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AUM
December 15, 2002
Ramayana - 7
At last the rainy season came to an end. Sugreeva was still leading a life of leisure. Hanuman
gently reminded of his responsibilities and promise to Rama. Sugreeva then called all his
vanaraas (monkeys). He divided them to four groups and sent them is four different directions.
Hanuman and Angada were in the southbound group. Rama gave his ring to Hanuman to give to
Sita when he finds her.
One day as Hanuman and his men searched for Sita, they saw a great bird Sampati on a
mountainside. This bird was the brother of Jatayu. His wings had been damaged in a competition.
Hanuman told the bird about his search. Then he asked, "Do you know where Sita is?"
"Yes," the bird said, "She is in the Ashokvan near Ravana's palace."
"How do I get to her?" asked Hanuman.
"You must cross a great ocean," the bird said.
Suddenly Sampati got back a beautiful pair of wings. Angada’s army marched to the mighty ocean.
There was no way they could cross this great body of water. The oldest member of the vanaraas
Jambavaan reminded Hanuman of his enormous strength. Recollecting Hanuman’s past life he
praised him.
Hanuman was born to Vayu (Wind God) and Anjana. Hanuman was no ordinary child. He was
extremely hungry the moment he was born and nothing could satisfy his hunger. When he looked
around he saw the orange glowing ball called the sun and reached for it. He hurried across the sky
to reach King Indra’s abode. Indra was the King of Heavens. He protected the sun by hurtling his
thunderbolt and damaged his left chin. Poor little Hanuman (meaning one with broken chin) was
injured and fell to the ground. Vayu, the Wind God, was enraged and stopped functioning. The gods
realized they had wronged the newborn babe and immediately assembled to assuage the father and
comfort the child. Each one of them gave the child gifts: one promised immortality and another
powers by which he could alter his size and shape at any time. The sun accepted him as his student
and taught him the Vedas (ancient scriptures) and gave him one hundredth of his brilliance. Kubera
the god of wealth gave him wealth while Yama the god of death gave him a life free from disease
and death at his will.
Sundarakand, section of the Ramayana, This section deals with the story of how Hanuman crossed
the ocean to reach Lanka in search of the abducted Sita.
Hanuman is brave and courageous physically. He is mentally of very fast. He has conquered the
emotions of desire, anger lust and so on. His most celebrated quality is his total devotion to his
master, Lord Rama. He embodies strength. He can do anything. Nothing is impossible for him. He
is yet very modest and humble satisfied to be the servant of Lord Rama. He is unaware of his own
strength. He is charming in his thinking. He is courageous in his action. Hanuman stands as the
most important lesson in Hindu philosophy: absolute surrender is the secret to reach the Almighty
"We must return," said one of the monkey warriors. "How can we get to the other side?"
In a loud voice, Hanuman declared, "I will cross this ocean and rescue Sita."
Hanuman prayed for strength. He saw the unhappy image of Rama. Hanuman prayed to Rama.
Then incredibly, he began to grow. He grew so huge that the ground began to shake.
With a great cry, "Victory to Rama," Hanuman leapt into the sky.
The monkey army cheered as their leader flew across the great ocean. The gods smiled down on
Hanuman as they admired his courage and devotion.