Pain, but Divine!

Brass, pots, grinding stone, the sacrificial fire, 

millets all essential to symbolise the threadbare

of our existence and the power of the Universe 

over our every action. Till death do us apart 

this irrevocable union for continuity of the 

species. ©FG.

It is that time of my life when friends and relatives start inviting me to their children's wedding. Sometimes I wonder why they do that. Me, a cynic, one who derives schadenfreude by just watching the world go by from the background. The one who sneers within himself which of the weddings that he attends is going to be in the doldrums, which loving couple is going to two-time, which lovey-dovey couple is going to be at each others' throat and much more.

Maybe because of my status of being married, staying married for a reasonable period of time whilst dodging all the curveballs that were hurled my way in my lifetime (thus far) makes qualified to bless the newlyweds. The family may wish me to part with a bit of wisdom to that effect. Maybe, I, being the eldest in the family, had to represent my recently demised father to do the necessary deeds. He, however, was not a great fan of it either and would scoff all the unnecessary displays of fake niceties and falsehoods seen at these functions. Perhaps, the groom's family just wanted the numbers to show their in-laws that they had the manpower and numbers to defend if accusations of shortchanging or shortcoming should arise.

The ancestors knew that people were the worst of eyewitnesses. That is why a Hindu wedding, unlike others, is irrevocable and irreversible as it was done with the elements of Nature as the presiding judge. The sanctity of the occasion is vouched by the elements of Nature - water, fire, wood, wind. The approvals of the spirits of Nature is invoked through the rituals of symbolism and sounds. For good measure, a camera with its watchful eyes is placed amongst the paraphernalia essential in the cajoling procedure. If onlookers in the human form do not stand up if the sacred union were wronged, leave it to Elements. Offenders to the dharmic order would be dealt with and straightened up in their impartial ways.

The couples' intentions may be private but private intentions involving the privates need the approval of the Higher Forces. Within its act, are disseminated the seed of life. Somebody ought to take responsibility for it. Something so good cannot be without a catch. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Somebody has to clear the mess!

You may get away in the mortal world through legal wrangles but beware of the Void. Even video recordings can be brushed aside as fake, Nature, the silent observer would remain anything but quiet. It will definitely get you. If it does not, the guilt and the forces within you would. ©FG

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