Ханумановы жучилки - 2. Индийские.
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Ok enough of Malaysian stories, let's go back to the subcontinent. A few more amusing tales of Hanuman. One day Ram teases Hanuman in court by saying that, he must be tired of the celibate life and he should get married now. Hanuman plays along and, to humour Ram, says that he is old now and who would marry him? Ram pretends to be serious now and asks if he would indeed marry if he did find a girl from him. Hanuman is now in a dilemma and finally says that he would do it only if the girl is also willing. Shatrughna then joins in and says that Manthara would be perfect for him. Hanuman says that woman was responsible for Ram's exile so how can this be possible? Ram says that Manthara has reformed now so that should be no problem now and she will be brought to court the next day to see if she consents or not. That night Hanuman knocks on Manthara's door but she was eating and refused to open the door. Hanuman breaks down the door and goes in. He tells her about the marriage issue and Manthara is happy: she says she is willing to marry him. Hanuman tries to convince her otherwise but she says that, a monkey would be better than no husband for her. This makes Hanuman angry: he grows into a giant and starts choking her (alternatively, he beats her up). She is scared out of her wits and finally promises that she will refuse to marry him. That is what she does in court next day. And Hanuman is free from the dilemma.
Another Hanuman story. Hanuman had a habit of taking on the form of a normal monkey and raid the gardens in Ayodhya. No one dared to do anything because his relationship with Ram. One day some boys decide to trap him in a net and take him to Ram to complain about his activities, especially since he had attacked a grove of fruit trees that they were protecting. They are succesful in capturing Hanuman (who is still in the form of an ordinary monkey). They take him to court where Ram recognizes Hanuman but refuses to do so. He says it is an ordinary monkey and the boys can do whatever they want with him. Later, Hanuman uses his powers to escape the trap and causes welts to appear all over his body. He goes to Ram pretending to having been severely beaten. Ram is sad. Finally Hanuman reveals himself and says that he played a joke on him just he did in court.
One day, a merchant asks Hanuman to describe what it looked like when Hanuman burned odwn Lanka. Hanuman says he can't really describe it in words but he can show it. So he asks the merchant to wrap his tail in some cloth and set it on fire. Hanuman then proceeds to set fire to the merchants shop with his tail. Naturally the merchant is very upset and Hanuman says that that is exactly how the people of Lanka reacted. The merchant complains to Ram in court. When asked for an explanation Hanuman tells Ram the entire story. Ram asks the merchant is this is true and he admits it. He says that he never expected Hanuman to burn his shop down. Ram then asks if he expected Hanuman to burn someone else's shop down to "show" him what it looked like when Lanka burned? Ram scold him and tells him not to engage in such worthless curiosity in future and he compensates him from the royal treasury.
There are many such amusing stories of Hanuman in Ayodhya. I am certain that the Sagars can keep including them in the serial for as long as they want. This has the potential for years of dragging.
Hanuman had once protected Vaishnavi (incarnation of Maa Vaishno Devi) from Bhairo. He gave her water and created a cave for her to rest in. He then wrestled with Bhairo for 9 months while Vaishnavi performed austerities. Eventually she gave up her human form and emerged as Adi Maya Shakti to finally kill Bhairo. She was pleased with Hanuman and accepted him as her attendant and permanent guardian of her shrine.
Story of Hanuman, Matsyendranath and Stri Rajya: Hanuman attended to Ram's every need to such an extend that Sita began to get annoyed. She told him that he is denying her the joy of serving her husband. But Hanuman could not refrain from his devotion to his Lord either. Then she had an idea. She told Hanuman that she wants him to father a child and that he should leave Ayodhya and return only when he had produced a child. She knew that he would never be able to break his vow of celibacy and so her trick would keep him away from Ram forever. Naturally Hanuman was shocked and in despair. He wandered the Earth, singing songs about Ram. One day the women of Stri Rajya heard his song. His song was so powerful and potent that the women were all instantly rendered pregnant! In time, the children were born and they went to Hanuman and showed him how he had actually managed to have children without breaking his vow of celibacy. Hanuman was so happy that he offered them a boon. The women requested him to send a man to their kingdom since there were no men there in the first place. The gods had cursed that any man who entered the kingdom would die on the spot. So they were thirsting for a man.
Now, one day the great yogi Matysendranath came to the shrine of Adi Maya Shakti. He wanted to enter the shrine and learn occult secrets from her. Hanuman stopped him at the gate and they began to fight. Hanuman concluded that Matsyendranath was a worthy opponent and he allowed him to enter the shrine. Matysendranath, in gratitude, offered to do whatever Hanuman asked of him. It is then that Hanuman fullfills the wishes of the women of Stri Rajya: he realized that Matysendranath had the power to resist the divince curse on the land of Stri Rajya and he therefore told him to go the women and give them the male companionship they were so desperate for. Matysendranath gladly carried out Hanuman's wish.