Once in the court of Ayodhya an argument took place among the scholars. Eminent sages like Narada, Vashishtha and Vishwamitra were also present in the court. The topic of the argument was, what is stronger, Ram or Ram Nam (His name)? Devarshi Narada said with sureness that it was Ram Nam (Ram’s name) that was stronger and he could prove his statement too. The same day, when the court was about to disperse, Devarshi Narada, went up to Hanuman, who had been observing the debate silently. He told Hanuman to pay his greetings to all the sages except Rajrishi Vishwamitra, since he was not just a sage but also a king. Hanuman respected Narad’s command. He greeted all the other sages except Vishwamitra. Vishwamitra was too cool to mind it. But Narad went up to Vishwamitra and made him believe that Hanuman disrespected him purposefully and he must hit back. Upon hearing this, Vishwamitra got enraged so much so that, He even went up to Ram and asked him to issue a death sentence for Hanuman, for not respecting Him. Ram was muddled, he revered his Guru but he adored his most favorite disciple Hanuman too. But he bowed down to his Guru’s tantrums and ordered that Hanuman be killed the very next day. He said that he will shoot the arrows himself to kill Hanuman. Hanuman got scared and went to Narad and elucidated the situation. Narad asked him to stay calm, take a dip in the river and stand on its banks chanting the Ram Nam. The next day, Hanuman followed Narada’s words and stood on the banks of the river and started chanting Ram-Nam. Ram came and looked at Hanuman helplessly. Hanuman kept chanting “Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram”, unceasingly. Ram shot an arrow, it circled around Hanuman and fell near his feet. He tried another one, same thing happened. Ram kept shooting arrows but none of them could harm Hanuman. They would reach near Hanuman and fall down at His feet. Ram got exhausted. In the meantime, Narada went to Vishwamitra asked him to stop the fight. He confessed that it was all started by him and that it was his way of proving that the Ram Nam was stronger than Ramhimself. Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
