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Source: The Hindu (http://www.the-hindu.com)

 

God's grace necessary for success

 

CHENNAI, JUNE 26. Failure in accomplishing a task which one has

undertaken can demoralise even the most sagacious person. If the

person is unequal to the mission entrusted to him then the wrong

choice can be blamed for the failure. But if the individual is

capable and well-equipped to accomplish the job entrusted to him

then he has to analyse the reason for not succeeding in the task.

This kind of soul-searching can often pinpoint the reason and

help him to try again with renewed vigour and self-confidence.

Finally God's grace is paramount for succeeding in any enterprise

as there are many factors which can cause obstacles and they can

be surmounted only by Divine grace.

 

When Hanuman was chosen to be sent to Lanka for locating Sita,

there was no doubt in anyone's mind about his capabilities,

especially Rama whose confidence he had won right at their first

meeting. His physical prowess, sagacity of mind and above all his

devotion to Rama made him the unanimous choice.

 

Naturally when there was so much at stake in this task he was

delegated, he took all the efforts possible from the moment he

reached Lanka to find Her. He combed even Ravana's palace to rule

out the possibility of Her being kept in captivity there. Not

finding Sita anywhere he became very despondent that he would not

be able to succeed and started deliberating upon all the

consequences in case he returned to Kishkinda without

accomplishing the task.

 

He argued to himself that Rama would not be able to bear it if he

did not report the good news of having found Her and this would

lead to disastrous consequences like everyone connected to Rama

dying because He would certainly not live without Sita. He even

toyed with the idea of taking his life in dejection but resisted

prudently concluding that it would serve no purpose. So he

decided to renew his search after deciding that he would not rest

till he had found Her, said Sri K. Anantharama Sarma in his

discourse on the Ramayana.

 

Hanuman had deliberated all this sitting atop a tower from where

he then beheld a beautiful grove of Asoka trees which he had not

searched so far. Before entering the grove which was guarded by

ogres Hanuman who had gained self-confidence prayed to God, ``Let

all the Gods along with hosts of Rishis for their part grant

success to me in this undertaking.'' He was indeed blessed with

success ultimately for he located Sita and identified Her

correctly even though this was the first instance he was seeing

Her. Then he acted with great alacrity of mind to gain Her

confidence and convince Her that She would be rescued soon.

 

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