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

 

Sustained effort essential for success

 

CHENNAI, MAY 21. Success in any enterprise is possible only if

one keeps working for it without losing hope midway. Once a

certain goal has been set all possible efforts must be made to

realise the objective. The person undertaking the task must be

fully equipped to engage in it. Further human effort must be

yoked to Divine grace to ward off unforeseen obstacles that may

arise. Sustained endeavour must be made after taking all these

precautionary steps till the desired objective is realised. The

Ramayana highlights all these aspects in the context of the

search for locating Sita organised by Sugriva's simian army. They

were despatched in all the directions so that there will not be

any room for negligence.

 

Hanuman was in the group which went to the south and Sugriva gave

them directions and landmarks to check their progress and Rama

instructed Hanuman personally by describing Sita so that he would

be able to identify Her without problem as he had not seen Her

before. Sugriva gave them a month's time to conduct their search

and report to him. With lot of enthusiasm they sallied forth

searching and identifying the places they were told to look for

and finally reached the southern sea and saw the towering

Mahendra mountain.

 

All of them had reached there without chancing upon Sita and as

the stipulated time was approaching they became scared that they

had not been successful and became totally dejected. Not knowing

what to do further they started discussing on the further course

of action and Angada decided to end his life as he did not want

to report to his father Sugriva about their failure. Hanuman who

was listening to the exchange between his friends intervened and

said that they should not give up hope till they had searched for

Sita in all the three worlds and should give up their lives only

if they failed in finding Her, like Jatayu who had died fighting

Ravana, said Sri Mathivannan in his discourse.

 

As though by Providence the moment Hanuman uttered the name

Jatayu, Sampati, the king of vultures, appeared before them and

demanded, ``Who says that my truthful brother, Jatayu, is dead?

There is no one in this world who can kill my strong brother.''

All of them were frightened except Hanuman who accosted him and

told how he had died trying to save Sita from Ravana. Sampati

grieved but was happy that Jatayu had died for a noble cause and

offered to help them locate Sita. Pointing in the direction of

Lanka Sampati assured them that Sita was very much there in the

Ashoka grove as his keen sight could see Her and instilled hope

in their hearts.

 

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