Spiritualism in Sri Krishna‟s Flute and Sufi Poet Mohammad Jalaluddin Rumi

Abstract

avyāja-mañjula-mukhāmbuja-mugdha-bhāvair 
āsvādyamāna-nija-venu-vinoda-nādam | 
ākrīdatāmaruna-pāda-sarojruhābhyām 
ārdremadīya-hrdayebhuvanārdramojah ||15|| (Thakura, 2017) 
Indian land is considered as abundance dignified folk lore through its rich traditions and 
culture. Music is in its soil that generates sweet melody that has its own unique embellishment. 
Nevertheless the land is known for its monuments, rivers, capes, Himalayas but music connects 
all part in one single thread crossing all boundaries of nation along with spiritualism. The 
ambition of this paper is to dig out the connectivity through the Lore of Indian Mythos and 
Sufism of Rumi. The flute is a common musical instrument which is the part of our Lord Krishna 
prayer while Rumi‘s flute or reed a poem that glorify the process of its separation as soulful 
instrument. Lord Krishna being the avatar of Vishnu is known for his flute and its melodious 
music contain the philosophy of this universe whereas Muhammad Jalaluddin Rumi world 
greatest Sufi poet also composed a song on the basic philosophy of reed and its hollow part. The 
divine love and its pain is hidden in this reed attract the world towards its. The flute of Northern 
Indian tradition lore is associated with Lord Krishna while Rumi‘s reed portrays his agony, 
grief, desire and tears. Hence forth the same instrument presents two value systems of our life 
and constructed a new part of ethicality.