Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Anjaneya who was closely watching all the
movements of Sita, sitting on the Shimshupa tree, he was equally anxious about
her. Anjaneya recollected the messages he had wished to inform Sita that
he was assigned by the Monkey King Sugriva and Rama of Ikshvaku Dynasty to
locate her. As a messenger it was important for him to analyze the
strength of the enemy. Anjaneya decided to calm Sita who was already
tormented with extreme grief at the separation from her dearest husband, there
was not enough time in hand because Sita has already decided to take away her
life. But Anjaneya does not want to appear before the sight of the
demons; it will spoil the entire purpose of crossing the ocean of 100 yojanas.
There was not enough time left to inform Rama about the miserable state of
Sita, Rama may get irritated at the irresponsible act of not bringing any news
of Sita and he may burn Anjaneya with the eyes like fireball. Anjaneya
who was proficient in Sankrit and languages of humans has adopted a small
form. Anjaneya thought that if he speaks in Sanskrit like a Brahmin
before Sita, she may think that it was Ravana who is capable to assume any form
and will get alarmed, moreover it is impossible for a monkey to speak in
Sanskrit, definitely she may get terrified at the appearance of monkey and this
would provoke her to scream out of fear. The demons gathered around her
would attack Anjaneya with vicious weapons, definitely it would cause a huge
turmoil, finally the task of Rama will be ruined and Sita will be killed in the
hands of demons. A perfect messenger should be able to have crystal
clear idea about the plan, time and place. He should have a clear
understanding about when and where the plan is to be executed. Anjaneya
occupied with serious notion about how to get connected with Sita and draw her
attention towards him. At last, Anjaneya sitting on the branch of
Shimshupa tree mellifluously eulogized the glories of Rama in his sweet tone of
voice.
“There was a righteous King Dasaratha in the
Ikshvaku Dynasty, who was equally powerful as Lord Indra. King Dasaratha
had four sons and the eldest was Rama a young charming prince, virtuous,
valiant, protector of honorable people and destroyer of enemies. He was
exiled from the Kingdom of Ayodhya with his wife Sita and younger brother
Lakshman at the command of his beloved father King Dasaratha. During
their expedition Rama conquered 40,000 demons at Janasthanam, Khara and
Dhooshan at Dandakavanam. The demon King Ravana of Lanka was
frantic at the death of his brothers Khara & Dhooshan as retaliation of the
above act Ravana abducted Sita, the dearest wife of Rama. Rama was
extremely hurt at the revenge of Ravana moved through the forests of Kishkindha
in search of Sita and met the monkey King Sugriva. At the command of
Sugriva thousands and thousands of monkeys were engaged in the mission of
locating Sita on the different parts of the Earth. It was at the
instruction of Sampathi I have crossed the ocean of 100 Yojanas to locate you
and you are the one well matched with the descriptions given by Rama.”
Thus, Anjaneya narrated the purpose of his visit
in crystal clear words. Sita was astonished at the above words; she
regained her vigor searched for the possessor of the extremely propitious voice
and message. She lifted her face with liveliness and looked here and
there searching for Anjaneya. At last she located Anjaneya, son of Lord
Vayu who is famous for his unparalleled intelligence and charisma was seen
amidst the leaves and flowers, like Lord Surya on the top of a mountain.
Sita witnessed a brilliance through the leaves
attired in white clothes, she was shocked at the sight of a monkey and
whispered ‘Rama, Rama, Rama, Oh Lakshmana’ in a meek voice and wept
bitterly. It was treated as unenthusiastic omen to witness a monkey in
dream; once again she lost her hopes and became gloomy. She regained her
consciousness and convinced that it was not a dream, she had no sleep for
several days and absorbed in the thoughts of Rama caused her mistaken.
Instantaneously she offered salutations to Brihaspathi /Acharya, Lord Indra,
Lord Brahma, Lord Agni with a sincere prayer that the message heard should be
true.
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
