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Origin of Sri Panchamukha Hanuman ::

The origin of Sri Panchamukha Hanuman can be traced to a story in the Ramayana. During the war between Lord Ram and Ravana, Ravana took the help of Mahiravana who was the king of pathala.

Lord Hanuman in order to protect Lord Ram and Lakshman formed a fortress with his tail. But Mahiravana took the form of Vibeeshana and took Lord Ram and Lakshman to pathala loka.

Hanuman entered pathala loka in search of Rama and Lakshmana.He found out that to kill Mahiravana he had to extinguish 5 lamps at the same time. So he took the Panchamukha form with Hanuman, Hayagriva, Narasimha, Garuda and Varaha faces and extinguished the lamps. Mahiravana was killed immediately.

It is clear that hanuman is the vital breath, the prANa, the Atman, the Self ~ and this unified wind is all-pervading and all-conquering ~ and it is the praNava ~ oM.

The pancamUrti prANa or pancamukha praNava is expressed as follows:

hanuman (prANa or devadatta) ~ the eastern wind,

nRsiMha (udAna or nAga) ~ the southern wind,

garuDa (samAna or kRkara) ~ the western wind,

varAha (apAna or kUrma) ~ the northern wind,

hayagrIva (vyAna or dhanaMjaya) ~ the upper (or north-eastern) wind.

The eastern wind (hanuman) is the same shining devadatta shANkha of arjuna,

the southern wind (nRsiMha) is sahadeva's maNipuSpaka shANkha,

the western wind (garuDa) is yudhiSThira's anantavijaya shANkha,

the northern wind (varAha) is bhIma's pauNDra shANkha , and

the north-eastern wind (hayagrIva) is nakula's sughoSa shANkha.

And, looking to the east (which is the perspective of arjuna), we observe the western face of the shiva liNga (aghora) ~ and the face of hanuman,

to the south (the perspective of sahadeva) we see the northern face (tatpuruSa) ~ and the face of nRsiMha,

to the south-west (the perspective of nakula) we see the north-eastern or upper face (IshAna) ~ and the face of hayagrIva,

to the west (the perspective of yudhiSThira) we see the eastern face (sadyojAta) ~ and the face of garuDa,

to the north (the perspective of bhIma) we see the southern face (vAmadeva) ~ and the face of varAha.

The vital breath of hayagrIva (vyAna, directed upwards) resounds as the bIja naM ~

The breath of nRsiMha (udAna, directed southwards) is the bIja maH ~ 

The breath of hanuman (prANa, directed eastwards) is the bIja shiM ~ 

The breath of varAha (apAna, directed northwards) is the bIja vAM ~ 

The breath of garuDa (samAna, directed westwards) is the bIja yaM ~ 

And simultaneously expressed, this controlled vital breath (now undivided Atman and personified as the pancamukha hanuman) is the same pAncajanya shANkha of kRSNa ~ which is both pancAkshara mantra and praNava.