Today episode has many shades. About Hanuman and asurs have made seperate post. Ravan playing the veena and then telling Meghnad how to bring Kishkinda under control. Look at his strategy. He understands the nature of vanars and he knows when they are enemies they will go to extreme against anyone. He is planning to do that with Sugreev and Bali. What I like about SKR is that action and reaction connect. Today Ravan is planning to seperate two brothers. He will succeed. But what happens. The estranged brother's army will come to Lanka and his brother leaves him. What you sow you reap.
But more than that my thoughts were on veena the instrument. Ravan is said to be an excellent veena player. And Krishna's instrument is flute. I was thinking what is the difference between these instruments and does it talk anything about the personality of the player.
See any instrument plays the music, the player makes it play. It is just a medium. But the quality of music depends on how good the instrument is and the skills of the player.
Both Krishna and Ravan loved to make people play to their tunes. So what was different between them was what I was thinking. I have a thought process. Maybe people can add more. Look at Veena. You cannot carry it everywhere. You can play it while sitting. It's a fixed instrument.
Flute you can play it in whichever position standing, sitting, lying and interestingly you can carry it along.
Rigidity of Veena shows rigidity of Ravan's thoughts. It shows the illusion Ravan is in. He expects people to be stationery, not moving and makes decisions.
Krishna he knows the changes, he knows every person is independant and something that fits for one person, is not suitable for another just like the flexibility of flute.
Ravan's inability to understand change, understand the emotions of other people results in his downfall. Krishna's acceptance of change makes him move around the way he wants, enables him to hit bull's eye and helps him to maintain relation the way other person wants.
Ravan plans looking at past, thinking in present just like the rigid Veena, Krishna acts looking at the present just like the flexible flute.
Now coming to Ram-Sambathi scene. A beautiful scene it was where Ram told it is the guilt that is making Sambathi angry. That he is responsible for his brother reaching sun and in the effort to protect him he became dependant on his brother. Afraid to introspect, he is pointing fingers at sun and suryavanshi.
A loop opened here. That of guilt. Ram is going to feel that. That he listened to Sita on golden deer. And Ram is going to go mad at Sita's loss. And I hope Lakshman calms him with the similar words.
Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon
