SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY’S
SRI RAMACHARITRYA MANJARI
(ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಘವೆಂದ್ರ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿರಚಿತ “ಶ್ರೀ
ರಾಮಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯ ಮಂಜರಿ)
Following Hanumantha is as good as following Sri Hari/ಹನುಮನ ಮತವೇ ಹರಿಯ ಮತವು
ಹನುಮತಃ ಉದಿತಂ ಪ್ರಕುರ್ವನ್ – Hanumataha uditam prakurvan: To
impress upon Sri Narayana and secure his grace, one should attract or acquire
the grace of his most beloved deity, who is Lord Hanumantha.
The Shruti states:
“ಕಸ್ಮಿನ್ನ್ವಹಮುತ್ಕ್ರಾಂತೋ ಭವಿಷ್ಯಾಮಿ| ಕಸ್ಮಿನ್ನ್ವಹಂ
ಸ್ಥಿತೇ ಸ್ಥಾಸ್ಯಾಮೀತಿ, ಸ ಪ್ರಾಣಮಸೃಜತ|”
“KasmannvahamutkrAntO BhaviShyAMi|Kasminnvaham sThitE
sThAsyAmeeti, sa prANamasrujata|
Lord Hari took a pledge: “I will create such a person,
who will be so dear to me that once he goes out of the body of a being, I will
also leave that body and I will remain in a body till so long as he (new
creation) remains in that body.” Needless to mention, that most beloved deity
of Lord Hari is Lord Hanumantha. Lord Hari thus created Lord Vayu or
Mukhyaprana. What this Shruti establishes is that Lord Hari stays in the body
of all beings, till Lord Vayu stays in that body and Lord Hari exits from the
body the moment Lord Vayu exits. So long as Lord Vayu stays in a body and keeps
it active, Lord Hari too stays in that body. This further affirms that Sri Vayu
Devaru is very intimate to Lord Hari and the devotion that Lord Vayu possesses for
Lord Hari is beyond comparison or description. The case of all other deities is
different. Lord Hari stays in the body of a blind, dumb, physically challenged,
lunatic, deaf and so on.
It has been stated earlier that Vali is an incarnation
of Lord Indra and Sugreeva, an incarnation of Lord Sun. In terms of intimacy
and devotion, Vali or Indra is closer to Lord Hari, compared to the intimacy
and devotion of Sun towards Sri Hari. Keeping this reality in mind, Sri Rama
should have been closer to Vali than he turns out to be with Sugreeva. The
catch in this context is that Sugreeva had greater love and devotion towards
Hanumantha whereas Vali displayed his devotion at the time of death.
ಹನುಮತಃ ಉದಿತಂ ಪ್ರಕುರ್ವನ್ – Hanumathaha uditam prakurvan –
Sri Rama agreed to help Sugreeva in eradicating Vali after Hanumatha
recommended the case of Sugreeva. It was at the behest of Hanumantha that Lord
Rama agreed to relieve Sugreeva from the threat of Vali.
Immediately on seeing Rama and Lakshmana in
Rushyamooka, Sugreeva became suspicious and his monkey band started running
away in fear. Hanumantha consoled them all and on their behalf spoke to Rama in the guise of a saint.
What transpired subsequently will be given in the next
episode.
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