Ramavatara - What had been Shri Rama's perception of himself?
Namaste,
There is a main difference between Ramavatara and Krishnavatara - in Ramavatara, god was a complete human, devoid of any superhuman powers/prowess. Whereas we see in Krishnavatara, Shri Krishna did not lack in any superhuman/godly powers.
Given the above, I recently started wondering what made Shri Rama during his avatara accept Shri Hanuman as his messenger? Normally in wordly life we see anyone with powers and traits superior to ours, we respect him/her as our superior. Though bhagwan Shri Rama was fully endowed with meritorious traits, still he was ordinary human during his avatara, whereas Hanumanji possessed 8-great Siddhis (such as 'lagima' and 'garima'), a complete control of his senses/brahmacharya, invincibility and immortality ('Chiranjeevi') and had received his education from none other than Surya deva. He could even fly!
One can also recall the story that is narrated of how Hanumanji saves Shri Ram and Laxman from Mahiravana's palace while they were kidnapped. Hanumanji discusses a plan to save the princes with goddess Durga (to whom Mahiravana plans to give them slaughtered as an offering), as per the plan, becomes 'transparent' and slays Mahiravana when he bends down in front of Durga devi to show Rama and Laxman how to bow down. So we see Shri Hanuman even had the power to become invisible!
So with all these powers and gifted nature, how did Shri Ram accept Hanumanji as just a messenger.
I am interested to know if Shri Ram at any time was told he was an avatara of god. Also if there is any interesting conversation Shri Hanuman had with Shri Ram during their introduction which allowed Shri Rama to accept Hanumanji as his messenger... is something I would like to know.
Thank you very much.
jai hanuman gyan gun sagar jai kapis tihu lok ujagar
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