SHIV KE DAS, SHIV KE PAAS

 



“What, then, shall we say in response to these things?

if God is for us, who can be against us?”

Romans 8:31

 

When Lord Shiva – Mahadev – leaves in his blue, chic Ferrari, He says, “I have to go… There is another ‘mareez’ (patient/needy) waiting for me,” we smiled and left the cinema hall, convinced, that OMG3 will come soon… Lord Shiva – Har, Har Mahadev - will return soon… to help us through our distressful times…

So what, if Lord comes in in the body of Akshay Kumar? Is not the promise same?

Most of us have come this far, believing, that if we have complete faith in God, He will protect us… help us through our most difficult times… I loved the line in this second avatar of OMG: ‘Shiv ke das, Shiv ke paas.’

How innocent, how clean that promise can be!





Of late, I have come across many young men and women who have been drawn towards Lord Shiva’s enigma… They are awestruck by everything about Shiva – His wrath, dance and destruction … what He wears on and around His head – from the crescent moon, the Kailash mountain, the River Ganga to the third eye on His forehead, the serpent around His neck and the poison in His throat….These young men and women find Shiva to be a great icon, the essence of existence…

Weeks after its release, OMG 2 still runs  almost a full-house… While watching it, last evening, I wondered whether it was the subject of the story or Shiva that drew so many people – the young and the old, the literate and the illiterate, the rich and the poor – to the packed cinema hall.

I am fond of a friendly God… The God that comes and holds my hand in my times of distress… Who reminds me, constantly: “If I am with you, who can be against you?”

Faith can be so innocent… So unpolluted!





It is very, very comforting to be rest assured, that Shiv ke das will, always, be Shiv ke paas… Yes, yes, whether Shiva comes resting on His bull, or His Ferrari…

 

GERALD D’CUNHA

 

Pic’s.: Bollywood Hangama

Video: Viacom 18 Studios

 


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