Lesson Six Dasyam - Being The Lord's Servant

Lesson six
Dasyam - being the Lord’s servant
Hanuman is an example of a perfect servant of the Lord. His only thought

was for Lord Rama. His love and devotion was so great that he would do
anything for his master.
Hanuman is the son of the Wind God. Hanuman was born to Anjanadevi
and Vaayu, the wind God. Hanuman is also called 'Aanjaneya', son of
Anjana.
When he was small, Hanuman felt very hungry. Looking up he saw in the
east something red. Hanuman thought that the red sun was a fruit and
flew up to snatch it. Though the sun's heat burnt his face, Hanuman was
determined and continued to fly towards the sun.
Indra, the Lord of Heaven, feared that the sun might be caught. So he hit
at Hanuman with his terrible weapon Vajrayudha. Hanuman fell down and
was hurt. His cheeks became swollen. This is why he came to be called
Hanuman. 'Hanu' in Sanskrit means the cheek.
Now, Hanuman's father, the Wind God became very angry. So he would
not move at all. In all the three worlds there was no air to breathe. Then
all the gods came and consoled the Wind God. Each god conferred a boon
upon the little Hanuman.
Brahma said, "No weapon will be able to kill this boy."
Indra said to the boy, "You will be a 'Chiranjeevi' (immortal)."
Blessed thus by the gods, Hanuman grew up to be as strong as his father.
When Hanuman grew up he became the minister of Sugreeva, the King of

Kishkindha.
When Shri Rama, his wife Sita and his brother Lakshmana were in the
forest, a rakshasa by name Ravana took away Sita by force. Rama was in
great grief. He was wandering in the forests and came to Kishkindha.
Sugreeva saw him when he came with Lakshmana to the Malaya
mountains.
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Hanuman took Rama and Lakshmana to Sugreeva. Rama and
Sugreeva became friends very soon.
Hanuman was such a good and trustworthy servant that the Lord relied
on him above all others. When Lord Rama discovered that Sita was being
held prisoner in Ravana’s kingdom, it was Hanuman that He chose to find
her and give her His message.
Hanuman along with Angada, Jambavantha and others went towards the
south in search of Sita. But after a long search also they could not find
Sita.
Just then a bird by name Sampathi came there. From him they learnt that
Sita was Ravana's prisoner in Lanka. Their joy knew no bounds. They
danced about shouting, "Oh! Now we know about Sita!" With great
enthusiasm, they turned to the sea. But who could cross the ocean?
As Hanuman became aware of his own powers, great enthusiasm welled

up in him. He stood up and after glancing at them, began to grow. His
companions were astonished. As they went on praising him, his stature
grew.
He grew so tall that he could jump across the sea. Still he was very
modest. He bowed to the elders and said, "I am the son of the Wind God
who can move in the skies without touching the earth. If need be I can
throw all the water of this ocean and make the three worlds float on
water. I will go like lightning and surely see Sitadevi."
His voice was like thunder. He stood on Mount Mahendra and grew even
bigger and then leapt.
Even the gods in Heaven were amazed at Hanuman's flight over the
ocean.
Hanuman could see Lanka at a distance. His joy knew no bounds. But he
feared that if he entered Lanka as he was, everyone would see him. So
assuming his normal size, he alighted on a mountain near the
seashore.
Just then he saw the garden Ashokavana at

a distance. Hanuman flew to the
garden. He combed the entire garden
and finally found Sitadevi. Sita was
sitting under a tree. Her plight made
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Hanuman both sad and angry. He sat on the tree beneath which
Sita was seated.
Sita looked up in surprise. Hanuman softly got down from the tree and
prostrated before her. He again said that he was Rama's messenger and
praised him. Sita was overjoyed. Hanuman showed her the ring, which
Rama had given him.
Hanuman had now completed his mission. But he thought it would be a

good thing if he could manage to get an estimate of the enemy's
strength, kill some of the prominent rakshasas and also give a warning to
Ravana.
He set about it and uprooted trees. Ravana was furious when he heard
the news. But all the rakshasas he sent were destroyed by Hanuman in
the twinkling of an eye.
Ravana then sent his son Indrajith himself to capture Hanuman. He fought
with Hanuman for a while and then shot the Brahmasthra. Hanuman
wanted to show respect to the weapon carrying the power of Lord
Brahma and allowed himself to be tied up by it for a while.
But Hanuman was fearless. He told Ravana why he had gone there. He
said, "Look, Ravana, it is not proper for you to kidnap Sitadevi and make
her suffer like this.
Ravana's anger blazed. He ordered to set fire to Hanuman's tail."
At once the rakshasas wrapped some cloth around Hanuman's tail,

poured oil over it and set fire to it.
Then all at once he leapt high. He freed himself from the ropes. He beat
up all the rakshasas following him and stood on a high place. He set fire
to all the buildings nearby. The houses of Ravana's ministers and
commanders began to burn. Very soon the whole city of Lanka was in
flames.
After this Hanuman returned to Rama on the other side of the ocean.
Finally they made a bridge by throwing big stones in the water.
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Soon a great fight started between Ram and Ravana’s army.
When Lakshman was fighting in the battle

with Ravana’s army and was severely
injured, it was Hanuman again that Lord
Rama sent on a mission. Hanuman had to
retrieve a special mountain in the middle of
the Himalayas. On that mountain grew
many healing herbs that had the power to
cure Lakshman. Lord Ramachandra knew
that only hanuman could be trusted with
this important task. Over and over again,
hanuman proved his excellent service
attitude to his lord and master, Lord
Ramachandra.
Finally Lord Rama became victorius and all of them returned to Ayodhya
their kingdom city.

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Lesson six

Dasyam - being the Lord’s servant

Hanuman is an example of a perfect servant of the Lord. His only thought

Brahma said, "No weapon will be able to kill this boy."

Indra said to the boy, "You will be a 'Chiranjeevi' (immortal)."

Blessed thus by the gods, Hanuman grew up to be as strong as his father.

When Hanuman grew up he became the minister of Sugreeva, the King of

As Hanuman became aware of his own powers, great enthusiasm welled

Just then he saw the garden Ashokavana at

Hanuman had now completed his mission. But he thought it would be a

Ravana's anger blazed. He ordered to set fire to Hanuman's tail."

At once the rakshasas wrapped some cloth around Hanuman's tail,

When Lakshman was fighting in the battle

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