Day 7: Maa Kalratri & Lord Ram — When Divine Protection Comes Out of Darkness

(Spotlight on The Child)

Child: Maa Shakti gave us a message yesterday that every living creature has an equal right to live. Humans need to understand this. Still, I couldn't see any difference. And today is the seventh day. There is great commotion everywhere and humans are pleading for mercy. Anant and Monk have left their positions to help them, but there seems to be no hope for mankind.

Let's see what Monk and Anant are doing.

(Curtain rises. Monk and Anant, disguised in different human forms, are working hard to rescue people.)

Anant: Give me your hand, boy. Don't worry, I will save you.

Boy (afraid): But I don't know you. Who are you?

Anant: Don't think too much, just give me your hand.

(The boy gives his hand and Anant saves him.)

Monk: Where are your family members?

Boy (worried): I... I don't know.

Anant (consoling): Don't worry about them. We will rescue them.

Monk: Yes, we will rescue them.

(Shree appears suddenly and the boy gets afraid.)

Boy (frightened): Who are you? And why are you looking at me with such angry eyes?

Shree (with anger): Do you forget what you did last week? You burnt a lot of poly bags just for fun. But you hardly thought what impact it would have on the environment.

Boy (startled): How do you know? I... I did it just for fun. I didn't know what impact it would have on our environment. I beg your pardon.

Monk: We can talk about it after saving his family. So let's save them first.

Anant: I can see them. They are on the roof of their house. They are also worried about this boy.

Boy: I was at my friend's home when this tragedy happened. My friend was saved by his family, but they left me as there was no more space left in their boat.

Shree: I know humans are selfish.

(Darkness spreads everywhere and Shree turns into Kalratri. Monk and Anant fold their hands and bow to show their reverence to Maa.)

Anant: All hail to you, Maa. Save them. Have mercy on them.

Kalratri: I will, because I cannot see them dying before my eyes.

(Then Shree looks at Monk and Anant and laughs.)

Anant: Please have mercy on them.

(Out of the heart of Maa Kalratri, Parmatma Ram emerges.)

Lord Ram: (Holds his Dhanush-Baan and recites the holy mantra and a divine arrow appears): I will save them all.

(A white light spreads everywhere and Ram, residing in everyone's heart, takes control of all human beings. Thereafter, every human being comes forward to save each other and in this way, all are saved.)

Shree (happily): Humans have goodness too!

Lord Ram: Yes, they have, because I reside in the heart of all living beings and that's why I am called Sarvavyapi Paramatma.

(All Devas appear in the sky and start singing the glory of Lord Ram and Maa Aadi Shakti.)

Devas: Maa Jagdamba, it is you who are Lord Ram Himself.

(Lord Ram changes into the form of Shakti and then Shakti into the form of Satya.)

Satya: There is only one power working in all living beings. 

(Curtain closes)

Deep Down

Whatever you hate is there in your mind,

Deep down

Whatever you avoid is there in your mind,  

Deep down

At the bottom,

In the darkest chamber of hell called shadow --

It lives there, waiting to come.

Day 6: Katyayani & Varaha - Nature as Destroyer of Imbalance

(Spotlight on. Anant and the Monk appear together.)

Monk: Satya saved us in the previous episode, but we still refuse to listen to her voice — the voice of conscience.

Anant: I already warned you — change and prevent, else there will be a positive check.

Child: (emerges from the heart of the Monk) Let's see what Shree and Satya are talking about.

(Curtain on)

Shree (to Satya): I already told you about them.

Satya (disappointedly): I thought I could change them, but they hardly listen to me.

(Shakti appears again, out of the heart of Satya.)

Shakti (to Satya): Don't be disappointed. You tried. Let them face the consequences now.

Satya: They are ignorant. They don't know what they are doing.

Shree (in disdain): No, they are not. They know everything. Actually, they are greedy and self-centric.

Shakti (turning into a storm): No, they have to pay for it.

(Thereafter, wind starts blowing and dark clouds cover the sky.)

Satya (talking to herself): There are many innocent people too.

(Monk reappears along with Anant, trying to save the innocent people. Anant takes the form of a strong, muscular man and Monk becomes an old, wise man.)

Satya (smiling): They will save them.

Shree: Where is the child?

Satya: He is there as Drashta — the Witness.

(Shree disappears after listening to it.)

Satya: Shree... Shree... Where are you?

(There is great commotion created by Nature. All the houses, schools, colleges are full of water. People are being rescued by volunteers and farmers have faced a big loss. Some of them even died while saving others, and Satya is watching all this from a distance.)

Shakti (appearing in front of Satya): Now they will understand why nature and wildlife should be preserved.

(Satya remains quiet, saying nothing.)

Shree: (reappears) They get what they deserve.

(That evening is beautiful. The air is cool. No pollution, no noise — just a surreal silence and a blissful sunset. It seems as if Shakti is smiling.)

