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“Will Prahasit agree to marry her ?”
"Nobody can go against your wishes...." Anjana felt a little shy. Pavananjay was extremely happy to have become reunited with Anjana and to please her he was prepared to do anything. He would move heaven and earth to please her.
Anjana and Pavananjay lived happily at Hanupur. In course of time, Vasanta and Prahasit were married. They too lived in the same palace with great happiness. Hanuman grew up in the lap of affection. He was given excellent training and education. His character was formed by the excellent culture that sorrounded him in the family. : Pavananjay engaged experts in various branches of learning to train and educate Hanuman and to lay the foundations of his future life. Pavananjay bestowed great attention on Hanuman's education and upbringing. Hanuman also displayed exceptional intellectual and spiritual potentialities and mastered the various Shastras with ease. In course of time, Hanuman became a supreme master of the various Shastras. He also mastered the arts of war and became a mighty warrior. Added to all this he possessed extraordinary physical strength. Therefore, his life like a creeper grew excellently watered by his education and the culture sorrounding him and he became an invincible hero in the Vidyadhara world.
In course of time, Anjana led him to the depths of spiritual knowledge and enlightenment. She made him attain selfrealization. She explained to him how the soul is enslaved by Karmas. She taught him the doctrines of Punya (merit) and Papa (sin). She inspired in him the determination to encounter Karmas with spiritual vigilance. She also showed him the lofty path of spiritual elevation.
During the nights before going to sleep she narrated to him the thrilling stories of the spiritual heroism of the great Tirthankars. Hanuman was always interested in hearing those stories and he used to be moved deeply by them identifying himself with such spiritual heroes. When he heard those stories his
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