Hanuman manifests a combination of bhakti and shakti

Talk to children at Denver, USA

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But we do it with, we do it for. And he went there and everywhere he was searching. Where is Sita? Where is Sita? Where is Sita? So, then when he actually found Sita, at that time, what did he do? He said that he had to communicate to Sita.
Now suppose say, you know, you have a friend. And that friend comes to meet you. You can talk naturally.
But suppose there is some other girl who you don’t know. So your father wants you both of you to be friends. Your father is not there.
But she comes here. You don’t know her. So how will you become friends? How will you become friends? So then she comes and introduces herself.
Who is this person? Why has she come here? But if she starts talking about your father. You know I met your father. I know your father.
And he is like that. Oh, really? So you know my father? Then their friendship develops. So like that, what does Ram do? When Hanuman has to meet Sita, they have never met before.
And Hanuman is actually in the form of a monkey. So, at that time, Hanuman comes to the place. And just at that time, Ravana is also there.
And Ravana is trying to tempt Sita, threaten Sita. To force her to submit to him. So, Ravana is trying various tricks also.
So at that time, when Hanuman starts thinking of how he will approach Sita. He recognizes that Sita, because of Ravana’s various tricks, Sita will be suspicious. So, if I just go and introduce myself.
She will think that maybe I am an agent of Ravana. Who has come in disguise to try to allure her. So, he just sits in a tree.
Small, monkey-like form. And he starts singing the pastimes of Ram. And Sita, she is always remembering Ram.
But she has no one to talk about Ram with over there. Looks around, where is this voice coming from? Such a sweet voice. And he just keeps narrating the pastimes of Ram.
And then eventually comes the point of Ram meeting Sita. And then Sita comes over there. Who is this? Who knows so much? And then she looks up and she spots a monkey.
She has seen the monkey earlier, what she thinks. This monkey can’t speak. How does the monkey speak? This monkey won’t be speaking English.
She looks elsewhere. Who is this person? But then, when Ram and Sita go to the forest. And what they do in the forest, nobody except Ram, Sita and Lakshmana.
And some of the activities that they do in the forest together, Hanuman speaks to them. And then Hanuman speaks that at that time Sita’s suspicion ends. Oh no! Even if this is some Rakshasa who has come in disguise, he cannot know these things.
These are private things. Ram would not have told them to anyone. Anyone who is an enemy.
Therefore, this must truly be a friend of Ram. And then what happens? When Sita’s face which is initially doubtful, then becomes bright, then becomes cheerful. She says, Ram has not forgotten me.
Ram has sent a messenger to get me. Then what happens? Then he sees that and he jumps down. And he yells out, he introduces himself.
He says, I am the servant of Sugriva who is the servant of Ram. And I have come here as a messenger. And when Sita’s suspicions are gone, she starts telling the whole story about what had happened, how she is living.
And then at that time, all this time Ram is in a very small form. Sorry, not Ram, Hanuman is in a very small form. When Sita says that there is only one year and only few months remaining now.
Hanuman, Ram has said that I will eat you up for breakfast if you don’t submit to me. So Hanuman, what does he do? You sit on top of me, I will carry you right away. At this time, Sita is tall and Hanuman is a small monkey.
Sita barely contains her laughter. How will you carry me? Oh little monkey, how will you carry me? Now, actually Hanuman, he is a Kshatriya, he is a warrior. When he feels that somebody is not respecting his strength, he suddenly becomes angry.
Not with Sita, just becomes angry. And then he is like this, Sita is like this. And next moment, Hanuman becomes so big.
Now Hanuman says, do you think I can carry you down? So then, Sita says, yes, yes, I don’t doubt your strength. But still, I would like Ram to come and rescue me. So, actually Hanuman, then what he does? After he has found Sita, he decides to give the Rakshasas a sample of the strength of their enemy.
So he wants them to submit and give Sita without a war. So for that purpose, he just attacks and devastates the forest. Whatever Rakshasas come, he finishes them off one by one by one.
And at that time, he assumes a huge war. He takes a rod from a gate and swings it around. So, that same Hanuman, who is reaching with folded hands, singing the glories of Ram in a tiny form, now takes a huge rod, which is like a mace, and devastates his enemies.
So Hanuman has these two aspects. His folded hands, they represent his Bhakti. And his mace represents his Shakti.
So Bhakti is his devotion and Shakti is his strength. So you know, when we become devoted to Krishna, we become strong. Not by our own strength, but by Krishna’s strength.
So Hanuman has both Bhakti and Shakti. And it is by Bhakti he attracts Sita’s heart. And it is by Shakti that he strikes terror in the Rakshasas’ heart.
And thus he uses both his Bhakti and Shakti to fulfill the mission of Ra-Ra-Ra. So Hanuman-ji ki Jai.