Hanuman Chalisa - Verse 10 And 11

Verse 10

Prabu charitra sunibe ko rasiya
Ram Lakhan Sita man Basiya

Verse 10 Meaning

You are an ardent listener, always so keen to listen to the narration of Shri Ram's Life Stories. Your heart is filled with what Shri Ram stood for. You therefore always dwell in the hearts of Shri Ram, Lakshman and Sita.

Verse 11

Sukshma roop dhari Siyahi dikhava
Vikat roop dhari lanka jarava

Verse 11 Meaning

You appeared before Sita in a Diminutive form and spoke to her in humility. You assumed an awesome form and struck terror by setting Lanka on fire.


Commentary By Prasanth Jalasutram

In Verse 10 Tulasidas reminds that Lord Hanuman always listens with love and devotion to narrations of Shri Ram's Life Stories.

Similarly Guru Ramana Maharshi was inspired by Periya Puranam which describes the legendary lives of the sixty-three Nayanars, the canonical poets of Tamil Shaivism.

Ramana Maharshi before his self-realisation in Madurai read only Periya Puranam and few parts of Bible.

So it is always adviced to devotees to read and discuss your favourite god's life history and his teachings.

Ramana Maharshi's devotees Mastan Swami and Desur Akhilandamma would make a bundle of provisions, such as rice and pulses, and put them on his head. Loaded in this way, they would start on our journey of forty miles to Arunachala from desur. They would walk slowly and leisurely, telling each other stories of Bhagavan.

So we need to take inspiration from Mastan Swami and Desur Akhilandamma in this regard.

So here total surrender to guru/god is suggested.

In Verse 11 Tulasidas reminds that Lord Hanuman was in a state of humility when spoke to goddess Sita Devi but when required and when his guru/god is in danger then lord hanuman would not hesitate to assume awesome form and destroy the evil and save the guru/god.

Ramana Maharshi Devotee Perumalswami though very strong was very humble in the presence of guru ramana maharshi but when required and if he sees any trouble for his guru he used to fierce back so strongly on the wicked people.

Below is one incident in which Perumalswami protects his guru

In 1916, an attempt was made by some drunken pandarams (sadhus) to take away the Sri Bhagavan from Tiruvannamalai. They came to Virupaksha Cave and solemnly informed the Swami, “We are sadhus from Podigai Hill, the sacred Hill in which the ancient Agastya Rishi is still doing his tapas,as he has done for thousands of years. He has ordered us to take you first to the Siddhas’ conference at Srirangam and thence to Podigai, to give you regular diksha, (initiation) after extracting those salts from your body which prevent the attainment of higher powers.”

The situation was evidently serious. The Swami,with his rule of equanimity maintained silence and awaited developments. Meanwhile, a strong and resourceful disciple of his, Perumalswami, hit upon a remedy. Accosting the newcomers,Perumalswami said, “We have received intimation of your visit and we have been commissioned to place your bodies in crucibles(melting pot) and place the crucibles over the fire. What do you say?” and he also told a fellow disciple Mastan, “Go and dig a deep pit for preparing the fire for those people.” The visitors were dumbfounded and promptly retreated.

But unfortuntely later this same guy Perumalswami for selfish reasons had a tiff with guru ramana for diff reasons.

Sources:

1. http://www.hanuman.com/cha.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periya_Puranam
3. http://prashantaboutindia.blogspot.com/2010/02/ramana-maharshi-devotee-sri-mastan.html
4. http://prashantaboutindia.blogspot.com/2010/02/incidents-related-to-final-days-of.html