1 00:00:07,820 --> 00:00:12,800 Hanuman's destiny was entwined with the Princes of Ayodhya 2 00:00:13,001 --> 00:00:15,160 from before he was born. 3 00:00:15,710 --> 00:00:22,050 And how the gods blessed a royal family with the greatest of heroes! 4 00:00:23,270 --> 00:00:30,440 Though a great king, blessed with riches beyond measure and a loving people, 5 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:34,730 King Dashrath lacked the one treasure all kings desire. 6 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:36,820 Children. 7 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,120 After performing a great sacrifice, 8 00:00:40,620 --> 00:00:43,360 the gods blessed him with a gift, 9 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,040 a bowl of divine rice pudding. 10 00:00:50,210 --> 00:00:56,010 By consuming the rice pudding, the queens would become mothers of legends. 11 00:00:56,460 --> 00:00:59,620 Each was given a portion appropriate to her rank. 12 00:01:01,030 --> 00:01:04,280 Half went to Queen Kaushalya, the eldest. 13 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:11,220 Then a quarter to Sumitra and an eighth to Kaikeyi. 14 00:01:12,670 --> 00:01:16,510 The last portion was given again to Sumitra. 15 00:01:17,610 --> 00:01:23,440 But not before a small bird, drawn by the sweet smell of the pudding, 16 00:01:24,700 --> 00:01:27,000 snatched a portion for itself. 17 00:01:27,710 --> 00:01:30,470 And beak-full of rice pudding, it flew away. 18 00:01:31,190 --> 00:01:36,240 Seeing drops falling, 19 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:42,990 the wind god, Vayu, carried them away across the land towards noble Anjana. 20 00:01:44,790 --> 00:01:49,390 Destined to be the mother of Hanuman. 21 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:46,670 Hanuman. 22 00:02:47,210 --> 00:02:48,340 My son. 23 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,400 If you are my father, then please... 24 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,480 Please help me. 25 00:03:03,730 --> 00:03:08,240 Ask what you wish. 26 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,920 There can be no more secrets. 27 00:03:14,690 --> 00:03:17,150 Then who am I? What am I? 28 00:03:19,250 --> 00:03:22,080 Come. Let me show you. 29 00:04:10,790 --> 00:04:16,080 Brother, where are you? Nal! I told you to stay close. 30 00:04:18,620 --> 00:04:20,020 I'm right here. 31 00:04:27,090 --> 00:04:28,460 Jambhvan? 32 00:04:32,890 --> 00:04:34,380 Are you hurt? 33 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,350 I'm not so fragile, Angad. 34 00:04:40,250 --> 00:04:43,660 Did you know the truth about Hanuman? 35 00:04:46,150 --> 00:04:47,730 Then why didn't you tell him? 36 00:04:48,930 --> 00:04:51,470 Tell me, Angad. 37 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,360 Having just witnessed all this, what is your first impression? 38 00:04:55,780 --> 00:04:58,020 I don't know. It's all so unbelievable. 39 00:04:58,350 --> 00:04:59,540 There you have it. 40 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:05,900 Hanuman would never have believed me if I'd merely told him. 41 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:12,020 Some truths must be revealed 42 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,690 in their entirety. 43 00:05:20,990 --> 00:05:25,570 Let us hope Hanuman can accept them. 44 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:34,670 I will answer the question uppermost in your mind first. 45 00:05:36,210 --> 00:05:40,790 Why? Why was your true nature hidden from you? 46 00:05:42,390 --> 00:05:47,420 Though you already know the answer. 47 00:05:48,990 --> 00:05:55,070 I was not ready. That I should first enjoy what it is to be... to be... 48 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,750 To be mortal, Hanuman. 49 00:05:59,660 --> 00:06:03,160 Mortality is a gift, one we gods envy. 50 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,490 To know the passing of days, 51 00:06:06,790 --> 00:06:10,140 brief though it is, makes them all the more precious. 52 00:06:11,260 --> 00:06:18,860 Unlimited life and power can lead to great pain. 53 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,540 A pain you can no longer feel yourself. 54 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,370 So, you end up inflicting it on all others. 55 00:06:26,180 --> 00:06:27,310 Ravan. 56 00:06:28,210 --> 00:06:35,240 Ravan's gifts are countless, but he serves only himself. 