Tulsidas, the saint poet and author of Ramacharitamanas, had
vision, or darshan, of Hanuman at Benaras (Kashi – Varanasi). Tulsidas
only wanted one boon from Hanuman that was to have darshan of Bhagavan Sri Ram.
To help Tulsidas have darshan of Bhagavan Sri Ram, Hanuman took the form of a
parrot. You can read the story below:
Tulsidas was promised darshan of Bhagavan Sri Ram by
Hanuman. To have the darshan, Hanuman asked the poet to visit Chitrakoot. However,
when Bhagavan appeared before him, the great saint poet was unable to recognize
him.
During a fair at Chitrakoot, Acharya Tulsidasji was seated
on the riverfront grinding sandalwood. He applied Tilak on the forehead of the
devotees who came to the riverfront to worship and take holy dip.
Bhagavan Sri Ram approached Tulsidas in the form of a young
boy. The poet applied tilak on the forehead of the boy but did not recognize it
was Bhagavan.
The boy then takes some sandalwood paste and applies on the
Tusidas’s forehead.
Hanuman who was witnessing this divine incident realized
that the poet would miss his chance of meeting Bhagavan.
He then takes the form of a parrot, sits in a nearby tree,
and chants a now-famous couplet.
On Chitrakut ghat, there is a great crowd of devotees. Tulsi grinds sandalwood; Raghuvir (Sri Ram) gives him a tilak.
Tulsidas now makes use of the opportunity and looks with
unfathomable devotion into the eyes of Bhagavan Sri Ram. Soon, Bhagavan
vanishes from the place.
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