Anjaneya swami will bless...
Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Jagat guru
Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi
Sankaracharya swamigal
Anjaneya swami's eminence is unique. His uniqueness is evident, if we have an
understanding of the anugrahas (blessings) he showers on his bhakthas or
devotees.
Budhdirbalam Yaso Dhairyam Nirbhayatva-Marogata
Ajadyam Vakapatutvam Cha Hanumatsmaranathbavet
This sloka says what Anjaneya gives to his devotees. He gives intelligence,
strength, fame, steadiness, courage, health, vigilance and power of speech.
Normally all these qualities will not be found in one single soul. For example
an intelligent man may not be healthy. A strong and sturdy man may not be
intelligent. Even when these two qualities are present, he may be a coward. Even
though a man may be equipped with many qualities he may not be able to apply
them properly and with perseverance. He may be lazy too. Even though a man may
be highly intelligent, he may not be able to place his viewpoints promptly and
correctly. Anjaneya blesses his devotees with all the qualities, seamlessly
blending them, for the simple reason He himself is the embodiment of all these
qualities. Whatever we think as conflicting qualities they also merge
consistently with in him. For example strong and sturdy people will not have
humility. Highly intelligent people will not have bhakthi or devotion
without any pride. But Anjaneya stands at the top of all this, with physical
strength and good knowledge and as well as humility and bhakthi. Physically
strong people may go in a wrong way. They may not have devotion. Even though
they may have wisdom they may not have clarity. It may be blind faith or crude
bhakthi.
But Anjaneya, being a great devotee of Lord Ramachandra he was wisest of all.
The sloka, which begins "Vaidhehi Sahitham" says, Shri Rama gives
Gnanopadesa to all, keeping Anjaneya as the foremost or as an example, Guru
Dhakshinamurthy teaching all, keeping sanakadhi Munis as example. People believe
that there was a Bhashyam for Sri Bhagavath Geetha in Paisasa
language written by Anjaneya. Such a great philosopher is Anjaneya. Lord Rama
himself has praised him as "Nava vyakarana vetha" meaning one who has
mastered all the nine vyakaranas. Such a great educationist is Anjaneya.
No one has reached the highest in wisdom, strength, devotion, valour, fame,
service and humility other than Anjaneya himself.
In addition to all these qualities we have to praise him for his celibacy. He is
absolutely free from Kama (meaning sexual desire here). He does not have
this feeling even for a moment. Such a pure soul is Anjaneya.
In South India he is called as Hanuman. In Karnataka he is called as
Hanumanthaiah where as beyond Chitoor and all over Andhra Pradesh he is called
as Anjaneyalu. All over Maharastra he is worshipped as Maruthi. In North India
he is worshipped as Mahaveer.
He has no equal or parallel. One gets courage even when he thinks about Him.
Fear will vanish. While one will obtain knowledge, devotion and wisdom, kama
will disappear and with humility we will serve Bhagawan and society.
Wherever Rama's name is spelt and wherever Ragunatha keerthanam is sung,
Anjaneya will be standing there with tears flowing from his eyes, without being
visible to us.
Nowadays despite all the blessings, which one may receive, one should have
self-control and humility. With each success one aspires for more, which
eventually leads to new misery.
With humility in approach one gets the contentment, the blessing, which Anjaneya
has to shower on us.
People who worship Him will not have any problem. For dharma to pervade
the entire universe let us offer our prayers to Shri Anjaneya Swami. He helped
establishment of 'Rama rajya' vanquishing Ravana, latter His presence in
the flag of Arjuna the helped establishment of 'Dharma rajya'. In the
recent when our dharma and bhakthi was put to test Shri Anjaneya
Swami incarnated as Shri Samartha Ramadasa and helped Shivaji establish 'dharma'
['dharma samsthapana']. Even today for establishment of dharma and
bhakthi His 'anugraha' is a must.
In praying to Shri Anjaneya Swami with all sincerity He will bestow us all this.
[translated by a.v.subramaniam]