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Hanuman leaps for the sun

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In Jambavan's telling, Lord Hanuman was still a child when, hungry in the forest, he saw the risen Sun, Lord Surya, and took him for a fruit. He sprang up and leapt into the sky.1

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And in that mighty forest, thou, a child, desirous of eating, seeing the Sun risen, and taking him to be a fruit, sprang up and leaped into the sky.

Valmiki Ramayana, translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt
Kishkindha 66

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He went three thousand yojanas. The Sun's energy struck him, yet his spirit did not fail.2

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And, O mighty monkey, going three thousand yojanas, thou, struck by his energy, didst not feel poverty of spirit.

Valmiki Ramayana, translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt
Kishkindha 66

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Manmatha Nath Dutt’s English says ‘monkey’; here we say vanara.

Lord Indra saw him rushing through the heavens and, growing angry, hurled his thunderbolt at him. At that, Hanuman's left jaw was broken, and he fell on the mountaintop. From this, says Jambavan, his name has been known as Hanuman.3

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And, seeing thee rushing through the heavens, O mighty monkey, Indra, growing wroth, hurled his thunder-bolt at thee. Thereat, breaking thy left jaw, thou (didst fall) on the mountain-top. From this circumstance, thy name hath been known as Hanuman.

Valmiki Ramayana, translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt
Kishkindha 66

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Manmatha Nath Dutt’s English says ‘monkey’; here we say vanara.

Lord Vayu, the Wind, saw his son beaten back and, in his anger, stopped blowing through the three worlds. The gods, afraid as the worlds were thrown into turmoil, began to calm him.4

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Witnessing thee beaten back, that bearer of perfumes himself, the Wind, that breaketh everything before him. in wrath did not blow through the three worlds. Thereat, all the gods--lords of the universe--influenced by fear in consequence of the triune world waxing agitated, began to pacify the wrathful Wind.

Valmiki Ramayana, translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt
Kishkindha 66

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Once the Wind was calmed, Lord Brahma granted a boon: the Wind's son would not be slain in battle by weapons.5

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And on the Wind being mollified, Brahma conferred on him a boon, saying,--'O child, O thou of true prowess, (thy son) shall be incapable of being slain in battle by means of weapons.'

Valmiki Ramayana, translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt
Kishkindha 66

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Seeing that the thunderbolt had left Hanuman without serious injury, Indra, "He of a thousand eyes", was pleased and granted a boon of his own: Hanuman's death would come according to his own will.6

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And seeing him sustain no (serious) injury consequent on the impact of the thunder-bolt, He of a thousand eyes, pleased in his soul, also conferred on (thee) an excellent boon, O lard, saying,--'Thy death shall take place according to thy will.'

Valmiki Ramayana, translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt
Kishkindha 66

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