Shakti (appearing again in a different form half Varaha and half Shakti): Every living creature has equal right to live. Humans need to understand this.

(Curtain close.)

DAY 5: Skandamata & Narasimha - Nature as Mother, Not Resource

[Spotlight on. Anant appears along with the Monk]

Anant: The seed that expands now controls the entire cosmos.

Monk: Not just controls, but lives inside every atom. For He is Shakti Himself.

Anant: (Smiling at the Monk) So, you unlocked the puzzle. Now, let's see if our audience will unlock something which they actually need to.

Monk: Let's see what Shree and Satya are doing.

[Curtain On]

Satya (disappointedly): Humans are destroying Nature due to their greed. They don't know that it is their mother.

Shree (with anger, her eyes starting to turn red): They created a lot of commotion and now it's time to pay back.

[Shree's eyes become red. The entire environment becomes dark with clouds. Thunder. Seeing this, Shakti appears.]

Shakti: What are you doing, Shree! Stop!

Satya: She is very much disappointed by humans' behaviour.

Shakti: But it doesn't mean that you will destroy them. First give them one chance to reform.

Satya: I too agree with you.

Shree: (calms down, the clouds clear slightly) Okay.

[After this Shree comes to her calm form and then the Child appears]

Shakti: Where is your Companion, the Monk? (Smiling)

Child: He surpasses the divine play and goes beyond it.

Shree and Satya smile back and say, "We already knew it."

[Then Shakti takes the form of an ordinary woman and goes to the city crowd. Seeing Her, Shree, Satya and the Child also take the form of kids and accompany Her.]

The Child (with disdain): They made this beautiful world a hell.

Shree (with anger): Let me destroy them and reset everything.

Satya: Stop! Don't do this.

Shakti: Let's first observe them.

[They move inside, mixed with people, listening.]

Satya (telling Shakti): They think Nature is a resource and so they exploit it.

Shree (disappointedly): What I saw is something different and more disappointing.

The Child: What is it?

Shree: They worship Nature. They follow rituals, they put tilak on trees, they do aarti of rivers... but deep down they aren't transformed yet. They are greedy inside. They use rituals as a mask to look religious but they hardly know what true religion means.

The Child (his voice changing, his nails growing - changing his form into that of a lion): If it's so, let them be punished for it.

Shree: Yes. I agree. Let them be killed as you killed Hiranyakashipu.

Satya (stopping them, holding both): But for my sake give them one more chance. I will reform them, as I dwell inside their mind in the form of conscience.

[Silence. Shakti looks at the Child who is half-lion now. Skandamata and Narasimha are one and the same in this moment - the Mother who nurtures and the Mother who tears.]

Shakti: So be it. Satya will stay as conscience. But listen, humans...

[She turns to the AUDIENCE. This is no longer drama. This is warning.]

Shakti: I am Skandamata - I hold you to make you a warrior. I am also Narasimha - I will tear open the very pillar you call lifeless, if you force me to.

[Curtain falls. Spotlight on Anant and Monk]

Monk (quietly): Will conscience be enough?

Anant (looking straight at audience):

Change and prevent, else there will be positive check.

You worshipped Mother as a resource. Now choose to love Her as Mother. The preventive check is in your hands. Otherwise, the positive check - flood, famine, fire - will be in Hers.

[Blackout]

DAY 4: KUSHMANDA & TRIVIKRAMA -- (Expansion of the Seed)

(Spotlight on. Anant enters from right again.)

ANANT: On first three days, the Seed was prepared.

Day 1 Shailputri - The Root Where Kundalini resides.

Day 2 Brahmacharini - Self Quest.

Day 3 Chandraghanta - The Bell that Awakens.

On Day 4, the Seed expands.

(Curtain rises. Satya and Shree are sitting in meditation, requesting Shakti to appear.)

SATYA: How did you create the world?

SHREE: Let me guess. You created it with your cosmic rage.

SHAKTI: (smiles) I did not create the universe with weapons. I created it with a smile. And therefore, I am also called Kushmanda.

Ku + Ushma + Anda — When there was nothing but darkness, I smiled a little — and that little warmth created a cosmic egg. The Brahmanda.

I am not fierce today. In my womb, the entire cosmos dwells. That is why I glow like the sun — because the sun is inside me.

MONK (Voice Over): "And then, Vishnu takes his step."

As soon as the egg expands, it needs to be measured, to be given direction, to be given space. Who does it? Her own self — Vamana, who becomes Trivikrama.

SATYA: (recalling) Yes, I know this. He comes small when Bali is about to conquer the three worlds. He comes as a brahmachari with a wooden umbrella. Everyone ignores him. Just like a seed looks small.

Then in one moment — He expands.

One foot on Earth — What you can see.

Second foot on Heaven — What you cannot see.

