Verse 1.4.41

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.4.41:

यो बलिष्टतमो बाल्ये देव-वृन्द-प्रसादतः ।
सम्प्राप्त-सद्-वर-व्रातो जरा-मरण-वर्जितः ॥ ४१ ॥

yo baliṣṭatamo bālye deva-vṛnda-prasādataḥ |
samprāpta-sad-vara-vrāto jarā-maraṇa-varjitaḥ || 41 ||

Śrī Hanumān was enormously strong from childhood; and by the grace of the demigods he received such first-class boons as freedom from old age and death.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

Now, in order to elaborate on the great fortune of Śrī Hanumān, with the word yo he begins by explaining the topic of his exceptional strength from childhood, and by his many boons experienced happiness of service free from any obstacles).

Śrī Hanumān was exceptionally strong since childhood, and by the blessings of the demigods obtained such first-class boons as triumph over old age and death. By five adjectives such as jarā (old age) and so on (mentioned in the next śloka 42) he delineates his specialities.

This story is familiar in such scriptures as Śrī Rāmāyaṇa. Śrī Hanuman, just after taking birth, mistook the Sun god (Sūrya-deva) to be a ripe fruit from a palm tree and jumped up into the sky to relish it. However, Indra-deva in order to protect Sūrya-deva, hurled his thunderbolt (vajra) at Śrī Hanumān and made him plummet down to the ground. Due to the impact of that vajra he became unconscious. After seeing his son Hanumān’s condition, the Wind god (Pavana-deva), disturbed by the plight of his son, stopped the wind from blowing. Due to the stoppage of wind, the life-airs (prāṇa-vāyu) of all beings in all the planets became irregular and there was great chaos and confusion. At that time, due to the high distress of life, all the demigods including Brahmā restored Śrī Hanumān’s youthful vigor and offered him such unique boons as “you should become free from old age and death.”