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Play
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Background
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Gokul..Every one is busy cooking for Indra Puja. Nanda Baba is supervising all activities of all preparations with his friends. Vrajavasis are walking to and fro bringing vessels & many things back and forth in hurry.. Mother Yashoda is busy preparing for the puja, at one side of the stage. Nanda Baba and the Priest are standing at the front directing everyone. Some bring food and puja items and show to him for his approval.. Gopis are helping Mother Yashoda..
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(Screen Opens).
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100
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Projection
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Palaces… Food preparations… and nice foods..The images should be slowly moving…
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101
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Nanda Baba
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O Vrajavasis! Hurry up. We all should be ready soon for our puja.
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102
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Priest
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Yes Maharaj! We will make sure that Indra is going to be very happy this year!
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103
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Nanda Baba
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This year, we should get a good rain.
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104
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(Gopis are helping Yashoda and making foods.. Krishna is coming from the side, and going to mother Yashoda. Special music when Krishna is coming..)
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105
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Krishna
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O Maiya! What are you all making?
Very nice smell! Lots and lots of foods!
Is it my birthday Maiya?
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106
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Yashoda
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No lala! Do not disturb me.. I have thousands of things to complete for the puja..
Go. Go outside and play..
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107
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Krishna
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Puja? What puja Maiya?
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108
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Yashoda
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Kanniah! See, I have so many things to do.. Go and ask your father.
He does not have any work to do, Go and ask him.
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109
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Nanda Baba
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(With curiosity, runs to Nanda Maharaja at other side.. Play a music for walking/running.)
Hurry up! We all should be ready soon for our puja.
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110
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Krishna
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Baba, baba. Can I ask you something..
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111
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Nanda Baba
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(Holds Krishna affectionately)..
Yes Lala! What do you want?
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112
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Krishna
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Baba, why everyone is making so many things to eat?
Maiya told me these are all for a puja, not for me.
Baba, please tell me what puja is that?
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113
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Nanda Baba
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Lala! You are too small to understand all these..
We will be going in bullock cart for a big puja with all these foods.
Why don’t you go and play now?
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114
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Krishna
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No Baba! I want to know what is that puja?
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115
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Nanda Baba
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Lala, every year we do a big puja for Lord Indra.
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116
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Krishna
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Lord Indra? Who is he?
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117
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Priest
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Indra is the God of all the gods. If we worship him, he will give us the rain.
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118
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Krishna
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Why do we need rain Baba?
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119
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Nanda Baba
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If we get rain, there will be more grass.
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120
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Priest
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More grass means more food for our cow.
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121
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Nanda Baba
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More food for cows means more milk!
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122
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Priest
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More milk means we become wealthy.
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Nanda Baba
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So, for the rain we are worshipping Lord Indra!
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124
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Krishna
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Oh! But, it does not make any sense.
You don’t need to worship to get rain! Rain comes by itself!
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125
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Priest
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Lala! Don’t say like that.
Indra is the god of rain. So we should worship him!
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126
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Krishna
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Dear Panditji! You are the priest..
But, you too don’t seem to have any intelligence!
Is there rain in the ocean?
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127
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Priest
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Yes, there is.. A lot sometimes.
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128
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Krishna
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Does the ocean worship Indra?
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129
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Priest
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Bibbib… No!.. No..
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Krishna
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Is there rain in the forest?
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131
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Priest
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Oh yes.
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Krishna
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Does the forest worship Indra?
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133
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Priest
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No it doesn’t.
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134
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Krishna
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Then why should we worship Indra?
We get everything depending on our karma.
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135
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Nanda Baba
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So, worshipping Indra is not necessary?
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136
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Krishna
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Yes, baba, We should not worship Indra.
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137
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Priest
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Hmmm, I think you are right. What should we do now?
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Krishna
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Instead of worshipping Indra, we should worship Giriraja.
Giri Govardhan is our life! He brings us rain.
He gives us the grass. He gives us the shelter.
So, we should worship Giri Govardhan!
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Nanda Baba
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(Looking at the priest)..
Panditji, what do you think? I am confused.
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140
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Priest
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O Maharaj! your son is not an ordinary boy.
He put a nail right on my head!
I am fully convinced that doing Indra Puja is utter foolishness.
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141
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Nanda Baba
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Really?
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142
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Priest
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Really!
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143
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Nanda Baba
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But what can we do now?
We made all the preparations for a big puja..
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144
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Krishna
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Baba! We all should take these foods and offer them to Giriraj Govardan.
He gives us all we want..
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145
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Priest
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Yes, I think Krishna is completely right!
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146
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Nanda Baba
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Okay! Let us all go to Giri Govardhan and offer the puja to him.
(Addressing all Vrajavasis)
O Vrajavasis! Here is an announcement.. Please listen..
This year we are not going to do Indra Puja.
Instead, this year we will worship our dear Giriraj Govardan.
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(All gopas enter the stage and pull Krishna. They all pull Krishna to for playing..)
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147
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Balaram
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Baba! Are we all going for the puja?
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148
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Nanda Baba
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Yes!
(Addressing all)
Vrajavasi, prepare all the bullock carts and load them with all our preparations.
We all will go to Govardan!
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Sudama
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Giriraj Govardan Ki Jay!
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All
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Giriraj Govardan Ki Jay!
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(The screen Closes)
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