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

 

Anjaneya's devotion is unparalleled

 

CHENNAI, OCT. 18. It is surprising to see that some achieve the

goal they have set before themselves with ease, surmounting

obstacles, while a few others do not succeed in their efforts to

gain their objective. What accounts for this strange thing though

both groups may possess the capacity required? Those who forge

ahead have received the Divine grace and have been blessed by

God. Others lack this approval by the Almighty. The former should

have sought sanction for their noble schemes from God and

obtained it. Our scriptural texts clearly bring out this aspect

through several episodes where men who had even enormous power,

met with failures at the crucial stage while others came out with

flying colours.

 

In the Ramayana, this is illustrated by the distinction gained by

Anjaneya through his devotion and total reliance on the potent

force of chanting the Divine Name of the Lord. ``Could he have

crossed the ocean without such a talisman in the form of the name

of Rama and his absolute belief and faith in Him'', asks a great

composer of music in a song. As Anjaneya stood wondering how to

leap across the sea to reach Lanka, a giant bird, also possessing

powers, informed him how the abducted Divine Mother was being

kept captive in the distant island. Birds have an uncanny gift of

spotting out their prey even while flying very high and this

enabled it to locate Her. But due to lack of Divine grace, it

could not travel to a far-off place. Anjaneya's devotion is

unparalleled and scriptures point out how it can be cultivated

through spiritual knowledge and detachment.

 

In the epic, the names of the different cantos have a direct

reference to the venue of happenings, excepting the ``Sundara

Kandam'' where the exploits of Anjaneya, the discovery of Sita

and the events in Lanka together mark a turning point which gives

a clear indication of a happy end to the turmoil. The Divine poem

projects how an envoy should go about with his mission and

Anjaneya fulfilled the diplomatic requirements. In a discourse,

Sri K. Kalyanaraman said the emissary saw the Divine Mother kept

in an isolated park. Perched on a tree, Rama's ambassador

witnessed how the evil-minded Ravana came to Her and tried in

vain to cajole Her to yield to his request and left after

threatening Her. She replied to his plea, by throwing a blade of

grass before him indicating that Her chastity was inviolable and

that Rama's wrath was a fiery sword whose thrust was infallible

and fatal. A silent witness to these scenes, Anjaneya, after

Ravana's retreat, got down from the tree, comforted Her and

assured Her of early relief and thus saved Her.

 

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