57 00:06:38,950 --> 00:06:41,500 If you too fell to evil, 58 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:47,460 the three realms would shake to their very foundations. 59 00:06:58,940 --> 00:07:01,110 Without wisdom, 60 00:07:01,110 --> 00:07:07,300 such power could have made you a paragon of terror. 61 00:07:09,430 --> 00:07:14,080 A tyrant to your own people. 62 00:07:25,260 --> 00:07:30,510 A god of destruction. 63 00:07:48,140 --> 00:07:54,960 You could have been the hurricane that extinguishes all light from the world, 64 00:08:00,730 --> 00:08:05,220 plunging us into eternal darkness. 65 00:08:09,650 --> 00:08:13,200 No. I would never become such a monster. 66 00:08:14,270 --> 00:08:17,010 Why do you show me such things? 67 00:08:18,300 --> 00:08:22,520 I show you nothing, my son, except what could be if you are not careful. 68 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,040 The choice against darkness is always yours. 69 00:08:25,770 --> 00:08:31,010 How... how do I avoid such a fate? 70 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,420 Use your powers, your strength, all your gifts 71 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:38,730 to only serve others, 72 00:08:39,310 --> 00:08:40,830 never to force others to serve you. 73 00:08:42,970 --> 00:08:44,400 As Prince Ram does. 74 00:08:44,940 --> 00:08:46,490 Yes, my son. 75 00:08:47,210 --> 00:08:48,710 Just as Prince Ram does. 76 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:53,450 The universe strives for balance, 77 00:08:54,030 --> 00:08:59,510 and so, for all of Ravan's evil, there is perfect opposition in Ram. 78 00:09:00,150 --> 00:09:10,350 Yet, without you, he is doomed to fail. 79 00:09:11,210 --> 00:09:16,560 It is your strength that must support him when the time comes. 80 00:09:17,330 --> 00:09:20,710 If you should falter... 81 00:09:21,670 --> 00:09:26,240 then all hope is lost. 82 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:32,130 I will not falter, Father. 83 00:09:33,030 --> 00:09:37,270 I will serve the Prince with my last breath. 84 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,070 So be it. 85 00:09:48,780 --> 00:09:54,460 From now on... embrace your destiny. 86 00:09:56,020 --> 00:09:59,810 Arise, son of the wind. 87 00:10:11,310 --> 00:10:13,750 Not that one. The one on the right. 88 00:10:14,050 --> 00:10:16,470 No, not my right, you fool. Your right. 89 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:20,560 You fool, that's your left hand. 90 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,670 Why won't you... Your right hand. The hand you use to eat. 91 00:10:23,870 --> 00:10:26,850 Stop with the left and right! Just make sure you catch it. 92 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:31,540 Who is shaking the tree? Nal! 93 00:10:34,730 --> 00:10:36,760 Look out! 94 00:10:41,380 --> 00:10:43,590 Have you put on weight? 95 00:10:44,710 --> 00:10:46,430 That wasn't me. That was-- 96 00:10:47,050 --> 00:10:48,750 Who shook the tree, you? 97 00:10:50,570 --> 00:10:51,480 Not me. 98 00:10:51,730 --> 00:10:52,730 Him. 99 00:10:55,830 --> 00:10:56,960 Hanuman? 100 00:10:58,870 --> 00:10:59,870 Hanuman? 101 00:11:02,460 --> 00:11:05,970 Yes, old bear. Hanuman. Son of the wind. 102 00:11:08,490 --> 00:11:12,090 Perhaps, for the first time, I am truly Hanuman. 103 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:16,380 What do you think? 104 00:11:17,270 --> 00:11:20,860 You look different. Have you done something with your hair? 105 00:11:21,680 --> 00:11:25,580 It's not his hair, fool! He's got swagger now! 106 00:11:27,390 --> 00:11:29,760 Something like that. 107 00:11:30,460 --> 00:11:32,960 How do you feel? 108 00:11:35,060 --> 00:11:42,660 I understand the temptation Ravan must face with such power. 109 00:11:49,220 --> 00:11:51,910 Thank you, Jambhvan. Without you... 110 00:11:51,990 --> 00:11:55,530 without Prince Ram, I could never have been ready. 111 00:11:57,110 --> 00:11:59,710 Don't thank me yet, my friend. 112 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:03,310 Because your greatest challenge still lies ahead. 113 00:12:11,460 --> 00:12:14,730 The sea is home to creatures that prey upon the unwary. 114 00:12:14,810 --> 00:12:18,500 Creatures that the gods themselves fear. 115 00:12:19,330 --> 00:12:21,500 And what of Lanka, good bear? 116 00:12:21,870 --> 00:12:25,390 It is a city of wonder, mystery and danger. 