Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . for their faithful service. 2. HANUMAN. Hanuman, on the whole the most useful of the Monkey leadersof the expedition to Ceylon, was the son of Vayu, by a Vanaror monkey mother. His birth is thus described : An Apsaras, the fairest foundOf nymphs, for heavenly charms renowned,Sweet Punjikasthala, becameA noble Vanars wedded heavenly title heard no more,Anjana was the name she bore,When, cursed by gods, from heaven she fell, In Vanar form on earth to dwell. ***** In youthful beauty wondrous fair,A crown of flowers about her silken robes of ri
Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . for their faithful service. 2. HANUMAN. Hanuman, on the whole the most useful of the Monkey leadersof the expedition to Ceylon, was the son of Vayu, by a Vanaror monkey mother. His birth is thus described : An Apsaras, the fairest foundOf nymphs, for heavenly charms renowned,Sweet Punjikasthala, becameA noble Vanars wedded heavenly title heard no more,Anjana was the name she bore,When, cursed by gods, from heaven she fell, In Vanar form on earth to dwell. ***** In youthful beauty wondrous fair,A crown of flowers about her silken robes of richest dye,She roamed the hills that kiss the in her tinted garments dressed,She stood upon the mountain crest. * Griffithss Ramayana, v. 229. Hanuman. The god of wind beside her came,And breathed upon the lovely dame ;And as he fanned her robe aside,The wondrous beauty that he eyed,In rounded lines of breast and limb,And neck and shoulders, ravished himAnd captured by her peerless charms,He strained her in his amorous HANUMAN. Then to the eager god she cried, In trembling accents, terrified : Whose impious love has wronged a spouse So constant to her nuptial vows ? He heard, and thus his answer made : Oh, be not troubled, nor afraid. But trust, and thou shalt know ere long My love has done thee, sweet, no wrong. So strong, and brave, and wise shall be The glorious son I give to thee ; 1 100 4 The Inferior Deities. Might shall be his, that nought can tire,And limbs to spring as springs his spoke the god : the conquered dameRejoiced in heart nor feared the shame. * At length the son was born. When a child, seeing the sunrising, and thinking it to be the fruit of a tree, he sprang upthree hundred leagues to clutch it. On another occasion Indralet a bolt fly at him which caused him to fall violently on a fall shattered his cheek, and hence the name Hanuman,the long-jawed one, was given to him. His father seeing thisbecame angry, and the breezes c
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