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| Antareja |
Being the grandson of the snake god, Antareja was born with scales all over his body that rendered him immune to all weapons. He couldn’t be killed as long as he touched the ground. He could also revive the dead, defying the person’s decided fate.
His most popular and deadliest ability, however, came from his tongue. He was so venomous that he could kill someone just by licking his/her footstep, without ever had to make direct contact with the person’s body at all.
He was truthful, reserved, loyal, willing to sacrifice himself, and devoted to the Gods.
But all of those noble characteristics were not enough.
Kresna, a reincarnation of the God Wisnu, thought that his existence could tip the frail balance between Pandawa (good) and Kurawa (evil). His participation in Bharatayuda would have meant a quick end to the war, depriving it from its glory, original purpose, and destroyed the fragile storylines for every character which had been meticulously woven by the Gods.
His doom was a must before Bharatayuda could start.
So Kresna came to him and had him killed by telling him to lick his own footstep.
Antareja was dead simply because he was too powerful.
But it ensured Bharatayuda and all the glory that came with it.
Its a very controversial wisdom don't you think?...he is loyal, and had done nothing wrong, but must die just so the drama can last longer..in a glory that is short lasting..does God really want us to drown into this worldly drama?
ReplyDeleteI know that in the real world, many good people, even great people die unexpectedly, and from the humanity's point of view, such dead will be considered in vain...does that mean we weren't meant to understand God's will at all??
Anyway, i have just watched Wathcmen...its awesome...love the irony, and somehow show me some way of hope...
yeah, kinda depressing.
ReplyDeletemaybe what it's trying to say is
"the heck with all the attempts to understand Him. I'll just do my best."
I like it too.
what kind of hope?
was it because of what Dr. Manhattan said?
"and from all this chaos, the only result is you..."
or something like that.
i think what he's done is noble in ancient times where good and evil were measured by the obidience of a dogma made by gods.
ReplyDeleteSo in my perception the morale of the story don't lie in the small things like barathayuda wars but the virtue of faith..that's what i think i maybe wrong coz i haven't read the story -___-"
Me?i don't think i can kill my self even if jesus come for the 2nd time and ask me to kill myself so others can be saved and glorious..i'm not a prick and surely not a suicide bomber.bwahahahaha
"don't lie in the small things"?
ReplyDeletedid you mean "don't rely on the small things"?
about the 2nd coming,
hahahaha...
"nope, thank you Jesus. I'll pass."
If so (obedience) are we wrong to be searching for the truth??
ReplyDeleteI do understand in the virtue of faith..and yes...perhaps barathayuda considered in significant to both Kresna n Antareja..like dr. Manhattan who thinks that the nuclear war is insignificant..
Does the part (the death of Antareja) mentioned again later in the story as some virtue for the remaining Pandawas??
And yes...something like that..its like showing me the connection between both the insignificance and the significance of the world..why this "nothing matters" world is still matters..although I cant describe it in a proper words..
Even though its kinda ironic to my shallow perception that what adrian do was finally approved by dr. Manhattan..and in the end, Rorschachs' Journal was found by the press..and the world back into chaos like it is today..and the vigilante became once again meaningless..
there's always 2 sides of a coin it's not wrong to find the truth and its not wrong to have Faith. the wrong thing is just having a little bit of each -____-"
ReplyDeletethe coolest thing about watchmen are the human knowledge can still cheat Godlike creature.
@hub:yep i mean lie not in a "bohong" meaning but lie "berbaring"
no, I don't think his death was ever mentioned again.
ReplyDeleteabout the contradiction between effort and devotion/faith, I just remember a story in The Prayer of the Frog which I think tells it wonderfully.
-START-
a pupil came to the teacher and asked, "what do I need to do in life?"
the teacher answered, "there are two things.
first, you must understand that every effort you do will prove to be worthless and end in vain."
"what?" said the pupil. "then what's the second thing?"
the teacher replied, "you must pretend you don't know the first part."
-END-
btw, I like the movie because
- it gives me a macrocosmic perception (through Dr. Manhattan)
- it has profound conflicts between what's relevant and not (through Dr. Manhattan), idealism and reality (through Rorschach and Adrian)
- and yeah, just like wongky's, there's a part when a man can cheat Godlike creature. hehehe...
resuming from my earlier comment about hinduism and javanese
ReplyDeletethere is no such thing like antareja exist
i valued what javanese philosopher trying to do...but if they keep deviate from the original part, the destination cant ever be reach
sorry for my strong objection for javanese contra Hinduism
Hahahaha...here is the anti-Java commentary again...
ReplyDeleteanyway..I remember this...This was the time when I see things as doomed...worthless...meaningless...and everything that happen in this world has no mean in the end hahaha...what a depressing time...and its just a half-year ago..damn..its been a half-year...hahahaha
@ Hariy
ReplyDeleteit's okay.
I just take what interests me from anywhere I can find it. Although I must admit, the fact that it may come from someone's imagination and dramatization instead of the original story is pretty damaging.
@ Aron
yeah, it's funny sometimes to read the old stuff.
I just hope it would continue that way. if it doesn't, I'll fear that I have stopped learning.