117 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,140 What else would you expect from the kingdom of Ravan? 118 00:12:29,430 --> 00:12:32,340 And its demonic inhabitants are unlike the brutes and outcasts 119 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,620 you have faced so far. 120 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,760 Lanka is home to the greatest of all demonkind on Earth. 121 00:12:37,790 --> 00:12:41,210 Ravan's warriors have conquered the heavens. 122 00:12:42,490 --> 00:12:45,250 Each one armed with powerful weapons 123 00:12:45,460 --> 00:12:51,410 and where their skill as warriors may fail, their dark magic prevails. 124 00:12:53,430 --> 00:12:56,440 That and more lie ahead. 125 00:12:57,470 --> 00:13:01,940 Dangers that would make even the bravest pause. 126 00:13:02,470 --> 00:13:09,210 Not Hanuman! Just look at him. Look at how he's changed. 127 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:11,160 Apart from the hair! 128 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:16,060 Do you think a few mangy rakshasas are going to stop Hanuman? 129 00:13:16,370 --> 00:13:17,980 He'll crush them all! 130 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,100 Won't you? 131 00:13:21,740 --> 00:13:24,180 Let's find Princess Sita first, yes? 132 00:13:24,730 --> 00:13:29,180 But how? The sea looks endless. Just looking at that makes my knees ache. 133 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:33,030 But my knees should be just fine. 134 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:42,620 What? Impossible. 135 00:13:43,110 --> 00:13:48,870 Yesterday perhaps. Today, everything seems possible. 136 00:14:00,790 --> 00:14:04,680 I don't think that rock's ever coming down. 137 00:14:05,300 --> 00:14:08,240 Hanuman! Hanuman! 138 00:14:08,650 --> 00:14:12,700 Hanuman! Hanuman! 139 00:14:14,270 --> 00:14:18,660 Hanuman! Hanuman! 140 00:15:42,190 --> 00:15:43,590 What's happening? 141 00:15:44,390 --> 00:15:47,650 Someone is making mischief. 142 00:15:48,490 --> 00:15:50,390 And I think I know who. 143 00:15:56,290 --> 00:15:57,340 Hanuman. 144 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,270 It's Hanuman? What's happening to him? 145 00:16:02,070 --> 00:16:09,860 He has finally seen for himself the very thing I saw in him when we first met. 146 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:11,120 Seen what? 147 00:16:11,950 --> 00:16:13,580 The truth. 148 00:16:14,070 --> 00:16:18,010 And that is something few of us ever discover. 149 00:16:18,510 --> 00:16:24,100 For some, such knowledge can destroy them. But for others, 150 00:16:24,980 --> 00:16:29,000 there is no limit to what they become capable of. 151 00:16:29,740 --> 00:16:32,100 Tell me, brother, did you ever have any doubt? 152 00:16:33,970 --> 00:16:36,580 In Hanuman? Never. 153 00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:46,020 Lanka. 154 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:48,450 Lanka. 155 00:16:53,050 --> 00:16:55,020 It's not that far. 156 00:16:56,170 --> 00:17:01,800 Just a hundred miles away. Think you can do it? 157 00:17:03,950 --> 00:17:05,890 Only one way to find out, old bear. 158 00:17:10,010 --> 00:17:13,900 Though it might help to get a little extra height. 159 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:20,260 Good luck, Hanuman! If you see any rakshasas, give them a punch from us! 160 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,480 Yes. And that goes double for Ravan! 161 00:17:23,770 --> 00:17:27,390 Teach him what happens when he meddles with the vaanar! 162 00:17:30,620 --> 00:17:32,300 I'll do what I can. 163 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:37,810 Hanuman! Hanuman! 164 00:19:10,700 --> 00:19:11,680 My Lord! 165 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:14,360 My Lord! 166 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:15,440 No! 167 00:19:28,220 --> 00:19:29,980 My Lord, someone approaches. 168 00:19:35,060 --> 00:19:39,400 Have the gods regained their courage at last? 169 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:41,380 Who? 170 00:19:43,620 --> 00:19:45,440 Indra? Agni? 171 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,480 No, not a god, my Lord. This is a creature unfamiliar to us. 172 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:51,460 He rides the howling winds. 173 00:19:52,540 --> 00:19:53,900 At last! 174 00:19:56,860 --> 00:19:58,520 A challenger. 175 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,240 I am eager to meet him.