1. What was the significance of Mara's dream?
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. What was the significance of Mara's dream?
- The dreams which Mara saw showed how important the rivers are to man's existence. People take the rivers for granted and do not care for them .
- The river in this story ensured that people of the kingdom benefited from its waters.
Mara gets two dreams in the course of the play. The first time, it is the dream of the Goddess who urges Mara to get a bank built for river Veda so that she could find a home for herself. The second time, it is the same Goddess, furious that her plaything Veda has been imprisoned in the man-made bank. When Mara reminds her that it was at her behest that the bank was built, the Goddess, who is in the mood of destruction, retorts that she is now ready for devastation. After the vision, both the times, Mara works for the general welfare. After the first dream, he wants the bank to be built because he knows that the preserved water would be of great use to the subjects of the king. He undergoes a lot of harassment at the hands of the village headman before he gets to speak to the king. The second time, after the dream, when he realises that nothing can stop the Goddess from the act of destruction, he sacrifices himself in order to save the king and his kingdom. Thus, we see that Mara is a true saviour of the people. If this is one significant aspect of the dream, there is one more point full of wrath. Maybe she is displeased by selfish people who try to exploit the water in the bank for their own good and wants to teach all a lesson. Even here, it is Mara’s sacrifice that comes to the forefront.
The significance of the dreams is that we have no control over divine design. Yet, if we have the nobility of Mara, we can escape the destructive edge of even divine plans.