HANUMAN DID NOT KNOW HIS OWN POWER In Hindu mythology, Hanuman was cursed to forget his powers by a sage or old man after he misbehaved as a young boy:
Hanuman would often bother sages and temple priests by disrupting their ceremonies. Hanuman pranked an old man who was meditating and praying to the gods. The sage or old man cursed Hanuman to forget his powers, including his ability to fly and become infinitely large. The curse remained in effect until Hanuman was reminded of his powers by another. Jambavan, the king of the bears, reminded Hanuman of his powers. Hanuman then crossed the strait between India and Lanka in one leap. It was Matang Muni, who had cursed Hanuman ji for forgetting is miracle of strength. When Hanuman continued to misbehave, powerful sages cursed him to forget his magic powers, such as the ability to fly or to become infinitely large, until he was reminded of them. vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana bahu-sākhā hy anantāś ca buddhayo ‘vyavasāyinām’ (BG 2.41) This means, “Those who are on My path, they are resolute in purpose and their aim is one. Those who are irresolute, their intelligence is many branched. Resolute determination simply means that you make the order of your guru your life and soul. You have no separate interest than the desire of the spiritual master, and to be determined under any circumstances without even considering your own welfare to fulfil the order of guru. As jeeva-atmas living in this world, however great we are, we are most insignificant. And in the execution of our service to the Supreme Lord, we will inevitably encounter many situations where things go helplessly beyond our control, and it is very easy at that time to give up and say, “I cannot do it”, “It is not possible”, “I tried”.. What he was able to do or not to, he didn’t even consider! He just considered it has to be done. When they discovered that Sītā was at Śrī Lankā… it was just a group of the monkey soldiers. They got this information. Rāmacandra had hundreds and thousands of monkey soldiers traversing all the earth looking for Sītā. No one could find Her anywhere, but a few of them got this message that She was in this great city of Lanka. That was the capital of Ravana. So there was hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of miles of ocean. Ho to cross it? Firstly, I would say Humility and Loyalty. Lord Hanuman had extreme powers, he was able to fly high, expand and shrink himself, he was also very strong and intelligent. Although he was strong and powerful, he was always eager to serve his Master Lord Rama without fail because of his unconditional Bakthi towards Lord Rama. These qualities inspire us to always be humble, polite, and always respect others. Do not let the power corrupt us. Secondly, we all go through difficulties in our life, all of us have gone true hard times. Always remember that only in the time of difficulty we will find our true strength. When Sita was kidnapped by Ravana, Lord Hanuman and his clan went for a search. They were searching day and night and ended up at a seashore. Lord Hanuman and his clan were all so disappointed for not being able to locate Sita and at the same time they do not want to go back to Lord Rama without her, they were all in a situation to give up and then there came a vulture called ‘Sampathi’, who informed them that Sita was kidnaped by Ravana, but In order to save her, they have to cross the sea. None of them are capable of crossing the sea except for Lord Hanuman, but Lord Hanuman himself does not know that he had superpowers within him, only after being reminded by ‘Jambavan’ the king of bears, Lord Hanuman realized his ability and expended his form to make the leap to Lanka and met Sita. What we understand here is, all of us are capable of doing incredible things, we are very strong on our own, all we need at that point in time is the courage not to give up, and we will be able to solve it. Finally, be at service always like Lord Hanuman. we should always accomplish the task given, do not leave it halfway. When Lord Laksmana, brother of Lord Rama was severely injured, Lord Hanuman was asked to bring the ‘Sanjeevani’ herb from Mount Dronagiri, by the Vaidya. Lord Hanuman does not know how the herb looks like, yet he agreed to go because he was ready to do whatever is necessary to keep Lord Laksmana alive. He leaped to Mount Dronagiri but still could not recognize the ‘Sanjeevani’ herb. That’s when he decided to uproot a part of the mountain and managed to save Lord Laksmana. The lesson we learned here is when we are at service or committed to something, always make sure we’re committed fully and do it with all your heart to make sure it’s accomplished, like Lord Hanuman. K Rajaram IRS 31 8 24 On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 at 06:17, Jambunathan Iyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Sometimes we don't realize our own strengths, until someone tries to take > advantage of our weaknesses. > > N Jambunathan Rengarajapuram-Kodambakkam-Chennai-Mob:9176159004 > > *" What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you > become by achieving your goals. If you want to live a happy life, tie it to > a goal, not to people or things "* > > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZooXvyt3D5Xi4%3DVwqnoLJY1rKYcdUMwtGaVeQ9m4-TAd%2BA%40mail.gmail.com.
