If #Hanuman can lift a mountain and carry it to Lanka then why can’t he carry his Vanara army to Lanka on his own to fight Ravana? Why Rama Setu Bridge is constructed when Ravana could easily destroy it to prevent the entry?
Let me tell you about some members of Vanar sena.
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The army of Lord Rama dazzled with valiant monkeys who had appeared to assist Him in His great war. Before appearing as the son of Emperor Dashratha, Lord Vishnu ordered Brahma to instruct all the demigods (devatas) to beget mighty sons through she monkeys. These born monkeys were gallant, swift as wind, capable of taking any form, skilled in warfare, expert in policy and possessors of unfathomable strength right from their birth. All the chief demigods begot monkey commanders that were even more glorious than the fathers. Below are a few devatas and their monkey scions
Brahma – #Jambavan
The chief bear in the vanar sena, born of Brahma’s mouth as he was yawning. The old king of the bears was always wise and he considered everything carefully and gave the right advice to the monkey army everytime.
Surya – #Sugriva
The king of the vanaras and a close friend of Lord Rama. He was powerful, intelligent, cultured and true to his promise. His enraged brother Vali had exiled him for the sake of sovereignty. Rama killed Vali and made Sugriva the king of Kishkindha and in return the monkey assisted Rama in finding Sita.
Indra – Vali
Brother of Sugriva. He possessed strength beyond compare. Each day upon rising, Vali, for exercise, would stride from the western to the eastern ocean. He was killed by Lord Rama while engaged in duel with Sugriva (for his immoral actions of kidnapping Sugriva’s wife and sending him on exile).
Brihaspati – Taar
A commander in the army & unsurpassed in intelligence among the monkey chiefs
Vishwakarma – Nal
The architect of the floating bridge by which Lord Rama crossed over to Lanka. He was granted a boon by Vishvakarma, the gods’ engineer and his father that Nala’s abilities would equal his own.
Vayu – Hanuman
The most celebrated devotee and eternal associate of Lord Rama. As a son of Vayu, he possessed great mystic power. He never seeked any material favor from the Lord. He always remained engaged in the Lord’s service in every possible way.
Kubera – Gandhmadan
A commander in Lord Rama’s army who valiantly fought against Kumbhakarna. Lord Rama personally named Gandhamadan as one of best monkey warriors when He gave orders for Sugriva’s monkey army to set out to attack Lanka.
Varuna – Sushena
The monkey physician in Rama’s army. Using the herbs brought by Hanuman, Sushena healed Their arrow wounds when Rama and Lakshmana were grievously wounded by Indrajit’s assault. He also treated Lakshman and the others with the celestial remedies after their fierce battle with Indrajit when Indrajit was finally killed.
So from all these it’s clear that it’s not only hanuman who was powerful but all the fellow monkeys were also very powerful ,almost same as hanuman like jambavan, Angad, sugreev etc. Lifting a mountain is different thing but think about lifting millions of monkeys as powerful as hanuman to a that much distance(100 yojan). That’s why rama made that bridge.
There is story in some purans that arjuna became arrogant due to his archery 🎯skills in mahabharat yuddh. Krishna decided to teach Arjuna a lesson so he called hanuman- the ultimate Warrior and asked him to teach a lesson to arjuna and make him humble. Hanuman met arjuna in a beach and started talking about archery skills, then arjuna said that i don’t understand the logic behind making a bridge of stones. If rama was such a good archer then why didn’t he made a bridge of arrows, i can make a bridge of arrows in this sea with in a blink of eye. Hanuman asked him to make the bridge and then just touched it with his toe and the bridge collapsed. He said your bridge collapsed with just a mere touch of my toe, there were millions of vanaras with weight and body like me That’s why lord Rama made that bridge. Then arjuna said ok, after lord Rama, i am the best archer ever born. Then hanuman said lets do a test , you shoot an arrow from this side of sea, let’s see that who reaches the other side first, your arrow or me. Arjuna agreed with full confidence and kept an arrow in his bow, just at that moment he saw hanuman at other side. He was shocked. Hanuman said, even before you touched your arrow, i reached other side and you consider yourself the best archer of the world. Hanuman said that when he left to take SANJEEVANI for lakshman with speed of Air, Meghnad shot an arrow from lanka to stop me. I fleww with my full speed which is speed of air but then also his arrow was right behind me. Imagine the speed of his arrow. If i had delayed even for a moment, it would have stopped me. Arjuna was very sorry for his arrogance, apologized to hanuman.
I think now the answer is clear why Rama made bridge rather than considering other options.
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