rāmaduta atulita bala dhāmāZZZanjani putra pavanasuta nāmā.

• Translation:

  Ram’s emissary, abode of matchless power, Anjani’s son, named “Son of the Wind.”

• Word-by-Word:

  Rāma - Rām

  duta – messenger

  atulita - incomparible

  bala - strength

  dhāmā - abode

  Anjani putra - Anjani’s son

  Pavana – wind

  suta - son (offspring)

  nāmā - the name

• Commentary:

  In the Ramayana, Hanuman symbolizes the sadhana shakti, or power of spiritual practice. He is also the symbol of the faith that can move mountains. He is the son of the monkey hero Kesari (lion-like resolve), and mother Anjani (beautifying collyrium—the divine ungent of pure feeling applied to the vision of the soul). God in the form of Cosmic Prana — the wind-god, Vayu (an aspect of the Cosmic Mind) — is his Divine Father.

  In fact, Hanuman is an emanation of Lord Shiva (Brahman, or the unchanging reality amidst and beyond the world). The emergence of faith in the heart of an aspirant is the result of the convergence all of these mystical elements.

  -Based on commentary by Swami Jyotirmayananda, “A Mystical Interpretation of the Hanuman Chalisa”