The television series, Mahabharat, is a 94 episode Hindi series that is based on the Hindu epic, Mahabharata. Although there are 94 episodes in this entire television series, I will only be focusing on episode 72 which corresponds to the near beginning of the Bhagavad Gita text.
Episode 72 of the Mahabharat television series begins with a short dialogue between the blind king, Dhritarashtra, and his advisor, Sanjaya. Dhritarashtra asks Sanjaya to tell him what had happened on the battlefield between the Pandus and the Kauravas. The next scene shows the actual battlefield. The Pandavas and the Kauravas are gathered on opposite sides of each other. After a brief introduction on the two armies in the battle, the rest of the episode focuses simply …show more content…
From what I can see, there are no notable changes and differences between the film episode and the original text itself. This is probably because this television series is a translation to the original work. Although it is feasible for other film directors to omit and change up the scenes in the text when doing an adaptation of the book, this was not true for this case. The Hindu beliefs of atman and dharma were successfully and effectively communicated in this specific film episode. Both the film episode and the beginning of the Bhagavad Gita text shed light upon the concepts of atman (an eternal self) and dharma …show more content…
This quote reveals that even when a person’s body dies, it is only the physical body that perishes. The eternal and never-dying soul remains, and simply enters a new body. Besides mentioning about the eternality of the soul, the Bhagavad Gita text also emphasizes on the importance of recognizing and doing one’s own duty in the caste system. In the case of the text, Arjuna must do his duty, or dharma, as a warrior and fight in the battle— “Likewise consider thine own (caste-)duty (dharma), then too hast thou no cause to quail; For better than a fight prescribed by duty is nothing for a man of the princely class” (Goodall
Episode 72 of the Mahabharat television series begins with a short dialogue between the blind king, Dhritarashtra, and his advisor, Sanjaya. Dhritarashtra asks Sanjaya to tell him what had happened on the battlefield between the Pandus and the Kauravas. The next scene shows the actual battlefield. The Pandavas and the Kauravas are gathered on opposite sides of each other. After a brief introduction on the two armies in the battle, the rest of the episode focuses simply …show more content…
From what I can see, there are no notable changes and differences between the film episode and the original text itself. This is probably because this television series is a translation to the original work. Although it is feasible for other film directors to omit and change up the scenes in the text when doing an adaptation of the book, this was not true for this case. The Hindu beliefs of atman and dharma were successfully and effectively communicated in this specific film episode. Both the film episode and the beginning of the Bhagavad Gita text shed light upon the concepts of atman (an eternal self) and dharma …show more content…
This quote reveals that even when a person’s body dies, it is only the physical body that perishes. The eternal and never-dying soul remains, and simply enters a new body. Besides mentioning about the eternality of the soul, the Bhagavad Gita text also emphasizes on the importance of recognizing and doing one’s own duty in the caste system. In the case of the text, Arjuna must do his duty, or dharma, as a warrior and fight in the battle— “Likewise consider thine own (caste-)duty (dharma), then too hast thou no cause to quail; For better than a fight prescribed by duty is nothing for a man of the princely class” (Goodall