Swami Shivapadananda on the nature of Hanumanji

SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA

DAILY READINGS

From Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji

Day 606

When Lord Vishnu gave a boon to Kausalya and Dasaratha in a previous birth, as Manu and Shatarupa, he promised that he would take a birth in this world as their son. But before Lord Vishnu left his heavenly abode he instructed all the devis  [godesses] and devas [gods], all the divine powers (which are none other than his own manifestations; just as a policeman is a manifestation of the government of the country): 'Go to the world, go to mrityu bhavan where death takes place and take birth in bodies, not only of animals but in those of men too, for I shall take birth there and you, according to your strength and power, will assist me to re-establish dharma [righteousness] and to destroy adharma [unrighteousness].'

I feel strongly that God took the form of the devatas [demi-gods], guardian spirits in the form of animals and men for various people, for those who worshipped God in the forms of different deities, and for those who wished to see and have boons from those deities. He thus satisfied this type of devotee – the devotee that did not worship God as Satchidananda [Existence Knowledge Bliss, Absolute].

There are many different sources to show how Sri Hanumanji took birth. In different Yugas [epochs, eras, ages] the Lord takes birth in different ways. I suggest you dwell on a few of these and choose one.

When [king] Dasaratha was performing the sacrifice to the fire god, in order to have a son, the fire god manifested itself and handed a container of payasam, sweet rice, to Dasaratha, who took it and gave it to his wives Kausalya, Sumantra and Kaikeyi.

Hanumanji is not a monkey because though Narabandar means man-monkey it is not referring to Sri Rama and Hanumanji; it refers to Hanumanji alone. Hanumanji was born man and monkey in one [it is said he was an Aboriginal person – i.e. indigenous to that opart of the world]. The Ramayana says that the Vanara tribe lived in certain parts of India. Another point is that monkeys do not walk upright so this shows us that Hanumanji was not a monkey.

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