Hanuman's Devotion

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Hanuman's Devotion

 

 

While building the bridge across the ocean, Hanuman played an active role.

One day Rama came up to watch the construction. He noticed that Hanuman had

a queue of monkeys standing in front of him with big boulders and rocks.

Hanuman took one rock from one monkey and wrote the name Ram on it. He threw

it into the ocean. The rock just stood without submerging. On that the other

rocks and boulders stood and hence the bridge was getting constructed.

 

Rama watched this with amazement. He started wondering how this could

happen. How could mere writing of his name on the stone make it stand in

water? He wondered if it had anything to do with Hanuman. He thought of

trying it out himself to find out.

 

He felt that if this was due to Hanuman's faith and if Rama himself had none

of that faith it would be very embarrassing. He waited till it was dark. He

wanted to make sure that no one was watching him try out the power of his

name.

 

In the darkness he did not see Hanuman watching him go to the river. Rama

slowly crept near the river and took a stone. He wrote the name Rama on it.

He threw the stone into the ocean. The stone sank into the waters.

 

Immediately there was a huge shout. Rama turned around to see that all the

monkeys had gathered there to watch Rama throw the stone. At their head was

Hanuman. Hanuman roaring with laughter that Rama himself could not keep the

stones afloat. Rama felt terribly sheepish.

 

Suddenly Hanuman turned to the hordes of monkeys and asked, "Seriously, do

you know why that stone cannot float on the waters?"

 

The monkeys shook their heads. Hanuman said, when I let go of them I think

of Rama and his power holds the stone in water, now when Rama himself lets

go of the stone who can save the stone? So the stone sinks in the water.

 

Rama was pleased to hear Hanuman's interpretation of this incident.

 

 

 

Source:http://www.ramakrishnamath.com/

 

Regards

 

Prasanna Kumar