SRI #RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY’S
SRI #RAMACHARITRYA #MANJARI
(ಶ್ರೀ #ರಾಘವೆಂದ್ರಸ್ವಾಮಿ
ವಿರಚಿತ “#ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯ ಮಂಜರಿ”)
Conversation between Hanuman and Ravana/ಹನುಮಂತ-ರಾವಣರ ಸಂಭಾಷಣೆ
The demons vociferously abused and beat Hanuman, who
was taken in a procession through the thoroughfares of Lanka. Citizens of Lanka
stood by the roadsides, upon the terrace of their houses, tree branches and
watched Hanuman without blinking their eyes. Hanuman did not react to any of
the reactions of demons as he was determined to face Ravana. When Hanuman stood
in front of Ravana, the latter showered questions that reflected his curiosity,
excitement, fear as well as his mental agony: “Oh giant monkey, who are you?
Where have you come from? Whose messenger are you? Why did you destroy my
garden? You have killed my soldiers and many prominent leaders and inflicted
huge loss of property in my empire. Why have you done all this?”
Hanuman offered prayers to Srirama in his mind,
saluted Seetha Devi before replying to Ravana. Hanuman saw the face, complexion
and the royal stature of Ravana and complimented him. Hanuman thought that if
Ravana were to be without his vices and had shunned his unwarranted, unprovoked
hatred of Vishnu and his devotees, he (Ravana) could have certainly ascended
the throne of Lord Indra. Hanuman replied:
“You wicked, evil-minded Ravana, please note my name
is Hanuman. I wonder why you did not make out that I am a monkey. I will let
you in detail the reason for destroying your garden. As you are aware, monkeys
live on fruits, which are our primary food. We, as monkeys, do not have any
assistant or subordinate to fetch fruits for us. We should climb the trees and
consume whatever fruits we get there. We have to leap from one tree to another
to eat as many fruits as would suffice to satisfy our hunger. If the trees are
week, they break due to the weight of our body and the force with which we jump
on to them. I have not done anything wrong as the trees in your garden could not
bear my weight and the trees or their branches are not at fault because I
wantonly jumped on them to satisfy my hunger.
The reason for my killing your soldiers and army
chiefs is self-defense. If someone attacks me, I have to either surrender or
fight back to survive. I had to kill everyone who attacked me in self-defense.
Now, I understand that those demons were directed by you to catch me. I want to
know, why did you send those demons and armed forces to attack me? I have
already clarified that I have not committed any sin or crime. In the light of
those facts, I want to know the reason for you to get me caught or killed. In
fact you have committed a crime by sending hundreds of demons after me with the
sole intention of killing me and I have not committed any crime by eating
fruits or by killing those who attacked me as my action was in self-defense.
Dear Ravana, you must have understood that I am quite
powerful and strong after I killed Akshakumara and several others without any
fuss or strain. You might be under the wrong impression that your son Indrajitu
is very brave for he has caught me through Brahmastra. The fact is that I
cannot be tied or arrested through any Astra/arrow. I wanted to honor Lord
Brahma and therefore pretended to have been caught. Once your demon soldiers
used ropes and clothes to bind me, the shackles of Brahmastra vanished. I could
have easily cut the ropes and other things. I wanted to see you and that is why
I pretended to have been caught.
Ravana, you want to know who has sent me here. For
your information, I am the son of Lord Vayu and my name is Hanuman. You might
have heard of Vali and I know that you had to spend some days in the palace of
Vali as a doll to amuse Angada, son of Vali. You may also be aware of Vali’s
brother Sugreeva. I am a Minister under Sugreeva. I have come here to see you
and convey the message of Srirama to you.
Ravana, you are not familiar with the prowess of
Srirama because you abducted Seetha Devi stealthily when Rama was not there in
the hermitage. This proves that you are afraid of Srirama. Criminals have only
one option of surrendering before the person who has been wronged.
Srirama has sent you the message that you should surrender
Seetha back to him and seek his pardon. Otherwise, you have very less time because
if you procrastinate, Srirama will reach here and kill you. Once Rama arrives
here, you may be aware that you cannot protect your soldiers”.
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