 10, like
[ Ahamaatmaa gudaakesha
sarvabhootaashayasthitah
Ahamaadishcha
madhyam cha bhootaanaamanta eve cha // 10.20 //
I am the
Self, O Gudakesa, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning, the
middle and also the end of all beings
Aadityaanaamaham
vishnur jyotishaam raviramshumaan
Mareechirmarutaamasmi
nakshatraanaamaham shashee // 10.21 //
Among the (twelve) Adityas I am the Vishnu ; among
the luminaries, the radiant sun; I
am Marichi among the winds; among the stars I am the moon.]
And also to teach an
egoistic person a lesson, Gopal recited many more famous shlokas from Geeta.
I enjoyed those episodes
very much.
In that track, Gopal
explained that in comparison to memorizing the shlokas of Geeta without
realizing their meaning, helping others or serving the society is better as any such action show the application of the teachings of Geeta.
In this track, the
parents of Gopal wanted to test the knowledge of their son by asking him questions on scriptures- that scene was so humuorous!!
# Around November, a track was going on about a devotee,
who used to sing in the nearby temple of Gopal’s house. I was loving the track,
the way Gopal was appreciating the sincere devotion in the voice of the singer,
but those days I became busy and could not finish it…
# Once a track was
there where they prepared a play named ‘Kanho Shaano Chhaano Maano’. There Gopal
got the role of Duryodhan. So surpising! I laughed so much watching the
fun! And Gopal’s elder brother Bhupesh, got the role of Krishna.
There Gopal also conveyed some dialogues with sincerity which was loved
by all, but I could not understand the meaning of that scene.
# One day Gopal explained to her sister-in-law about our
religion and why we should never leave it, as she was discussing the same topic
with one of her friends.
# During Diwali I think, Gopal explained the true meaning
of Dhanteras. How Devi Lakshmi also brings peace and prosperity along with riches.
So only money is not enough, peace and properity are also the attributes of
Devi Lakshmi, which most people forget easily, and keep on praying for more and
more money to the Goddess.
# Now the track which was the latest and I enjoyed to core
of my heart. It was about a girl named Miraande who has come to India from abroad. She was interested
in Hindu rituals and wanted to do a research on Shri Krishna. Gopal explained
the concepts of Aarti, tilak, about bell of the temple and many more rituals
which we follow in our daily life. All those scene were very nice.
Then Miraande told
Gopal about her understanding regarding Mahabharat characters as a proof of
evolution of life on earth. She considers Kunti to be mother earth. Karn to be
the first living being. Yudhishthir = Intellect, Bheem= Energy, Arjun= Mind ,
Nakul and Sehdev= Hands and Legs. Gopal was very surprised to hear such a
theory and appreciated her.
Later Miraande felt
the call of the Lord in her heart and wanted to leave the sansaar and Gopal
explained to her that she can continue
with her normal life and simultaneously
can be devoted to the Lord. All the knowledge received from Gopal elevated Miraande
to a new level.
This track was very
sweet, it touched my heart. God Himself resides in the heart of a pure devotee.
It was evident from this track.
- These are some of
the scenes/ tracks which I could remember now. Many more good scenes are there
in all the daily episodes.
Very nice effort from the Production Company. I do not know the names
of all the artists, but came to know about the name of Mayank Pancal in the
title role. I also like the actress who plays the mother of Gopal. She is a
sweet and affectionate lady.
Do watch the serial to enjoy the messeges and feel the bliss of the Lord.
With lots of best
wishes
Jai Shri Krishna.
(Geeta Shlokas
taken from E- Samskriti website. Photo taken from internet, credit goes to the uploaders. Used only for the purpose of spreading devotion.)