Third foot? No place to keep. Bali offers his head. So he keeps it on Ahamkara — the ego.

The small seed has now covered everything.

SHREE: This is the leela of Day 4.

Kushmanda teaches us — our dreams, our business, our sadhana — don't worry if they look small today. A whole Brahmanda can be inside a small smile.

CHILD: (emerging from the existence of the Monk) Trivikrama teaches — When the right time comes, take three steps:

1. Master your physical world (first step)

2. Master your mental world (second step)

3. Surrender your ego (third step)

Then expansion happens automatically.

And in your mind, see Vamana not as small, but as Trivikrama — standing so tall that the sun is just a jewel on his foot.

ALL IN CHORUS:

"Maa, like you expanded from a small smile, expand my small efforts. And like Trivikrama, give me space to grow."

This is the day your seed stops being a seed.

It becomes a Universe.

(Shakti looks at the child, gives a subtle smile, and then disappears. Light fades.)

Day 3: Chandraghanta and Buddha — A Call to be Awakened

(Spotlight on. Anant enters from right.)

Anant: Once the writer starts the journey inward, he understands the core of all religions — Self Quest. And then the hard shell breaks. What is left is soft, delicate water... ready to evaporate into the sky to merge with its origin.

Let's see what Shree and Satya are doing after getting the insightful message of the monk.

(Curtain rises. Sea shore. Satya and Shree are playing with sand. They have built a beautiful world. It looks fantastic. Shakti appears.)

Shakti: You both have done something remarkable. It's really amazing.

How have you made it?

Shree: It comes out of our own self-awareness.

Satya: (nods) Yes.

Shakti: What have you seen after regaining your awareness?

Satya & Shree: (together) You... only you... doing everything.

Shakti: (smiles) So Monk has opened your third eye too.

(Monk enters from left.)

Monk: I didn't do anything. What they got was always there. I simply turned their attention inward.

Satya: (to Shree, curious) Look, who is coming?

Shakti: Chandraghanta — another form of me.

Satya: But I can see a boy child, not a girl.

Shakti: (laughs) That's because you live in duality. Once duality vanishes, you will see me as pure awareness.

(The child who always lives with the Monk enters in Buddhist attire. Suddenly, a bell rings in the sky. A soft chime — Chandraghanta's bell. Silence.)

Anant (Voice Over): Chandraghanta wears the half-moon shaped like a bell. Buddha heard the same bell inside — and woke up.

Day 2: Brahmcharini and Parashuram -- A Symbol of Self Quest not Aggression

Satya and Shree had been talking since morning. They were concerned about politics and its involvement in religion and spirituality.

Satya said, "What is going on will affect people a lot. They will either become dumb followers of rituals or they will become an aggressive mob."

Shree said, "True."

Suddenly, Shakti emerged from nowhere. Shakti is everywhere. She is the base, the root and the very cause of reality. Not just one reality, but many realities.

She said, "This problem is not just about any one person or religion. It's about all. All who exist. All religions tell us to explore our very origin: our very self. But then come traditions and rituals, and with the passage of time, people forget traditions and start following only rites and rituals."

"Let's take the example of light. Light is nothing but the absence of darkness. Likewise, spirituality is nothing but the disappearance of our pseudo self," said the Monk, appearing out of the vast silence.

Shakti smiled and said, "You come back. It's better. We need you so you can make people aware of the subtle concepts of the Self."

The Monk bowed to show reverence. Satya and Shree looked at the Monk searchingly, as if they were hoping that the Monk had the answers to their questions.

Shakti smiled and disappeared.

The Monk said nothing except three words, "Observe, understand, discover."

Thereafter, the curtain fell and Anant appears. Spotlight on him.

The Monk didn't give a mantra. He gave a method. This is the true Sadhana of Brahmacharini.

1. OBSERVE — This is Parashurama.

Parashurama observed the world without taking sides. He didn't see Hindu vs non-Hindu. He saw Dharma vs Adharma, even when Adharma was in his own people. 

To observe means to see without your identity, without your politics, without your religion. Just see what is happening. Most people never observe — they just react.

2. UNDERSTAND — This is Brahmacharini.

After observing, Brahmacharini goes into Tapasya to understand. Why do traditions become empty rituals? Because we forget the why. 

To understand means to ask: Why did this ritual start? What was the original quest? Every religion started as a self-quest, not as a crowd. When you understand the origin, the pseudo self starts to dissolve.

3. DISCOVER — This is Shakti.

You don't find truth. You discover that you ARE the truth. Light is not created — darkness is removed. Similarly, you don't become spiritual — the pseudo self disappears and what remains is Shakti.

She is everywhere, as the writer wrote. She is the base of many realities. He just discovers Her when he stop looking outside.

To observe is the axe. To understand is the Tapasya. To discover is the Goddess Shakti.