Doha 1
जामवंत के बचन सुहाए। सुनि हनुमंत हृदय अति भाए॥ तब लगि मोहि परिखेहु तुम्ह भाई। सहि दुख कंद मूल फल खाई॥१॥
जब लगि आवौं सीतहि देखी। होइहि काजु मोहि हरष बिसेषी॥ यह कहि नाइ सबन्हि कहुँ माथा। चलेउ हरषि हियँ धरि रघुनाथा॥२॥
सिंधु तीर एक भूधर सुंदर। कौतुक कूदि चढ़ेउ ता ऊपर॥ बार बार रघुबीर सँभारी। तरकेउ पवनतनय बल भारी॥३॥
जेहिं गिरि चरन देइ हनुमंता। चलेउ सो गा पाताल तुरंता॥ जिमि अमोघ रघुपति कर बाना। एही भाँति चलेउ हनुमाना॥४॥
जलनिधि रघुपति दूत बिचारी। तैं मैनाक होहि श्रमहारी॥५॥
Meaning
Hanumān was much delighted at heart to hear the heartening speech of Jāmbavān. He said, “Suffering hardships and living on bulbs, roots and fruits, wait for me, brethren, (1) “till I return after seeing Revered Sītā. I am sure our object will be accomplished as I feel very exuberant.” So saying and after bowing his head to them all, Hanumān set out full of zeal with an image of Śrī Raghunātha enshrined in his heart. (2) There was a beautiful hill on the sea-coast; he lightly sprang on to its top. And invoking Śrī Raghuvīra again and again, the all-powerful Hanumān took a leap with all his might.(3) The hill on which Hanumān planted his foot while leaping sank down immediately into the nethermost region (Pātāla). Hanumān sped forth in the same way as the unerring shaft of Śrī Raghunātha. (4) Knowing him to be Śrī Rāma’s emissary, the deity presiding over the ocean spoke to mount Maināka*, “Relieve him of his fatigue, O Maināka (by letting him rest on you).” (5) * It is mentioned in our scriptures that formerly mountains had wings and could fly like birds, but later on lndra clipped them of their wings by his thunderbolt and since then they became stationary. Maināka, however, who was able to accelerate his speed with the help of the wind-god, rushed into the ocean and hid himself under its waters. The deity presiding over the ocean, who had been begotten by King Sagara, and was thus an ancestor of the Lord, took this opportunity to gratify Śrī Rāma and directed Maināka to come out of his hiding-place and give rest to His envoy in the mid-ocean so as to enable him to cross the ocean by easy stages. Out of gratitude to the ocean, who had afforded him shelter all the time, and in order to repay his obligation to the wind-god, Maināka emerged from his asylum and served as a stepping-stone for Hanumān to rest on and replenish his store of energy. Hanumān, however, who was spurred on by his devotion to Śrī Rāma and depended on His all-sufficient grace, needed no other support and took leave of the mountain by merely acknowledging his services. The incident further shows Hanumān’s unremitting zeal in the service of his Lord.
हनूमान तेहि परसा कर पुनि कीन्ह प्रनाम। राम काजु कीन्हें बिनु मोहि कहाँ बिश्राम॥१॥
Meaning
Hanumān simply touched the mountain with his hand and then made obeisance to it saying, “There can be no rest for me till I have accomplished the task of Śrī Rāma.” (1)
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