Lord Hanuman's first meeting with Lord Rama and Lord Lakshmana

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This fabulous picture of Lord Hanuman disguising himself in a Sadhu's attire while approaching Lord Rama and Lakshmana to meet them for the first time, reminds me of my guru, sadguru Shree Chaaganti gaari glorious Raamaayana shlokam from KishkindhaKaanda, where in Lord Shree Raama extols Hanuman's brilliance and asks Lakshmana to be careful while dealing with such an exemplary stalwart which they have never come across in their 'Vanavaas'...

This is a very special moment indeed in the entire Raamayana, because for the very first time the 2 supreme warriors* of SrimadRaamaayana meet another supremo and exchange their views to become one from there on to conjoin 'Sugreeva sena' and slowly thus begun the most spectacular episode of 'SundarakaanDa'.....

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Lord ShreeRaama - For KharadooShana Samhaaram, Vaali Vadha, Raavana Samhaaram and so on...

Lord Lakshamana - For an extremely difficult battle with the unconquerable Meghanaatha/Indrajith for his 'vadha' with a never before known 'Shree Raama naama Dharmaastram'...

Lord Hanuman - Finding the whereabouts of goddess Seetha, getting Sanjeevani mountain from Himalayas and almost in every episode from Sundarakaanda, Hanuman makes his unique mark in the entire legend...

The fact that veteran Jaambavanta asks Vibheeshana whether Lord Hanuman is safe in the first place ( and not Shree Raama or Lakshmana ), after a ferocious war with Meghanaatha where in the entire ShreeRaamaSena fell down being unable to with stand the powerful astras shot by Indrajith, makes it clear that it is for Lord Hanumaan's presence in every important episode, the very purpose of SrimadRaamaayana has been achieved so gloriously and for which he is rightly praised as
"RaamaayanamahaamaalaaRatnam vanday anilaatmajam.... :) "

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Copied the following excerpt from a Raamayana Blog ( @ http://yathirajanidhi.blogspot.com/2013/01/ungal.html )

When separated from godess SrI sithai and when looking for Her in the forests, SrI rAma and SrI lakshmaNa arrived at a place called pampA saras. Upon detecting the presence of the two mighty brothers, thinking they might be sent by vAli, sugrIva sent SrI hanumAn to check on them. When hanumAn saw the two brothers, he introduced himself saying that he was the son of vAyu, the minister of sugrIva and was sent to inquire about who the two brothers. Hearing this, SrI rAma turned to lakshmaNa, asking him to respond carefully (with jAagratta). Our AchAryAs question why SrI rAma should ask lakshmaNa to respond carefully when hanumAn was actually talking to SrI rAma. It is beautifully explained here that this was so because per conventions, a minister (manthri) must always be reciprocated by a person commensurate to his level, i.e. another minister. Hence, lakshmaNa was asked to respond. Moreover, he was asked to respond with care. SrI rAma said so because the utterances of hanumAn reflected extraordinary brilliance. SrI rAma celebrates the vAk vaibhavam of hanumAn, saying –

“nAn rigvEda vinItasya nA yajurvEda dhArina:|
nA sAma vEda viduSha: shakhyam Evam vibhAsitum ||”

SrI rAma says that not a non-scholar of the rig, sAma and yajur vEda can speak like this (na arigvEda…na ayujurvEda…). This double negation implied the positive. SrI hanumAn was an exemplified scholar marked by the knowledge of all the vEdAs and his speech was illustrative of this. Thus, SrI rAma, who is glorified as “vAkmi SrImAn”, glorifies the vAk vaibhavam of SrI hanumAn.
AchAryAs comment here is that a vidvAn celebrates another vidvAn!
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30 August 2012 · 

Lord Hanuman's first meeting with Lord Rama and Lord Lakshmana