MADHWAVIJAYA PRATHAMAHA SARGAHA – SHLOKAS 26 and 27

(Only two stanzas are given hereunder because from the next stanza, i.e. Shloka 28 onwards, the narration shifts to Bheemavatara, incarnation of Lord Vayu as Bheema during Dwapara Yuga. Please read, comment and share. Hari SarvOttama, Vayu jeevOttama. Nakaskara – SDN)

Kim varNayAmaha paramam prasAdam SeethApatEstatra hariprabarhE|

Munchan maheem nityaniShEvaNArTham swAtmAnamEvaSha dadau yadasmai||26||

SUMMARY: How else can we describe the grace that Seethapati bestowed upon greatest monkey Sri Hanumantha after learning that at the time of renouncing the earthly life, he (Srirama) gave himself to Hanumantha for daily worship?

There are two factors to be taken note of here. One is the compassion, affection and love that Hanumantha had attracted from Srirama, This incident of the Lord giving himself to Hanumantha reminds us of the hug, the embrace that Srirama bestowed upon or conferred on Hanumantha at the end of Sundarakanda. Secondly, the words “munchan maheem” only means ‘renunciation’ or departure from this world to Vaikuntha. It is not the ‘death’ that correlates to human world.  

SwAnandahEtau BhajatAm janAnAm magnaha sadA RAmakaThAsuDhAyAm|

AsAvidAneem cha niShEvamANO RAmam patim kimpuruShE kilAstE||27||

Is Hanumantha not residing even now in Kimpurusha Khanda or continent, worshipping his Lord Sri Hari in the form of Srirama and always drowned in the ocean of the elixir of the story of Srirama, which is the only means for attaining salvation and which he (Hanumantha) blesses his ardent devotees with?  

It is pertinent here to state that in Panchama Skanda of Srimad Bhagavata it is clearly mentioned that Hanumantha is residing in Kimpurusha Continent, which is one among the nine continents of Jamboo Dweepa (peninsula).