The Life and Glory of Hanuman: Swami Krishnananda
====================================================================================================== Saturday 19, September 2026, 06:00. Article Divinities and Saints The Life and Glory of Hanuman: Swami Krishnananda (Spoken on Hanuman Jayanti, April 15th, 1984) ====================================================================================================== The life of Hanuman is the life of a superman, and unless we can understand what a superman is, we cannot appreciate the dignity and the exploits of this epic celebrity. The Ramayana of Valmiki is the main text which gives us the details of the life of this mastermind. The importance of this superhuman person can be assessed from half a verse in Valmiki's Ramayana where he says svayam nava vyakaranarthavetta brahma bhavatyapi te prasadat. Hanuman has been chosen as the next Brahma in the coming cycle of creation. It is surprising indeed that in the whole of creation God could not find a better person than Hanuman to be e...