Hari Pungava Hanuman

Sri Sadgurubhyoh Namah

Hari Pungava = Best among monkeys (Hanuman).
Sugriva sends a legion of monkeys towards south under the leadership of Angada to search for Sitamata. Hanuman and Jambavantha were among the group that went south. They reach the southern tip of Bharata and encounter ocean. They see an old Eagle named 'Sampati' who can see far regions, and who was once a mighty flier. As fate has it , its wings are burnt.
Story of Sampathi the Eagle
Sampathi and Jatayu (I will tell later how Jatayu fought with Ravana valiently and lost his life) are brothers. They were arrogrant that they can fly to any heights. Once they raced towards Sun. Jatayu lost his eyesight and capacity to fly anymore due to the heat of Sun, and started falling, calling out for help from his elder brother Sampathi. Out of Compassion, Sampathi takes his brother under his wings and shields him. As a result Sampathi's wings were burnt.
In Sanatana Dharma, Elder brother is compared to Father. Sampathi's compassion for his younger brother is an example of that.
Sampathi gets a boon from Nishakara Rishi that on informing the whereabouts of Sita-mata to search party He will get back his wings, life force (prana), vital energies back.
Vanaras approach Sampathi for information on Sitamata. He informs with his far-sightedness that she will be accross the ocean as a Bandhi in Ravana Lanka. As soon as he gives this information, Sampathi gets back his wings.
Now, the debate starts as to who can cross the ocean. Every vanara give their capacity to jump as 100 feet, 1000 ft etc.
Jambavantha says about himself : When I was young, Mahavishnu as Vamana became Trivikrama and occupied entire universe in three strides. I made a pradakshina to Earth 21 times within no time. As I grew old, I lost my vigor. I am not suitable for this.
While this discussion is going on Hanuman is sitting quietly and happily at a distance on a rock. Jambavantha starts extolling virtues of Hanuman and reminds him of his powers.
Jambavantha's says to Hanuman :
O Hanuman, Mighty among monkeys, learned in all scriptures, why are you silent. You are equal to Sugriva, King of monkeys. I saw how Garutmanta the son of Vinata used to snatch powerful serpents from ocean. Your stamina is equal to Garuda.
Shloka :
Balam buddishcha tejascha satvam cha Hari pungava
vishishtam sarva bhuteshu kim atmanam na budhyase
Meaning : You are foremost in Strength, Intelligence, Stamina, Valour and courage among all living beings .
You are son of Vayu. Once in your childhood, you mistook Sun for a red fruit and wanted to eat it. You flew towards solar orbit. Sun's heat havent affected you, and you have flown hundreds and thousands of yojanas. Indra got angry that you are trying to eat Sun, and used his vajrayudha on you. It has injured your Hanu (Jaws) and you fell from sky unconscious to earth , so you are known as Hanuman. Your father Vayu on seeing this, out of grief and anger has stilled the air(Prana) in the universe. This has made universe chaotic as there is no air to breath. All the Devathas (Angels) requested,prayed to Vayu to release air (Prana). As Vayu releases Prana for the benefit of the universe. Brahmadeva blesses you with the boon that none of the Astras or weapons can harm you in a battlefield. Hence you are invincible. You are equivalent to Vayu in speed, power and stamina. You are the only one who can do this Karya of crossing the ocean twice.
On Hearing this Hanuman shows his Wonderful form to the Vanara veeras.
Shloka :
Yatha vijrumbhate simho vivrudho giri gahvare
Maratsya Aurasa putraha tatha samprathi jrumbhate
Meaning : As Lion gets up in his cave shaking his mane, So Hanuman rises and expands his form
Hanuman Yawns and he address the elders in Vanara army and says :
Vayu is very powerful, there are no limits to his powers. He has Fire as his friend. With his speed he can explode the mountains and blow it to smithereens. He is like Garuda in speed. I am son of such Vayu. I am unmatched in flying.
I can make several roundtrips accross Meru mountain which is touching the sky. With my strength of my arms I can create depression in Ocean and make the earth submerged. Garuda flies high with high speed. I can make circles around him with even greater speed.
I can start from Udayadri (Mountain on East) along with Sun and before him I can reach Astadri (Mountain on west) and before afternoon I can meet Sun again without taking rest. For me crossing this ocean is not a big deal.
Shloka :
Utsaheyam ati krantum sarvaan akasha gocharan
Sagaram shoshayishyami daarayishyami medinim
Parvataham choornayishyami plavamanaha plavangama, Harishyamyooru vegena plavamano mahaarnavam
Meaning : With the my speed, I can surpass planets and stars, I can make ocean dry, I can jump on mountains and blast them, I can jump any ocean.
Thus Hanuman has solaced the Vanara veeras and he climbed MahendraGiri and embarked on the journey called Sagara Langanam (crossing the ocean).

Shloka :
Sa vegavan vega samahitatma, Hari pravira paraveerahanta
manas samadhaya mahanubhavo jagama lankam manasa manasvi
Meaning : Capable of destroying the enemies, Best of monkeys, Who can travel fast, who can control his mind, has decided that he will cross ocean and reach lanka and he started thinking how to execute that task.

Let us pray to the Maruti

Shloka :
Manojavam maruta tulya vegam, vatatmajam vanara yudha sa mukhyam
Srirama dutam sharanam prapadye

Sri Sadgurubhyoh namah