Showing posts with label Lord Hanuman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lord Hanuman. Show all posts

Saturday, June 7, 2014

WHY IS LORD HANUMAN SOMETIMES DEPICTED AS MARRIED


The details of this celestial event are found in the manuscript written by Parasara Maharishi in his book Parasra Samhita. Sri Parasara Maharishi had written the life history of Lord Hanuman from his birth and goes on to depict his life even after the Ramayana.

According to Parasara Maharishi, Hanuman had worshipped Surya Bhagwan (the Sun god) as his Guru and studied the Vedas and mastered the Nine Vyakarnas. Being an Aajanma Brahmachari, Lord Hanuman was not eligible to study the Nava Vyakarnas (nine grammers) for which the status of being a grihastha (married man) was essential.


In order to facilitate the completion of his education, the Trimurtis approached Surya Bhagavan and created a beautiful Kanya, Suvarchala Devi, an Aajanma Brahmacharini, from the Sun's Kiranas (rays) and arranged a marriage with Hanumanji to make him a Grihastha without Brahmacharya being affected. Whereby he learnt and became a genius in the nine vyakaranas (sanskrit grammar). These details can be found in Parasara Samhita.

There is also a sloka called 'Hanuman Mangalashtakam' depicts the Lord thus and runs as follows:

suvarchalaa kalathraaya chaturbhuja dharaaya cha
ushtraa roodhaya veeraya mangalam sri hanumathe


The meaning of the above sloka is: "Salutations to Lord Hanuman, having four arms, accompanied by His consort Suvarchala Devi, seated on a camel and exhibiting extraordinary valour."

The text further describes Suvarchala as the daughter of Sun-God, Surya, from whom Anjaneya learnt the Vedas.

At the temple at Thailavaram, the moolavar is eight feet tall. The Lord holds the customary mace in his hand that he rests on his right shoulder. His left hand is placed on his hip. The utsava moorthi of Anjaneya is with his consort Suvarchala Devi. The Lord is depicted with four arms and is descriptively called Suvarchala Devi Sametha Chaturbhuja.


Monday, March 31, 2014

CHOOSING FAVOURITE GOD (ISHT DEVTA)….Contd.


The two questions which toggle our mind regarding selection of ISHT DEVTA are:

1.) Which God should be worshiped? As there are too many Gods as per Hindu Myths.
2.) Different planets governs at different times as per their planetary movement and revolving duration, So do we have to change our God from time to time?

As per my view, there is only one God, who was blessed from the Dominant Deity (Swami) of 9 Planets (Grahs). All of the 9 masters gave boon to Lord Hanuman that,

Any Individual Who Worship You (Hanuman Ji) Will Remain Unaffected From All Of Us”.


REASON:-

In Ramayana Epic, during the battle between Lord Rama and Ravan.

Ravan being a very knowledgeable Pandit (Brahmin) have enormous power by virtue of which he can even control the 9 Grahas. And Lord Rama being born as a normal human being is also controlled by the 9 Grahs.

Once during the battle, when Lord Rama was fighting for the religion (dharma) and he was on the way to win the battle. Ravan from his powers captured all the 9 Grahs which results in decreasing the power of Lord Rama (as he was human avatar). Due to which, Lord Rama was not able to memorize the mantra, hymns which enhance his strength to fight and his power reduces to negligible.

Suddenly, Lord Hanuman was told to free the 9 Grahs, as due to which the Lord Rama is unable to win over the Ravan. As, Hanuman ji was the closest friend and helper (bhakt) of Lord Rama, he reaches the Tomb of Ravan and freed the 9 Grahs. Upon freeing all the 9 Grahs, they gave Boon to Hanuman Ji

(“Any Individual Who Worship You (Hanuman Ji) Will Remain Unaffected From All Of Us”.)


LORD HANUMAN JI