Who, in the world, is superior to Lord Hanuman in valour, energy, intelligence, prowess, character, charm, discernment, composure, dexterity, vigour, and fortitude?

Who, in the world, is superior to Lord Hanuman in valour, energy, intelligence, prowess, character, charm, discernment, composure, dexterity, vigour, and fortitude? Blessing Valmiki, the adikavi, Lord Brahma had prophesied that ‘as long as mountains stand on earth and rivers flow, the story of Ramayana would remain current in all the worlds. Today, ages later, this story abides; and as its integral part lives Lord Hanuman and his legend, actualising the boon that he had sought from Shri Rama: '‘I am never satisfied with repeating thy name. Therefore, I wish to remain always on this earth repeating thy name. May this body of mine remain as long as thy name is remembered in this world." So, Hanuman ji lives incognito among us as one of the eight chiranjivins, immortals, listening to Ramkatha, the story of Rama, wherever it is sung.

In the Adhyatma Ramayana, Hanuman ji tells Angada: ‘We are all celestial attendants of Lord Vishnu in Vaikuntha. When he incarnated himself as a man, we too descended as vanaras (monkeys).’ In the Oriya Rasavinoda of Dinakrishnadasa, the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva together appears in the form of Hanuman. Goswami Tulsidas—‘the greatest of all poets who wrote in the language of the people’ ; pays obeisance to Hanuman ji as ‘Mahadeva’, ‘Kapali’, ‘Rudravatara’, ‘Vanarakara-vigraha Purari’, which are also appellations of Shiva or Rudra. In a number of Puranas ; the Skanda, Bhagavata, Narada, and Brihaddharma Puranas, for instance ; Lord Hanuman has been depicted as Shiva, or his partial incarnation, or as Kapalin, the eleventh Rudra. In the Bengali Krittivasa Ramayana, Maa Sita realizes that Hanuman ji is Shiva’s incarnation while serving him food.

In Kamba Ramayana too, Lord Hanuman has been described as an incarnation of Rudra. The AnandaRamayana, the Tattvasangraha Ramayana, and Tulsidas’s Hanuman Bahuka and Dohavali also say so. In some versions of the Ramayana Hanuman has been mentioned as Shri Vishnu’s son. Elsewhere, in the Ramakatha from Indonesia, for instance , he is Lord Rama’s son! ✨🐵👁🐵✨

Jai Shri Ram ~ Jai Rudra Ke Roop Hanuman! 🐒✨🐒
Shubh Ratri 🙏🐒🙏