SKR-Of loops and symbolisms#5: Hard way and Smart Way : P.88 - Page 79

23/09/2016

There was a discussion on why Sita didn't go to Mithila. Now today's epi answered me that. What Sita now faced was a AP. More than the test of real fire, it was her need to prove herself, her self respect, her purity. Now if she goes to Mithila, yes royal palace will take her, even the people of Mithila might take her, but her child will grow up hearing the story how their father banished their mother. She is in her maayka because their father doesn't want her. See a child does not see the difference between raghunandan and Ram. It is the same for them. So for the child also certain assumptions are formed from childhood.

Whereas in the ashram the children doesn't know their identity, they are the children of vandevi. They grow up under the tutelage of Valmiki who teaches them Ramayana also till Ram coronation. Now for the children it is a very beautiful story. They don't know it is the story of their parents. So the story talks about Vaidehi taking AP to prove her purity and God of Agni certifying the purity. So for the children Vaidehi is purity personified. With this understanding they reach Ayodhya singing Ramayan and when they ask for Vaidehi they know she is banished. Now the children are angry. How can their murthi of purity be called impure. How can a woman for whom God of Agni vouch for be called impure by a dhobi or for that matter by any human. Are humans over and above God. This is where Sita wins. Ensuring her children only know what needs to be known and no negative thing comes to them about their father when their assumptions are getting shaped. She wins as a woman and she wins as a wife. Mithila couldn't have given her that secrecy to groom her children in the right direction. So she takes the trouble of staying in ashram and grooming them.

Now coming to luv and kush. How beautiful is their character. Kush is a free bird like his mother and Luv he talks about maryada like his father. Or rather he is more for bandhan, while Kush is about maryada. And look who takes the lead. Kush. Luv questions. But then for everything Kush has answers. And he answers using his mother's words only. He tells they are not going to do anything bad. So luv should not worry. Luv takes Sita's theortical lines, Kush applies Sita's knowledge. And I am sure in a metaphoric way CVs will show maryada will always lead bandhan, it will always help in breaking bandhan using these 2 brothers. And incidently luv is elder, kush is younger, still the metaphoric lead will belong to Kush though it may look Luv is taking lead.

Originally posted by: shruthiravi

Luv is elder right Shrutha. kush actually is created from kush grass when luv is not seen in the cradle. Because he is created from kush grass he is called kush. There is a story like that also for luv-kush. That only luv was born, kush was created. And in all the versions I have read luv is elder, kush is younger.