UNDERSTANING SIGNIFICANCE OF HANUMAN JAYANTI AND HANUMAN INSIDE US

Lord Hanuman is considered a blend of strength and wisdom and is depicted by orange color. This is because in VIBGYOR (the seven colors of the Rainbow), orange color is in between strength (depicted by Mars- red color) and wisdom (depicted by Jupiter- Yellow). Mythological stories say that he (Lord Hanuman) and Saturn (Vata in Ayurvedic terms which slows down a person due to its cooling qualities) were very good friends. Rightly so because together they created a great blend of Strength, knowledge, patience, foresightedness, control. Saturn/Vata grows with age in all of us and story goes this way that Lord Hanuman’s powers were temporarily taken from him when he was a child unless he grew up (matured up) to learn to handle them with justice/Saturn in mind. The mythology also states that together they faced problems when Rahu became strong (during Rahu’s period) and influenced them when accompanied by Mars. That is why a combination of Mars, Saturn with predominance of Rahu creates issues in the beginning unless Mars (heat/pitta/passion/physical strength) settles down and Saturn (slowing down/observation) takes over. From Ayurveda viewpoint, Jupiter denotes increase in fat due to slow down whereas Mars represents muscles. Last but not the least, Lord Hanuman was the disciple of Lord Sun the source of strength for him to continue and remained focus.

 So while muscles give strength, it is fat which facilitates storage of knowledge (because all our nerves are insulated by fat which ensures no short circuiting takes place thereby retaining memory). In other words, we must eat balanced food with proteins (for muscles), fats for (memory etc.) and carbs for energy along with other micronutrients to have holistic health (mental as well as physical. This is a very important message for those who go overboard to reduce their body fat which ultimately is bound to increase hyperactivity, anxiety, loss of focus, confusion and so on due to short circuiting of nervous system leading to haywire movement of Pitta/heat and blood which means onset of Rahu.  However, those who have a highly dominating Jupiter (but weaker Mars) in their body and mind resulting in excess of fat/sluggishness/diseases like diabetes would be benefited by Mars and Rahu as it will increase metabolism (Vata Pitta in Ayurvedic terms) and reduce excess fat from the body. From diet viewpoint, a person with such a constitution should have more proteins especially hot potency (glutamate) and less fat to increase metabolism and burn fat however as mentioned in the book such a strategy should be used for a specific period to balance doshas as excess of it will over increase Pitta and Vata.

*** Worshipping of Lord Hanuman increases space and heat inside us thereby providing blood/nutrition and strength to our peripheral body including muscles including brain. That is why Hanuman Chalisa removes fear from one’s life and is excellent for those whose blood circulation is weak. However those people who are high on Vata Pitta (heat/metabolism) signified by warm and thin body along with other features like inflammatory diseases/aggression, must not recite Hanuman chalisa as it will further aggravate their issues.  Instead, such people should recite Shani chalisa or Shiva mantra to calm down their body.

 *** The monkey form of Lord Hanuman depicts that even a monkey who is an intelligent animal but uses its intelligence primarily for food and sex, evolves to a higher level under the guidance of Sun and other planets as mentioned above. This is the reason that during his childhood (especially teens), Lord Hanuman’s strength and powers were temporarily taken away from him to avoid its misuse until he matured and evolved under the guidance of Sun et all and gained eight siddhis (magical powers for which he was famous for which are ability to reduce/increase size and/or weight, influence others mind for good, create anything from thin air, prolong life). The story goes that he had to remain very close to the Sun during his training and be on the move all the time (as Sun moves in the sky with respect to earth) to gain those magical powers (which were nothing but the Vedic sciences to attain those objectives). In other words, he would need to churn his mind (brain) all the time during the training to learn and attain knowledge (or say keep Sadhak Pitta active all the time which is why proximity to the Sun)

*** Hanuman Jayanti (the birthday of Lord Hanuman) is celebrated on the full moon day of Chaitra Mass (Mass means month) which is the first month of Vedic calendar when Sun enters Aries zodiac (that begins from 20^th march till 20^th April in the current set of earth’s wobbling axis alignment). This is because this day represents the energy of Hanuman where Sun is exulted (being in Aries) thereby depicting enhanced intelligence, Aries itself depicts strength (Mars) which gets further expanded (Jupiter) by full Moon but also calmed down by Moon (cold Rasa flowing towards peripherals in the moonlit night) thereby invoking Saturn in Jupiter and Mars.

Understanding Rama Sita Hanuman inside us

Lord Rama who is also called as “Maryada Purshottam” signifies that person/conscience who maintains righteousness under all situations. Astrologically, Rama represents a person/conscience whose all planets are in his control. Devi Sita symbolizes the female energy’s virtues of Lord Rama (his seventh house in Astrological sense) which is absolute dedication, sincerity, faith and purity. Both of them complement each other to become complete/perfect beings. Ravana is the Asura inside us who has gained more knowledge of the world through experience of life (Venus in Astrological sense) due to the boon given by Lord Brahma (the giver of knowledge). That is why Ravana’s conscience is located in the lower chakras (indicated by Southern direction from where Rama resides i.e. in head/North). This is because even information has mass. Hence anything with more mass is bound to settle downward. This is why our knowledge that we gather from numerous lives gets stored in our Mooladhara chakra- the lowest chakra (Patal loka). Here we must remember that Knowledge/information also carries our desires/urges (Rahu fueled by Mars) which is why Ravana inside us temporarily abducts the virtues like loyalty, purity, sincerity and faith. Lord Hanuman symbolizes our inner strength (the inner Mars/courage/third house), who dives deep into this Patal loka of Ravana after crossing the entire ocean of all the seven chakras to locate Devi Sita and help Lord Rama to bring her back to head to make Lord Rama a complete man once again who has all virtues to guide humanity (one’s own body). 

 *** This also means that it is the optimum combination of strength, justice, knowledge and determination/focus that helped Hanuman to retrieve lost righteousness from the depth of Patal loka by crossing all the chakras (or say the ocean of Maya). We all have this strength inside each one of us with varying levels of understanding of righteousness and other virtues which evolve as the soul evolves through experiences

Makardhwaj – a medicine named after Mythological story- We discussed that Patal refers to the lower realms in the body (not to be confused with hell). A mythological story states that Lord Hanuman who had to enter Patal loka to rescue unconscious Lord Rama, was initially stopped by his own son Makardhwaj but was later allowed to enter Patal by him and was also told the secret of how to rescue Rama from there. Again, the story is metaphoric in nature and refers to those whose Pitta (lord Rama) which in this case refers to testosterone, has fallen weak and needs to be awakened by facilitating entry of Hanuman (tamed strength and space). That is why a highly potent medicine to cure weak testosterone (which imparts strength/focus) issues, resulting in impotency, weak sperm count, poor strength, weak focus etc., has been named as Makardhwaj, which literally pushes strength and space (widens) and awakens Pitta in the lower body including gonads. Being a strong vasodilator it also pushes more blood towards core and strengthens heart and internal organs. One should avoid exercising after taking this medicine.