There is an incident in Sunderkand-
“What if I hadn’t been there?”
In Ashoka Vatika, when Ravana, filled with anger, carrying a sword, ran to kill Sita, Hanuman ji felt that by snatching his sword, his head should be cut off.
But, the very next moment, they saw “Mandodari” holding Ravana’s hand! He started thinking, if I had gone ahead, I would have got confused that if I was not there, then who would have saved Sita ji?
Often we get the same illusion, what would have happened if I had not been there? But what happened?
The Lord handed over the task of saving Sita to Ravana’s wife. Then Hanuman ji understood that whatever work the Lord wants to take, he takes it from him.
Later, when Trijata said that “a monkey has come to Lanka, and he will burn Lanka!” So Hanuman ji got very worried, that the Lord has not even asked to burn Lanka and Trijata is saying that he has seen in a dream, a monkey has burnt Lanka! What should they do now? As the Lord wills.
When Ravana’s soldiers ran to kill Hanuman ji with a sword, Hanuman did not even try to save himself, and when “Vibhishana” came and said that it is immoral to kill the messenger, Hanuman ji understood that I should Lord has done this remedy to save.
The culmination of surprise was when Ravana said that the monkey would not be killed, but by wrapping a cloth in the tail, adding ghee, and setting it on fire, Hanuman ji started thinking that the talk of Lanka’s Trijata was true, otherwise burn Lanka. Where would I get ghee, oil, cloth, and where would I find fire? But you also got that arrangement done by Ravana! When you get your work done by Ravana too, what’s the point of getting me to do it?
So always remember, that all that is happening in the world is a divine providence!
You and I are just instruments.
