When the time arrived for Rama to depart to his heavenly abode. Many of Rama’s entourage, decided to depart with him including vanaras like Sugriva. However, shunning the heavens, Hanuman requested to remain on earth for as long as Rama’s...

Today is the day of Hanuman,lets say Jai Hanuman first.Its said that when the time arrived for Rama to depart to his heavenly abode. Many of Rama’s entourage, decided to depart with him including vanaras like Sugriva. However, shunning the heavens, Hanuman requested to remain on earth for as long as Rama’s..

Today is the day of Hanuman,lets say Jai Hanuman first.Its said that when the time arrived for Rama to depart to his heavenly abode. Many of Rama’s entourage, decided to depart with him including vanaras like Sugriva. However, shunning the heavens, Hanuman requested to remain on earth for as long as Rama’s...

I have also read/heard somewhere about this, may be in the story told to me by my maternal grandmother.

The same kind of story,is of Ashwatthama.
We’ll discuss about that some time later.

There are eight such men whose death has not been recorded and they are said to be alive even today. One of them is Vibhishan, brother of Lanka-naresh Rawan and later on king of Lanka himself.

Rameshji,I wasn’y aware of that,Ashwatthama we knows,Hanumanji,Vibhishan,
Pl name other five,if you have with you right now.
Thanks.
Vijay

I am trying to recollect the shloka naming all the eight which includes ”Kripacharya - the kaurava’s guru” too; and will write it later.

I think there are seven immortals and not eight. The seven immortals reflect seven eternal values.

They are:

1. Aswathama (consequences of unethical behaviour)
2. Bali (valour and charity)
3. Vyas (continuity of erudition, scholarship and the apotheosis of the writer as the ultimate visionary)
4. Hanuman (selflessness, courage, devotion, energy, strength and righteous conduct)
5. Vibhishana (righteousness and unshakable faith)
6. Kripacharya (impartial teacher unlike Drona who favoured Arjuna)
7. Parashuram (humility despite being all powerful and courage to admit mistakes).

I may be wrong about the figure. Hope Ramesh helps.

Thanks Rameshji,it would be a noteable contribution.Since my childhood,I used to go to Akhara’s.Some Muslim’s youth were also regular participants in Akhara activities.

Hemant has given eight names. Hope it enlightens all of us.

@ Ramesh -

I have not given eight names but seven. I mentioned that there are seven immortals each representing an eternal value.

They are:

1. Ashwathama
2. Bali
3. Vyasa
4. Hanumana
5. Vibhishana
6. Kripacharya
7. Parashurama

Very interesting. There are quite a few intriguing things in our mythologies. The presence of Hanumana on earth being one of them. But isn't immortality is against the laws of creation and that's why many boon wishers were denied that by the gods whom they pleased to get the boon of immortality.

They are not immortals. They have not completed their time on this earth. Thats all.

Prabhunarayan,intriguing things? looks at first instance,when you compare them and analyse on the context of available scientific explanations.Did you gone through the book,beleive it or not?

It would be great if Ramesh can give us the names of the eight people whose deaths have not been recorded. It would be great if he writes a post on this. I guess out of the eight Hanumana is the only figure whom the Gods wanted to remain on earth.

It slipped out of my mind. I am trying to recollect and will write it on this article. Please bear with me.

Yes Shameem,lets wait,what he provides here.Uttarkashi and other places of Uttarakhand are close to Aligarh,Mana is a place near Badrinath,there’s a cave,It’s said that Ved Vyas,used to live there.

When the time arrived for Rama to depart to his heavenly abode. Many of Rama’s entourage, decided to depart with him including vanaras like Sugriva. However, shunning the heavens, Hanuman requested to remain on earth for as long as Rama’s...

Thanks Hemant for providing this information at the very right time.As you belongs to Varanasi,I want to know is it true that some Sadhu’s comes down from the high Himalayas,only during the time of Kumbh and they are very very aged,sometimes more than 200 years old.?

There are actually nine, my grandpa-in-law, an ex-HOD-Hindi, Univ of Rajasthan remembers them, will talk to him and post by this evening (let me say ”I’ll try”).

He has stories on witnessing Ashwathama’s presence too. I am still scared of listening to them ;)

Bali was killed by Ram, shouldn’t be there on the list.

The story of Ashwathama speaking to people on trek in Himalayas towards Kedarnath, was published in Punjab Kesari, Jalandhar edition, a few years back. he was enquiring about the ”Yugabd” - the year from advent of Kaliyug and was speaking in Sanskrit. he was smelling due to his wound on his head.

Thanks Sanjay,Please try your best and you are right,I was also confused about the name of ”Bali”.
Hemant,please confirm,you are naming which ”Bali”.

Sanjay,
Baali and Bali are different.
Thanks for yr comments
”There are actually nine, my grandpa-in-law, an ex-HOD-Hindi, Univ of Rajasthan remembers them, will talk to him and post by this evening (let me say ”I’ll try”).

He has stories on witnessing Ashwathama’s presence too. I am still scared of listening to them ;)

Bali was killed by Ram, shouldn’t be there on the list.”

@ Sanjay Modi and Vijay

Bali is not the Vali who was the vanara king and the elder brother of Sugriva, but King Bali or Mahabali, the benevolent Asura King of what is now known as Kerala, who was the grandson of Prahlada. Onam is celebrated in his honour.

Vishnu took the Vamana Avatar to contain him because he was increasingly taken as being unsafe because of the virtues collected through his righteousness by the Gods due to his Asura lineage.

When the time arrived for Rama to depart to his heavenly abode. Many of Rama’s entourage, decided to depart with him including vanaras like Sugriva. However, shunning the heavens, Hanuman requested to remain on earth for as long as Rama’s...

Thanks Hemant for providing intresting information ”I think there are seven immortals and not eight. The seven immortals reflect seven eternal values.

They are:

1. Aswathama (consequences of unethical behaviour)
2. Bali (valour and charity)
3. Vyas (continuity of erudition, scholarship and the apotheosis of the writer as the ultimate visionary)
4. Hanuman (selflessness, courage, devotion, energy, strength and righteous conduct)
5. Vibhishana (righteousness and unshakable faith)
6. Kripacharya (impartial teacher unlike Drona who favoured Arjuna)
7. Parashuram (humility despite being all powerful and courage to admit mistakes).

I may be wrong about the figure. Hope Ramesh helps.

I will go with the list provided by Hemant.

Thanks Hemant for providing us a faultless list.
Vijay

He served without asking anything in return.
Wish you all a happy Vijaya Dashmi.
”Lets” allow good to win over evil.

Thanks Hemant for yr comments
”@ Sanjay Modi and Vijay

Bali is not the Vali who was the vanara king and the elder brother of Sugriva, but King Bali or Mahabali, the benevolent Asura King of what is now known as Kerala, who was the grandson of Prahlada. Onam is celebrated in his honour.

Vishnu took the Vamana Avatar to contain him because he was increasingly taken as being unsafe because of the virtues collected through his righteousness by the Gods due to his Asura lineage.