Srila Murari Gupta & Sri Hanuman

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Srila Murari Gupta & Sri Hanuman

 

> I have read that Murari Thakur

> > was Hanumanji Himself. But, Hanumanji is present even today. And,

> > Hanumanji is also an expansion of the Lord. If Murari prabhu was

> > Hanumanji Himself then how is it that he did'nt realize it. I am

> > getting confused. Please do enlighten me more

 

Thank you for your thoughtful question.

 

You questions has 2 parts.

 

Q1. How can Srila Murari Gupta and Hanumanji exist simultaneously?

 

A. Thakura Bhaktivinoda mentions in Jaiva-dharma that a living entity who

worships Lord Gaura alongwith Lord Krsna or His other principle incarnations

like Lord Rama, gets two eternal spiritual bodies simultaneously

specifically due to the mercy of Lord Gauranga. With one spiritual body

(mostly male) he enters the Navadvipa partition of Goloka and with another

he will enter either Vrindavan of Krsna-lila in Goloka or the Vaikuntha

planet (Ayodhya) of Lord Rama dependant on his constitutional position. This

is how Lord Gaura raises some of the devotees of His other incarnations to

Goloka and gives them entry into His sankirtana pastimes in Navadvipa. This

subject is very interesting & deep and I don't want to go into furthur

details.

 

But the above fact clearly explains how the spiritual forms of Srila Murari

Gupta and Hanuman exist simultaneously.

 

Q2. If Murari prabhu was Hanumanji Himself then how is it that he did'nt

realize it?

 

A. On what basis do you assume that did not know it? He knew his

constitutional position very clearly and always served Lord Rama in that

way. This is proved by the fact that when Lord Caitanya tested his loyalty

to Lord Rama by telling him to worship Krsna, he could not sleep that night

because neither could give up Rama nor could he disobey Lord Caitanya. Also

he composed the famous Ramastaka and Lord Caitanya wrote on his forehead the

name Ramadasa. In the maha-prakasa lila, Lord Caitanya showed him his form

as Hanuman serving Lord Rama and he fainted on the ground in ecstacy. He was

constantly in the mood of Hanuman internally. If sometimes it looks like he

does not know his position, we should understand that it is only a pastime.

 

I hope this clarifies your doubt regarding the eternal associates of Lord

Gauranga.

 

Your aspiring servant, BR Sadhu Swami