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(Tirtha-yatra Parva Continued)
Vaisampayana said, "O represser of foes,
hearing these words of the intelligent monkey-chief, the heroic Bhima answered,
'Who art thou? And why also hast thou assumed the shape of a monkey? It is a
Kshatriya--one of a race next to the Brahmanas--that asketh thee. And he
belongeth to the Kuru race and the lunar stock, and was borne by Kunti in her
womb, and is one of the sons of Pandu, and is the off spring of the wind-god,
and is known by the name of Bhimasena.' Hearing these words of the Kuru hero,
Hanuman smiled, and that son of the wind-god (Hanuman) spake unto that
offspring of the wind-god (Bhimasena), saying, 'I am a monkey, I will not allow
thee the passage thou desirest. Better desist and go back. Do thou not meet
with destruction.' At this Bhimasena replied. 'Destruction at anything else do
I not ask thee about, O monkey. Do thou give me passage. Arise! Do not come by
grief at my hands.' Hanuman said, 'I have no strength to rise; I am suffering
from illness. If go thou must, do thou go by overleaping me.' Bhima said, 'The
Supreme Soul void of the properties pervadeth a body all over. Him knowable
alone by knowledge, I cannot disregard. And therefore, will I not overleap
thee. If I had not known Him from Whom become manifest all creatures, I would
have leapt over thee and also the mountain, even as Hanuman had bounded over
the ocean.' Thereupon Hanuman said, 'Who is that Hanuman, who had bounded over
the ocean? I ask thee, O best of men. Relate if thou canst.' Bhima replied, "He
is even my brother, excellent with every perfection, and endued with
intelligence and strength both of mind and body. And he is the illustrious
chief of monkeys, renowned in the Ramayana. And for Rama's queen, that king of
the monkeys even with one leap crossed the ocean extending over a hundred
yojanas. That mighty one is my brother. I am equal unto him in energy, strength
and prowess and also in fight. And able am I to punish thee. So arise. Either
give me passage or witness my prowess to-day. If thou do not listen to my
bidding, I shall send thee to the abode of Yama."
Vaisampayana continued. "Then knowing him
(Bhima) to be intoxicated with strength, and proud of the might of his arms,
Hanuman, slighting him at heart, said the following words, 'Relent thou, O
sinless one. In consequence of age, I have no strength to get up. From pity for
me, do thou go, moving aside my tail.' Being thus addressed by Hanuman, Bhima
proud of the strength of his arms, took him for one wanting in energy and prowess,
and thought within himself, 'Taking fast hold of the tail, will I send this
monkey destitute of energy and prowess, to the region of Yama.' Thereat, with a
smile he slightingly took hold of the tail with his left hand; but could not
move that tail of the mighty monkey. Then with both arms he pulled it,
resembling the pole reared in honour of Indra. Still the mighty Bhima could not
raise the tail with both his arms. And his eye-brows were contracted up, and
his eyes rolled, and his face was contracted into wrinkles and his body was
covered with sweat; and yet he could not raise it. And when after having
striven, the illustrious Bhima failed in raising the tail, he approached the
side of the monkey, and stood with a bashful countenance. And bowing down,
Kunti's son, with joined hands, spake these words, 'Relent thou, O foremost of
monkeys; and forgive me for my harsh words. Art thou a Siddha, or a god, or a
Gandharva, or a Guhyaka? I ask thee out of curiosity. Tell me who thou art that
hast assumed the shape of monkey, if it be not a secret, O long-armed one, and
if I can well hear it. I ask thee as a disciple, and I, O sinless one, seek thy
refuge.' Thereupon Hanuman said, 'O represser of foes, even to the extent of
thy curiosity to know me, shall I relate all at length. Listen, O son of Pandu!
O lotus-eyed one, I was begotten by the wind-god that life of the world--upon
the wife of Kesari. I am a monkey, by name Hanuman. All the mighty
monkey-kings, and monkey-chiefs used to wait upon that son of the sun, Sugriva,
and that son of Sakra, Vali. And, O represser of foes, a friendship subsisted
between me and Sugriva, even as between the wind and fire. And for some cause,
Sugriva, driven out by his brother, for a long time dwelt with me at the
Hrisyamukh. And it came to pass that the mighty son of Dasaratha the heroic
Rama, who is Vishnu's self in the shape of a human being, took his birth in
this world. And in company with his queen and brother, taking his bow, that
foremost of bowmen with the view of compassing his father's welfare, began to
reside in the Dandaka forest. And from Janasthana, that mighty Rakshasa
monarch, the wicked Ravana, carried away his (Rama's) queen by stratagem and
force, deceiving, O sinless one, that foremost of men, through the agency of a
Rakshasa, Maricha, who assumed the form of a deer marked with gem-like and
golden spots."
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