SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY’S
SRI RAMACHARITRYA MANJARI
(ಶ್ರೀ
ರಾಘವೆಂದ್ರ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿರಚಿತ “ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯ ಮಂಜರಿ)
Education of Lord Hanuman/ಹನುಮಂತದೇವರ ವಿದ್ಯಾಭ್ಯಾಸ
Although Lord Vayu is always a born Sarvajna, which
means a person having comprehensive knowledge of everything, including Vedas
and Scriptures, as a matter of principle and with a view to show to the
universe the manner in which the different phases of life should be passed, he
becomes a disciple of one of the forms of Sri Hari and learns or enhances his
knowledge. In his incarnation as Hanuman, he learnt the original grammar and
other infinite articles of Shastra from Sri Narayana. At the dawn of each day,
he stands in front of the Sun, with his face facing the east horizon, salutes
Sri Narayana, who is present in the Sun by joining both palms and keeping the
arms straight and very close to the chest. The chariot of Sun at that moment
would be moving at a great speed towards the west. Lord Hanuman, without
turning his face or body and moving backwards, would run backwards at the same
speed as the chariot of the Sun. The tuition that was commencing at the dawn
would conclude at the dusk. He would not break in between for food or rest.
Hanuman would cover thousands of Yojanas in the sky from dawn to dusk, each
day, absorbing the lessons from Narayana with all concentration and interest.
Devotion to Lord Hari is the universe for Hanuman.
Normal human beings pray God for worldly pleasure and other trivial things.
Lord Vayu or Hanuman pray God for purifying and augmenting his devotion to Sri
Hari.
There is no one in all the fourteen universes or Lokas
to match Lord Hanuman in intelligence, sweetness, courage, strength, courtesy,
knowledge, capacity and other virtues. All these explanations and narrations
about Hanuman are indicated in the word “Hanumataha” employed by Sri
Raghavendraru in this stanza.
Killing of demon Mayavi / ಮಾಯಾವೀ ಎಂಬ ದೈತ್ಯನ ಸಂಹಾರ
Demon Dundubhi had a brother named Mayavi. Both Mayavi
and king of Kishkindha Vali were loving a woman. Therefore, there was severe
rivalry between Mayavi and Vali. Once, during dead night, when the entire
Kishkindha was asleep, Mayavi came to the Main arch of Kishkindha and invited
Vali for a battle. Vali woke up and because he was quite short tempered, jumped
out of his palace and chased Mayavi. Surgreeva, who also woke up, tried, along
with his wife, the wife of Vali and others, to stop Vali from going after
Mayavi. Vali did not stop and therefore Sugreeva followed his brother to help
Vali in fighting against the devil. It was a full moon day and because of the
moon light, Vali could easily chase Mavyavi, who was aware of the power and
strength of Vali. He started fleeing after seeing both Vali and Sugreeva coming
out of Kishkindha. Finally, Mayavi entered a secret cave the entrance of which
had been covered by plants and creepers. Vali told Sugreeva: “Wait for me here.
I will go into the cave, kill the demon and return. Do not leave this place
till my return.” Sugreeva once again tried to stop Vali from entering the cave.
Vali was not to listen to the words of Sugreeva. One year elapsed from the
night Vali got into the cave but there was no indication about either the
battle being fought or the return of Vali. Sugreeva grew suspicious about Vali’s
life. Meanwhile, red blood came out in torrents through the entrance of the
cave and some moaning and groaning sounds were also heard by Sugreeva. He was
unable to decide whether those moaning sounds were from Vali or demon Mayavi.
Sugreeva yelled the name of Vali several times but there was no response from
inside the cave. As Vali had ordered Sugreeva not to get into the cave, he had
no heart to disobey his angry brother Vali. Sugreeva had no option but to think
that Vali must have died. With the intention of stopping demons from attacking
Kishkindha in the future, Sugreeva closed the cave with a huge rock. Weeping
and crying over the possible demise of Vali, Sugreeva returned to Kishkindha,
narrated everything to the Ministers, wives and other senior people in the
palace. They too thought that Vali might have died in the war. They unanimously
installed Sugreeva on the throne of Kishkindha.
Meanwhile, Vali was searching for Mayavi for one year.
Finally, he could find Mayavi and killed him immediately. He saw the cave door
having been closed with a rock. He called the name of Sugreeva several times
and there was no response. Vali kicked the rock out of his way and rushed
towards Kishkindha. On his return at the palace, he saw Sugreeva occupying the
throne and the Ministers standing around him with reverence. Vali was enraged
by this sight. Sugreeva immediately jumped out of the throne, prostrated before
Vali, explained the circumstances that had forced him to believe that something
unpleasant must have happened. But Vali was furious. He declared aloud: "When I was
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