All About Hanuman

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Jai Jai Jai Hanuman Ki

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Shree Hanuman Aar

 

The Glories of Hanuman

 

Ramayana is an epic portraying exemplary characters. Rama is the

ideal king, Sita the perfect wife and Hanuman the perfect devotee.

The character of Hanuman exemplifies how devotional service is

practiced in its perfection, how a pure devotee relates with his

worshippable Lord and how the Lord reciprocates.

 

Origin of Hanuman

 

Hanuman was born the son of Kesari and Anjani. His mother Anjani was

previously an Apsara (celestial lady) named Punjikasthala who took

birth in the monkey race as a result of a curse. Despite this her

beauty was unrivalled and once attracted Vayu, the powerful god of

the winds. Hanuman was born as a result of the union of Anjani and

Vayu-deva, but as Vayu-deva revealed that this was not a sinful

activity since the appearance of Hanuman was ordained by the great

Lord Vishnu Himself.

 

When Ravana had become invincible by the boons he had obtained from

Brahma, he became a terror to even the powerful demigods. With Lord

Brahma at their head, they prayed to the omniscient Lord Vishnu for

help. In response, Lord Vishnu confirmed that He would descend as

Rama, the son of King Dasaratha. He alsoordered the demigods as

follows, "Soon My advent on earth will occur. Assisted by all of you

I will crush the despicable Ravana. The evil one did not ask for

immunity from humans and animals. As promised I will descend as a

human. Without leaving your posts as the controllers of the

universe, you are capable of expanding yourselves. You should

therefore appear on the earth as monkeys." In accordance to the

wish of Lord Vishnu, Indra, the king of the demigods, expanded into

Vali, Surya, the sun-god, into Sugriva, Vishwakarma, the celestial

architect, into Nala and the Ashwini twins into Mainda and Dvivida.

Vayu, the wind-god, expanded into the mighty Hanuman. When appraised

of their role in assisting Lord Vishnu, both Kesari and Anjani

became exceedingly grateful and were soon blessed with the birth of

an effulgent and powerful progeny they called Bali, one who is

extremely powerful. He was also called Bajrang Bali, Kesari-nandana

(son of Kesari), Anjani-putra and Anjaneya (son of Anjani).

 

Hanuman tries to swallow the Sun

 

As a child once Hanuman thought the rising Sun in the sky to be an

apple and quickly flew up in the sky desiring to eat it. Indra

alarmed at the sight of some one approaching to swallow the Sun,

quickly deployed his weapon the Vajra. Struck by this powerful

weapon, the child Hanuman fell down unconscious.When Vayu-deva

witnessed this he became extremely angry and withdrew himself from

the universe. When the winds in the sky and the very life-airs became

suspended, there was great anguish in the three worlds. All the

demigods, headed by Brahma implored Vayu-deva to give up his anger.

Vayu-deva finally gave up his anger and resumed his function in the

universe and the grateful demigods showered many benedictions on

Hanuman. Indra gave him the boon of being able to die only when he

desired, Brahma gave his protection from his powerful weapon the

brahma-astra and the other demigods showered him with many mystic

powers and weapons. Since the weapon of Indra and struck and broken

the jaw of Hanuman, he got the name by which he would be most

famous. Hanuman which means "one with a broken jaw." Hanuman

accepted the very same Sun god he had tried to swallow as his guru

and learned from him the Vedic scriptures and science of war. Later

on, Hanuman on several occasions displayed his impeccable grasp on

Vedic scriptures, when trying to convince Ravana to give up Sita,

when counseling Sugriva and by strictly following the codes of

battle in the war against the rakshasas. His strength and skills as

a warrior are matched by his keen intellect, knowledge of the

scriptures and a deep compassion for all living entities.

 

Hanuman looses his powers

 

As a young child Hanuman could not control his great powers and in

childish exuberance caused much disturbance to the peaceful sages in

the forests. Much disturbed by his excessive energy and

indefatigable powers, the rishis finally cursed him to loose all his

powers. However by their mystic vision they realized that Hanuman

would play a vital role in later assisting Lord Rama in His

pastimes. They therefore decreed that when some one would remind

Hanuman of his powers the effect of the curse would be lifted and

Hanuman would get complete recollection of his great powers.

 

Meeting with Lord Rama

 

While living in exile with Sugriva, Hanuman first encountered Rama

and Lakshmana as they searched for Sita. Hanuman on the orders of

Sugriva had disguised himself as a Brahman to try and find out if

the two mighty bowmen were sent by Vali, the vengeful brother of

Sugriva. However on seeing Them, all doubts were immediately wiped

from the mind of Hanuman who immediately revealed his true form.

>From this time, Hanuman became completely absorbed in one and only

one thing, the service of Rama. Later when Hanuman and his troop of

monkeys were stuck on the southern shore of the country, separated

from Lanka by the ocean, Jambavana reminds Hanuman of his great

powers. The duration of the curse thus ends and a greatly powerful

Hanuman jumps across the ocean to wreak havoc in the golden city of

Ravana.

 

Hanuman the perfect devotee

 

>The relationship between Rama and Hanuman demonstrates the

perfection of devotion in the mood of service (dasya-rasa). In an

almost classical manner Hanuman demonstrated the symptoms of pure

devotional service. Everything that he did was only for the pleasure

of Lord Rama, whether it was building bridges, fighting rakshasas or

flying across the country to fetch life saving herbs, his constant

meditation was how to best serve Rama. When he sought out Sita in

Ravana's Lanka, he was not merely satisfied at delivering to her the

message of Lord Rama. He also destroyed the forest, killed many

rakshasas and burnt down half of Lanka. That is the mood of a pure

devotee. To consciously cultivate everything that is positive to the

service of the Lord and reject everything that is not. Even though

Lord Rama reciprocated very sweetly with gratitude, praise or

benedictions for Hanuman, he never had any expectation for them.

Hanuman

often presented himself as a simple ignorant monkey in front of

Rama. When Hanuman returned from Lanka with news of Sita, an

overjoyed Rama embraced him tightly. However a clearly uncomfortable

Hanuman stated that his position could only be at the feet of his

Lord. The highest reward for him was to serve Lord Rama. Service to

Rama was the most exalted destination for Hanuman, and he constantly

endeavored to perfect himself in this respect.

 

Glories to Hanuman

 

After ruling for eleven thousand years when the time came for Lord

Rama to return to His eternal abode, most of His close associates,

including Sugriva, accompanied Him. However Lord Rama ordered

Hanuman to stay back, to protect and inspire His future devotees.

Lord Rama gave Hanuman the benediction that he would live for as

long as His glories would be sung in any corner of the world.

 

Even though Hanuman appeared in the Treta-yuga, millions of years

later he made an appearance again in the Dwapara-yuga to help his

younger brother Bhima. In order to serve Krishna, in the battle of

Mahabharata, Hanuman personally resided in the flag on the chariot

of Arjuna. During the battle, the fierce cries of Hanuman struck

terror in the hearts of the opposition and greatly encouraged the

Pandava warriors.

 

Devotees pray to Hanuman to protect them from material obstacles in

the path of devotional service and engage them in the service of the

Supreme Lord Rama.

JAI HANUMAN!!

 

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