Naam Ramayana 19 – Remember the experiences of the transcending potency of the Lord’s remembrance

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thank you Naam Ramayana Hanumatha Sevitha Nijupadha Rama Atha Sukhriva Bheeshta Dharama Hanumatha Sevitha now the kishkindha kanda is starting Hanumatha Sevitha Hanuman served Nijupadha, he served the lotus feet of lord Ram and Atha Sukhriva Bheeshta Dharama and Sukhriva offered obeisances to him and his abhishta is this his desire Ram fulfilled Abhishta Dharama granted his abhishta, granted his desire that was he gave him back his kingdom so Hanuman was an assistant of Sukhriva he was deputed by Sukhriva to find out who were these strange looking visitors to the Ambasarovar area where they looked like Kshatriya princes but they were wearing ascetic robes and while wearing ascetic robes they were carrying weapons so they seemed to be like a bundle of contradictions which invited suspicion Ram Hanuman initially appeared in the form of Brahmana and engaged in a conversation with Hanuman Hanuman engaged in a conversation with Lakshman and Ram tried to understand and as he was trying all this suddenly he realized that this is actually Ram he is my eternal lord I have a disposition for serving the supreme lord and I can understand this is the supreme lord I just need to surrender to him thus everything will be Hanuman asked the two divine brothers Ram and Lakshman to ascend on his shoulders and he carried them up the mountain on which Sukhriva had made his hideout because from there he could have a strategic vantage point he could see any approaching invaders so Hanuman considered himself supremely blessed that he was able to touch the lotus feet of the two lords as he was able to touch them with his hands and the lotus feet touched his body as he carried them up the mountain and then an alliance was formed between Sukhriva and Ram both of them had been dispossessed of their royal privileges and they had been deprived of their family, their wife and lord Ram Ram had of course been exiled from Sita, exiled from the forest and Sita had been abducted by Ravana so they commiserated and Ram heard about how Wali had so unfairly traumatized Sukhriva then he resolved to help him and he told him that I will teach that arrogant monkey a lesson Hanuman was, Sukhriva had seen repeatedly the power of Wali and he had never seen the power of Ram he wanted some demonstration, he said I have faith in you but still I would like to see some demonstration of your power by which you will be able to overcome Wali, it is not easy to overcome him so nearby the carcass of Dundubhi a demon, a formidable giant demon whom Wali had killed and flung far away and that had fallen near the hermitage of Matanga Rushi which was where Sukhriva had got safe haven so he said Wali was so powerful that he could swing and lift and throw this carcass so lord Ram just moved near the carcass and just flicked with his feet and the carcass flew far into the sky and he is amazed it was a spectacular display of power and after that Wali said yes this is impressive O Ram but still now it was just skeletons at that time there was flesh and muscles and all that so it was much heavier when Wali lifted it so he said that Wali is so powerful that with one blow he can break this solid tree so then can you do that so lord Ram took out an arrow and strung it on his bow and shot it and it went through not just went clearly through not just one of the bow of the trees but seven trees it went through Saptatal and then after that it went through the earth penetrated through the earth and then came out of the earth again and then it entered back into the quiver of lord Ram this was such a stunning display of power that Sukri just fell down in front of lord offering obeisances and he said you know I am confident now that Wali is destroyed Wali can never match you my lord it is my great fortune that you have chosen to become my benefactor and after I get my kingdom I will offer all my possible assistance all the thousands and thousands of Vanaras will be there to assist you in finding Sita so here we see that Sukriva because he was so distressed so he beseeched the lord to demonstrate some power and that is not unreasonable in our case we may not have the lord directly in front of us to ask him for power to ask him for demonstrating some power but even in our case the power of the holy name the power of the remembrance of Krishna how it elevates us how it enables us to become transcendental to transcendental in the sense that we may be in a state of great anxiety or great agitation and somehow we go into kirtan we take darshan we absorb ourselves in katha we pray to the lord we can experience an uplifting potency we can and we just feel ourselves lifted above all the anxiety just like when a person comes from a hot place to air conditioned room the person feels relief so like that mukta sarva pariklesha we feel relief from various anxieties and these are the demonstrations of the transcendental potency of the lord lord’s remembrance that the lord has already given us now we need to remember them and if we cherish those remembrance then we will also feel confident that although although Sugriva had earlier considered Vali to be a formidable enemy but when he saw Ram’s power he knew that now Vali is finished so like that although in the past we may have tried to confront our anarthas and found them nearly impossible to overcome but if we turn to the lord and surrender to him and if you remember how he has demonstrated his power to us then we will get the confidence that yes by the lord’s power my anarthas can be destroyed all that I need to do is that I just have to I have to keep myself in the position of his servant and in abhishtada abhishtada is that which is greatly desired and cherished so for us the innermost desire of our heart is pure love for the lord and that will be bestowed by the lord if we show him our sincere desire by consistent practice of bhakti and we can consistently practice bhakti by remembering his potency whenever and however he has demonstrated it to us in terms of raising us above our circumstances our minds, our agitation and anxieties through the potency of his remembrance