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• 47. SON OF VAYU
•  FROM Sampati the Vanaras learnt the place where Sita was kept a prisoner in the land of the Rakshasa, a hundred yojanas across the ocean.
•  But of course it would not do to return to Sugriva at once with this second-hand information.
•  They had outstayed the allotted time and only outstanding success could save them from punishment. 
• They could not stop their search till they saw with their own eyes what Sampati had described only then could they fulfil Rama's purpose.
•  But then they had to cross the sea. 
• They went to the edge of the water and discussed matters. "How can we cross the sea, enter Lanka, see Sita and return?" Anxiety and fear overwhelmed them.
•  Angada said: "No matter how hard the task, one should never lose courage.
•  Courage is the key to success. 
• To lose heart is to lose everything." 
• Then he asked each one of his followers to state truly the maximum length that he could jump. 
• "Oh Vanara warriors!" he said, "much have  heard from Sugriva of your prowess.
•  Your strength and your enterprise are beyond dispute.
•  We should fulfil this task.
•  We cannot return to Kishkindha without seeing Sita.
•  That is certain.
•  It is better for us to end our lives here than to be slain in disgrace by the king. 
• Therefore, tell me, one by one, the longest jump you have the strength and courage to attempt."
•  Gaja said modestly: "I can jump ten yojanas." 
• Gavaksha said: "I can do twenty." 
• Another Vanara leader claimed he could do thirty.
•  And so each improved on the figure of the other. 
• At last Jambavan, the oldest of the warriors, spoke: 
• "I am now old and infirm.
•  Yet I would gladly spend myself to fulfil our king's command. 
• But what will mere devotion avail if not seconded by strength? 
• I think I can manage ninety yojanas, but this is not enough to cross the sea and reach Lanka. 
• I can only regret my lost youth."
•  The Yuvaraja himself said: "I can do a hundred yojanas and reach Lanka, I have no doubt.
•  But I wonder whether I shall have the strength for another jump of equal length for the return journey." 
• Jambavan answered, "O prince, you need not doubt your strength.
•  Your prowess is as great as Vali's. 
• Yet it is not proper for the crown prince to undertake this task while there are others to do it under his orders.
•  It is neither statesmanlike nor safe for a king to act directly." 
• Then Jambavan cast an appraising and admiring look at Hanuman, who had sat apart, listening to the talk, but saying nothing. 
• "I feel that the son of Vayu, sitting there in silence is the one best fitted by strength and skill to do this deed," said the old JAMBAVAn and walked up to Hanuman and brought him to their midst.
• Addressing Hanuman in the hearing of the myriad's of gloomy Vanaras, Jambavan said: 
• "O warrior, learned in all branches of knowledge, why are you sitting silent and apart? 
• You are the equal of King Sugriva, are you not? In strength and splendor do you not surpass all the
• rest of us?
•  Why, are you not the equal of Rama and Lakshmana themselves?
•  I have seen Garuda, the king of birds crossing the sea. 
• The might of your shoulders is not less than that of Garuda's wings. 
• You are not inferior to the son of Vinata in strength or speed, but you are not aware of your own prowess and intelligence.
•  There is no equal to you in the whole world.
•  Anjana, your mother, was a maiden among the goddesses above. 
• By the curse of a rishi she was born as a Vanari. 
• One day, while she was wandering carefree on a mountain slope, Vayu saw her beauty and fell in love with her and embraced her.
•  She was wrath.
•  'Who are you, O wicked one' she asked, 'who dares insult me? 
• The Wind-God answered: 'Be not angry, your body is not tainted by my touch and loses not its virgin purity.
•  Not in body but in my heart's desire did I embrace you and out of this ethereal embrace, a child will be born to you, equal to me in strength and vigor. 
• He will be the mightiest and most intelligent amongst the Vanaras.'
•  Thus did the Wind God pacify Anjana. 
• When you were a little child, O Hanuman,
•  you imagined the rising sun to be a fruit and flew towards it in order to pluck it.
•  Seeing your effortless and fearless flight Indra, king of the gods, became concerned for the sun's safety and hurled his thunderbolt at you.
•  Struck down by it, you fell on a, mountain and your right jaw was broken. 
• Enraged by this, your father the Wind-God stopped his movements and stood still. 
• All living creatures became breathless and felt strangled in the stillness. 
• The gods begged Vayu to lay aside his anger and showered blessings on you.
•  Brahma and Indra gave you boons.
•  No weapon can slay you.
•  Death can only come to you at your will and not other wise. You are immortal.
•  Born of Anjana and begotten of the spirit of the Wind-God, you are equal to him in splendor, intelligence and power. 
• But, for all your strength, you are virtuous and modest. 
• You alone can help us to fulfil Rama's purpose. 
• Crossing the sea is no hard task to you. 
• This great army of Vanaras, struggling in a sea of distress, you should rescue. 
• You, who can cross the sea, should not leave your power unused.
•  Increase your stature. 
• You are the equal of Garuda. 
• Once I too was strong like you and traversed the globe twenty-one times. 
• At the churning of the ocean of milk, I fetched herbs from the four quarters at the bidding of the gods. 
• But now I am old and weak. 
• You are the sole hope of the Vanaras. 
• O, son of Anjana, we beg you, noble one! 
• With your heritage of divine strength, delay no further. Realise your true strength and spring forward. 
• Like Trivikrama, you can cross the sea at a single jump. 
• Do it and end our troubles." 
• The aged Jambavan thus praised Hanuman, reminded him of his strength and roused his dormant courage. 
• At once Hanuman's form began to swell like the sea in high tide. 
• Even as the Vanaras were watching him, the son of Vayu grew in size.
•  The radiance of his body filled Angada and his companions with wonder and joy.
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