[Advaita-l] Hanuman is Siva's son

[Dr. Yadu Moharir]

Namaste:

Can someone elaborate on what does this mean to us from advaita perspective?

Does this not mean that even Gods were not immune to amorous behavior? How does one answer simple probing question from children growing up in the free open society that pertain to the various amorous activities of various deities.

Indians often negotiate between samanvaya or parishkaara but never go beyond what does this mean to us now !?  Or simply say that is our culture and we must worship regardless without asking any questions.

Thank you

Dr. Yadu


--- On Tue, 3/8/11, Sriram Krishnamurthy <asksriramjobs at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Sriram Krishnamurthy <asksriramjobs at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Hanuman is Siva's son
To: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 6:16 AM

Namaste Venkatesh Ji,
Ashtothra of Sri Hanumantha Ji contains '*Om Rudhra-veerya-samudbavaaya
namah' which means he was born born from the energy of Sri Rudra Shiva.*
*Another interesting nama is 'Om Bhavashiyacchaturananaya Namah' which means
he would be the future Brahma. *

*Om Tat Sat,*
*Sriram*

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Namaste Sri Sriram
>
> I believe Hanuman is Siva's son. I am sending the details from Kamba
> Ramayana and Valmiki Ramayana.
>
> Reference Book- Encyclopedic Dictionary of Puranas By Swami
> Parameshwaranand
>
> PUÑJIKASTHALA
>
> A nymph. She was the servantmaid of Brhaspati. Once day she was
> collecting flowers
> for her Guru in a garden when a set of young men and women came to the
> garden for amorous
> sports. They were roaming about in the garden in pairs doing all sorts
> of erotic acts and
> Puñjikasthalã stood watching them for sometime with passion aroused in
> her. She returned miserable to
> the Úrama thinking all the way about her miserable lot of having no
> husband to enjoy a
> similar life. She was full of lust when she returned to the ãšrama and
> on seeing Brhaspati she
> caught hold of him by the hand and pleaded to satisfy her passion.
> Brhaspati was angry at this
> improper request and cursed her “You have become rotten. You have
> become lustful by see-
> ing the amorous sports of others, May you be born as a monkey. Get out
> of this Úrama.”
> Puñjikasthalã came to her senses and regretting her hasty act begged
> her Guru to grant her
> release from the curse. Brhaspati felt pity on her and said “Go and
> enjoy to your full sexual
> life with a lover whom you like best. Then you will get a son from the
> vitality of šiva. When
> that son is born you will be released from the curse and you will go to
> heaven.”
>
> She became immediately a monkey girl named Añjanã and started living
> in a forest of
> that name itself. She fell in love with a monkey by named Kesari there
> and lived for many
> years enjoying an amorous life. She did not get a child even after
> several years and then she
> prayed to Šiva for a child.
>
> It was at that time that Pãrvati and Paramešvara played amorous sports
> in the form of
> monkeys and Pãrvati became pregnant. Pãrvati expressed reluctance to
> be the mother of a
> monkey child and then Šiva by his divine powers deposited his semen
> virile through
> Vãyubhagavãn (god of wind) into the womb of Anjana who was then
> praying to him for a
> child. Coming to know of this through Nãrada and fearing that his
> lordship over the monkeys
> would be lost if such a monkey were born to Añjanã Vãli poured into
> the belly of Añjanã
> molten liquid of pañcaloha (five metals). Añjanã was not the least
> injured and she gave birth in
> due course to monkey son who became the celebrated Hanùmãn, the
> life-force of the Rama
> Rãvana tussle. (Pûrvakanda, Kamba Rãmãyana: Kishkindhã Kãnda. Vãlmiki
> Rãmãyana).
>
> --
> Regards
>
> -Venkatesh
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