Srimad Ramayana Tattva Deepika- (55) Ba:la Ka:nda

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Srimathe: Ramanujaya Namaha | Jeeyar Thiruvadigale: Saranam |

 

Sri Rama arrived at the banks of the Pampa lake

accompanied by Lakshmana. That was a lake of lotus

flowers. Its surroundings were beautiful. There vaanara,

'Hanuma', joined Sri Rama.

 

There Valmiki says, "sangatho: va:nare:Na ha". We should

realize that the presence of the exclamation -'ha!' -

denotes some thing significant here. The garden there

astounds in unrivaled beauty that soothes the lamenting

hearts of estranged lovers. Sri Rama's courage was about

to be shadowed by anguish.

 

There is no greater moment of happiness than someone coming

to unexpected rescue when one is about to be robbed especially

in a remote dense forest. SriRamachandra was about to be robbed

by the greatest of all dacoits from all the sides. At that

moment Hanuma comes to rescue. If it were not for Hanuma what

would have happened to SriRamachandra?

 

To let us notice that Sri Rama's meeting with Hanuman there

was such a happy & important occasion, Valmiki uses the

exclamation 'ha'.

 

How much ever grave a situation may be, Hanuma takes it on

effortlessly. When Indra hit him with his weapon 'vajra' he

fell on a boulder, his jaw (hanuvu) was dented and that became

a symbol of his greatness and became "Hanuma". Hence by using

the word 'Hanuma' it is made clear that the 'va:nara who could

take on any adverse situation effortlessly' - was found by the

capable Sri Rama. Not only that, the word Hanuma means one who

is eloquent and 'vanara' indicates a 'jna:ni' who can take the

position of an 'A:cha:rya'. So getting an a:char:rya who would

enable the Ji:vas to attain Parama:thma would please Bhagava:n

and this is denoted by the word "ha".

 

To be continued...

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