shrI Sundara kanda Nirnaya- MBTN- Verses- 41-43

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shrI hari vAyu gurubhyO namaH

 

 Translation by Scholars of Sri Madhwacharya Seva Sangha, Chennai

 

prakopitasya tasya kaH purasthitau xamo bhavet.h |

surAsuroragAdike jagatyachintyakarmaNaH || 7-41||

 

Word to word meaning:

jagati = In the whole world

sura asura uragAdike = comprising celestials, demons & serpents

kaH = who

bhavet.h = will be

xamaH = capable of

sthitau = standing

puraH = before

tasya = him (Rama)

achityakarmaNaH = of incomprehensible deeds

prakopitasya = once he becomes enraged

 

Translation:

Even the great powerful divine beings cannot stand before Sri Rama when he becomes angry what

to speak of you, Ravana. Sri Rama is beyond our spoken word & mind.

 

Explanatory notes:

To become angry is not the quality of Sri Rama who is all merciful. Ravana thought he was all in all

& could do anything. To correct him & remind him that there is one supreme being with supreme

power above him & that he will not be pleased with heinous deeds & that they shall be punished

severely, Hanuman used the word anger in this sense, & not as a natural attribute to Sri Rama.

 

 itIrite vadhodyataM nyavArayad.h vibhIshhaNaH |

sa puchchhadAhakarmaNi nyayojayannishAcharAn.h || 7-42||

 

Word to word meaning:

itIrite = When Hanuman spoke in this manner

vadhodyataM = he (Ravana) decided to kill Hanuman

vibhIshhaNaH = However, Vibhishana

ni avArayad.h = dissuaded him from it

saH = So Ravana

ni ayojayat.h = ordered

nishAcharAn.h = the demons

puchchhadAhakarmaNi = to set his tail on fire

 

Translation:

Ravana angered by humiliation ordered his Rakshasas to kill the vanara. Seeing this, Vibheeshana

the younger brother of Ravana dissuaded & suggested that a messenger should not be killed. So,

Ravana ordered his demons to set fire to his tail.

 

Explanatory notes:

Vibheeshana by intervening did not help to save Hanuman, but by this act, he discharged his

dharma only. Who can kill prana? If Vibheeshana had not intervened Hanuman could have killed

Ravana. So his intervention in fact, saved Ravana's life & not Hanuman's life. Ravana ordered to

set fire to Hanuman's tail since the tail is an important part in a monkey's body.

 

athAsya vastrasaJNchayaiH pidhAya puchchhamagnaye |

dadurdadAha nAsya tanmarutsakho hutAshanaH || 7-43||

 

Word to word meaning:

atha = Subsequently

te = they

pidhAya = wrapped

asya puchChaM = his tail

vastra saJNchayaiH = with wads of cloth

agnaye daduH = and set it on fire

hutAshanaH = but Fire (god)

marut.h sakhaH = who is Vayu's friend

na dadAha = did not burn

asya tat.h = his tail

 

Translation:

They wrapped his tail with wads of cloth & then set fire to it. By this, his tail never caught fire.

 

Explanatory notes:

Agni is the friend of Vayu & so he had no effect on Hanuman's tail who is Vayu's son. Agni cannot

exist independently whereas Vayu could do so.In Taratamya (grading) Agni is far below Vayu & so

he cannot do any harm to Vayu & he could only serve as a subordinate to Vayu who is

jeevothama.  It means Mukhyaprana resides in Agni & assumes the name Agni & enables Agni to function.

 

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