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@Rex thank you dear for highlighting all the key points of yesterday's episode. Your thought of Gandharava lok with present day society not preferring inter caste, inter religious marriage is quite apt and I agree to you. I will come to that part in detail. But I would explain yesterday's epi in the word proof. I will tell why proof.
First let us come to the part of Hanuman. Hanuman come searching for the princess with a flower in hand. He is told this princess Ruma wears such flowers on her head. He hasn't seen Roma. The only identity he knows about Ruma is that flower. Now look at him. He first asks the dasis he has come to see Ruma. If you see Hanuman asking there is nothing to be afraid of him at all. He asks it quite pleasantly. But the dasis they have some pre conceived notions about vanars and they drop the taal and run. If you look at present day society we also have many preconceived notions many people. Malyalis are like this, tamilians are like this, Punjabis are like this, men are like this, women are like this, Brahmins are like this, Reddiars are like that etc etc list is endless. But if you see Hanuman is not offended by anyone of this. He roams around with only aim of his goal. Then he sees a woman dancing and one lady calls her Princess Ruma. He is happy princess Ruma he has finally seen. Now look at him. Even though that dasi calls Princess Ruma, Hanuman checks the princess hair whether she is wearing a flower similar to what he has in hand. Rule one. Irrespective of the proof by sound, Hanuman affirms his knowledge with the visual proof. The flower. Highligting the importance of visual proof before proceeding with next action. Then he comes and asks Princess Ruma. A dasi comes. I loved the way Hanuman rebukes her. Aap Ruma hai. So he will speak only to the person concerned. He only wants to know what the concerned person thinks. Dialogue has to be one to one in matters of important decision. First the concerned person has to approve, then only next step.
Now look at the way he identifies to Ruma, allaying her fears. That he is the friend of the person who gives her basket of Mangoes on the poornima days. Again he uses the visual proof to establish his identity. He tells the message of Sugreeva and ask her what he should tell her back. A convinced Ruma is shy and her sakhi reads her expression. Hanuman is delighted. You have to see the way he allays the fear of Ruma, make her trust in him and then conveys the message. It was beautiful and I would say prelude to Hanuman's real mission in Lanka. It shows Hanuman's capability. His intelligence.
Now till this point ok. Now when he tries to return Ruma says for her marriage he will ask to speak to her father. Then Hanuman understands ok he needs to speak to other people and willing to do so. Here again we need to understand maybe for Vanars if a man and woman vanar agree they marry. No social customs of taking permission from elders involved. We can say kind of animal rule. But the interesting part is when Hanuman knew the rule of Gandharva he happily accepts to follow that rule understanding this is the rule of Gandharvas. Respect for another culture. The way Hanuman uses proof to establish Ruma's identity and his identity was top notch screen play beautifully opening up Hanuman's character, his intelligence.
Now the second part Lakshman-Sita. As said earlier Sita is Prakriti. Remember the scene where that Katij Asur comes after Sita swayamvar where Sita makes Ram feel the cold water to prove the point something is wrong. She understands, but gives proof for him to take action. If you look there Ram understands Sita. Her intuition and once she gives proof also he steps in front to defend her and Mithila against the calamity and does it successfully.
Once again Sita sees something that is not inline with Prakriti's behavior. The nest of the birds which are kept on top. She asks Lakshman can we have the parnakudi at a different place. Lakshman says no. She asks Lakshman what is being looked at when a place is fixed for building house. Lakshman says sufficient light, good wind, provision for food etc. But he misses the word protection. Sita understood the nest is at top branch because the birds want to protect themselves against something. But what was it she doesn't know.
Sita keeps quiet at that time because she doesn't have any proof for her intuition. Because Lakshman will feel sad, he will not understand why nest is at top. He will say some birds will do like that.
But the nest troubles Sita. At night she is awakened by the birds chirping and yes some sound on the ground, but mostly the chirping and wants to move away from that place.
And Lakshman asks to move in. You know the difference. If you have to protect yourself against Prakriti's onslaught you have to be in Prakriti. That is out in the open. Look at any natural diasaster. Can any man made structure protect you from them. Flood, earthquake, cyclone, fire. To escape from all these things you have to come out in the open. And Sita Prakriti's daughter takes the men outside as she knew the attack was going to come from Prakriti. This is going to be Lakshman's proof of his bhabi's intuition. His experience with the flood is going to make him understand prakriti and his bhabi in a better way.
But there is other part. When you have to be out in the open to protect yourself from prakriti's assault, you have to be inside within the boundaries to protect yourself from Sanskrit's assault. Hence Lakshman Rekha. Because Sita understood the dangers posed by Prakriti reading Prakriti's signals. Similarly Lakshman understands the dangers posed by Sanskriti reading Sanskriti's signals.
Today Sita took action based on Prakriti's voice. The chirping of birds. She was right. because she knows Prakriti. Tomorrow she is going to take decision based on a human voice. It is Sanskriti's voice and she should have listened to her devar who knew Sanskriti as much as she knew Prakriti.
Last but not the least. I am sure Gandharva king is not going to be pleased his daughter marrying a vanar purush who according to them does not have the same status as them. He would have wanted her to marry some deva or some gandharva. Just like the present day society which opposes marriage of upper caste lower caste and even go to the extend of honor killings for the same.
