Hanumaan's Stories-3

Hanumaan Helps Raam in Raam Raavan War

After Hanumaan had found Seeta, Raam and Sugreev went to invade Raavan and get Seetaa back from Lankaa. They arrived at sea coast and built the bridge over 100 Yojan wide sea in 3 days time. They came to Lankaa and started fighting with Raavan.

Hanumaan Saved Lakshman - One day Meghnaad, Raavan's son, sent a Power to kill Lakshman. It couldn't kill him but it made him unconscious. Somebody told that a Vaidya (traditional doctor) named Sushen lives in Lankaa. If he could come and examine Lakshman. Hanumaan immediately went in the night and brought him sleeping along with his house. He examined Lakshman and said - "I need a special herb called Sanjeevanee to bring him to life. It can be found on Himaalaya. If the herb is not given to him, he will die by morning." Now who was that fast who could go to Himaalaya and bring that unknown herb before morning? Hanumaan said - "I will go and bring that herb, but tell me how I will recognize it?" Sushen said - "It glows in the dark." Hanumaan immediately flew to bring that herb.

In the meantime Raavan knew that Hanumaan has gone to bring herb which will bring Lakshman to life. He sent a Raakshas to kill him. His plan was that the Raakshas would stop him on the way and killed him and when he would not be able to take that herb to the Vaidya, Lakshman would die. Seeing light on the way, Hanumaan did stop there, and the Raakshas did try to kill him but he killed the Raakshas and proceeded on his way. When he reached on the mountain where the herb was growing, he found that many different herbs were glowing. Now hot to identify that specific herb? He did not want to take a chance, so he uprooted the mountain itself on which the herb was growing, and took it to Vaidya.

Now on the way he flew over Ayodhyaa, so Bharat saw something glowing through the sky. He thought that maybe some Raakshas was going to kill his brother, he immediately shot an arrow at Hanumaan and he fell down on the ground. Then they talked and Hanumaan introduced himself and told about Lakshman. Bharat got extremely sad. Although he told him if he sent his army to fight with Raavan but Hanumaan politely refused and said - "Please let me go as soon as possible, because if I did not reach there in time, Lakshman will have to go." Bharat said - "How can you reach there before morning? (he did not know Hanumaan's powers, that is why he thought like that) Don't worry, You sit on my arrow, it will take you there within no time." Hanumaan Jee refused this offer also and came from there in time. Sushen gave some herb to Lakshman and after a little while Lakshman got up. Everybody was very happy to see him alive and well. Hanumaan took Sushen back to Lankaa along with his house.

Hanumaan Saved Raam and Lakshman - Once Ahiraavan stole Raam and Lakshman and took them to Lankaa while they were sleeping. He was doing a Yagya and wanted to offer their sacrifice to Devee. When people did not find Raam and Lakshman around, they made noise, "Where are are Raam and Lakshman?" Then somebody told them that Ahiraavan might have taken them for sacrifice. Hanumaan immediately set to look for the place where Ahiraavan took them.

He reached the place but there were so many guards around that he could not go there directly. He took the form of a fly and hid himself in flowers. He reached there assumed his original form, lifted Raam and Lakshman on his shoulders and brought them to their camp. Thus he saved their lives.

[This is the example of Hanumaan's great Bhakti (devotion) towards Bhagvaan Raam, and his powers he used for his Isht Dev Raam.]