January 19,2013.Day 66. Srimad Valmiki Ramayan - The First Epic Poem Of India. (Continued)

Book I : Bala Kanda - Book Of Youthful Majesties : Chapter 1(Continued)

अस्त्रेण उन्मुक्तम् आत्मानम् ज्ञात्वा पैतामहात् वरात् |
मर्षयन् राक्षसान् वीरो यन्त्रिणः तान् यदृच्छया || १-१-७६
ततो दग्ध्वा पुरीम् लंकाम् ऋते सीताम् च मैथिलीम् |
रामाय प्रियम् आख्यातुम् पुनः आयात् महाकपिः || १-१-७७

76. viiraH = valiant one; mahaa kapiH = great, monkey [Hanuma]; paitaamahaat varaat = by Brahma's, boon; aatmanam = for himself; astreNa unmuktam = from weapon [its captivity,] release; j~natvaa = though knowing; yadR^ichchhayaa = intentionally; yantriNaH = those who tied him [with ropes]; taan raakshasaan marSayan = them, the demons [and their making monkey of,] while tolerating; tataH = there afterwards [after an audience with Ravana]; maithiliim siithaam = Mithila's, Seetha; R^ite = leaving off, excepting [her]; lankaam puriim dagdhvaa = Lanka, city, having burnt; raamaya priyam aakhyaatum = to Rama, pleasant [news,] to narrate; punaH aayaat = again, got back [to Rama.]

"Though the release from the weapon's captivity is known to him by the boon of Brahma, and though he is valiant enough to pulverise all the demons, but to see and talk to Ravana, thus to gauge the strength of enemy, Hanuma is intentionally tolerant of the demons and their making monkey of him when they fastened him with ropes and dragged him to Ravana's court. After an audience with Ravana Hanuma burnt that city Lanka, except where Seetha, the princess of Mithila is stationed, and then to narrate the pleasant news of locating Seetha, he again got back to Rama, for he is a great monkey... [1-1-76, 77]

This is in sundara kaanDa. Hanuma sees Ravana and others in the court, creates a scene there, as a show of his side strength, and only to prove that the riches and wealth enjoyed at the cost others will burn down to ashes on some day, Hanuma burns everything down, except the place where Seetha is stationed, besides Vibheeshana's place, for he is the prospective adherer of Rama. This episode is to relegate the false pride of Ravana, and as a symbolic suggestion that pomp and effluence without virtue are short lived.