The greatness of Hanuman as an AchArya is highlighted by the pity he felt even for rAvaNa.
Coming to Lanka, he sees rAvaNa's wives enjoying opulences.
बभूव बुद्धिः तु हरि ईश्वरस्य | यदि ईद्ऱ्शी राघव धर्म पत्नी |इमा यथा राक्षस राज भार्याः | सुजातम् अस्य इति हि साधु बुद्धेः
Coming to Lanka, he sees rAvaNa's wives enjoying opulences.
बभूव बुद्धिः तु हरि ईश्वरस्य | यदि ईद्ऱ्शी राघव धर्म पत्नी |इमा यथा राक्षस राज भार्याः | सुजातम् अस्य इति हि साधु बुद्धेः
[Hanuman, the Lord of Monkeys, of a mind devoted to the welfare of all, thought, “If only rAvaNa had allowed rAma and sIta to be enjoying like how he (rAvaNa) is enjoying with his wives, this Lanka need not be destroyed”]+
Hanuman is the Lord of monkeys, just as rAvaNa is the leader of rAkshasAs.
He feels that protecting rAma who came seeking sugrIva for help (and hence sIta) is his responsibility and so wishes they were enjoying like those under rAvaNa’s protection are enjoying comforts+
He feels that protecting rAma who came seeking sugrIva for help (and hence sIta) is his responsibility and so wishes they were enjoying like those under rAvaNa’s protection are enjoying comforts+
"साधु बुद्धेः" - Having the noble mind of an AchArya, Hanuman mercifully wishes for the well-being of rAvaNa and was sad to see him incur the wrath of bhagavAn.
He wished rAvaNa had pleased bhagavAn by giving him and sIta the same comforts he gave to himself and his wives+
He wished rAvaNa had pleased bhagavAn by giving him and sIta the same comforts he gave to himself and his wives+
Hanuman later also notes the auspicious features of rAvaNa:
अहो रूपम् अहो धैर्यम् अहो सत्त्वम् अहो द्युतिः | अहो राक्षस राजस्य सर्व लक्षण युक्तता || यदि अधर्मो न बलवान् स्यात् अयम् राक्षस ईश्वरः स्यात् अयम् सुर लोकस्य सशक्रस्य अपि रक्षिता |+
अहो रूपम् अहो धैर्यम् अहो सत्त्वम् अहो द्युतिः | अहो राक्षस राजस्य सर्व लक्षण युक्तता || यदि अधर्मो न बलवान् स्यात् अयम् राक्षस ईश्वरः स्यात् अयम् सुर लोकस्य सशक्रस्य अपि रक्षिता |+
[Hanuman thought, “What a beautiful form, strength, knowledge and splendor this King of rAkShasAs has. Had this strong one not been bent on adharma, he would have been protecting devaloka along with Indra!”]+
An AchArya by nature is well-disposed to all. Hanuman was not at all belligerent or in enmity with rAvaNa. That is why he tried to impart sat-upadesha. He was sad to see all that glory being wasted due to rAvaNa’s disobedience+
Also, the shloka celebrating rAvaNa’s qualities has the following inner meaning – rAvaNa is the jIvAtma caught in samsAra, the King of “rAkShasAs” like kAma, krodha etc.
The AchArya sees this jIvAtma and feels pity for it+
The AchArya sees this jIvAtma and feels pity for it+
“अहो रूपम् अहो धैर्यम् अहो सत्त्वम् अहो द्युतिः” – This jIva is knowledge-bliss by nature (रूपम्), true resolve (धैर्यम्), quality of “wealth” or services to bhagavAn (सत्त्वम्) and great splendor or dharma-bhUta-j~nAna, ie, omniscience (द्युतिः) in the pure state+
“अयम् सुर लोकस्य सशक्रस्य अपि रक्षिता” – If this jIva was not bent on adharma – doing acts contrary to his nature, he would be ruling the supreme abode as an equal with bhagavAn (शक्र) as per the shruti, “परमं साम्यमुपैति”+
In this manner, a compassionate AchArya laments for the state of the jIva in samsAra. This is what Hanuman was thinking about, on seeing rAvaNa.//
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