Vali the great monkey of Ramayana with a rainbow personality

Vali  the great monkey  of Ramayana  with a rainbow  personality

By

P.R.Ramachander

(I read  in a face book post of my friend Sri Vasu Iyengar  , about   how Vali was considered   as having  human, monkey as well   as divine personalities, as was pointed  out by  a great Scholar of Epics, Sri Keeran..I just stretched   that idea a bit and saw more aspects of personality in the great monkey.)  

Vali, the son of Indra was a social worker,

Who was extremely strong and helped   the devas ,

In churning   the ocean of milk , to take  out nectar,

And he was  presented  the Gem like Tara  , born from ocean

Vali  was   well known   as an extremely  religious  being,

Who used to  do Sandhya Vandhana   daily  in different oceans,

In the east  , south   as well   as  west  of his country ,

By   jumping   to the  banks  of ocean  , extremely   easily

Vali   was well known   as  a great   father  who loved  his son,

Who  caught hold   of the   ten headed   Ravana   from the sea shore ,

And tied  him to the  strings   of the   royal   cradle  in his home  ,

So that  his baby Angadha enjoyed   his  lying down in a cradle

Vali  was also  a great  brother  to his   brother  Sugreeva ,

Whom he did not   allow    to fight   with Asura   called  Dundhubhi,

And himself   entered   the cave   to fight   with that  great Asura ,

Instructing  him to wait for him and go back  as king  if he dies.

Vali   was   an extremely  short    tempered   human monkey  ,

Who could not tolerate   his younger   brother  becoming ,

A king of monkeys instead of him   and drove  him away  ,

And even took   the pretty wife of his brother  as his own.

Vali   is a wise  monkey  who could  think like  human beings,

When his  wife Tara told him not to go to fight  with Sugreeva,

Because , he was   coming   to fight   with him  only  because ,

He was supporyed by Rama,feeling  that The great  Rama was God.

Vali   is   a real capricious   monkey  who could  not understand ,

Why Sugreeva   was  coming  garlanded to fight   again and told his wife,

That  he would   tear  his younger   brother   in to small pieces,

For his    foolish act  and went   needlessly to fight   with him.

Vali  is   a real lawyer  monkey who tears  in to pieces  ,

The   arguments  put   up by  Lord    Rama , for killing him,

Hiding   in side a  bush  and   gets recognition  of the world,

For being   wronged   by  Rama , the otherwise Maryada Purushothama

Vali  is a God like  monkey, who when he   understands  ,

That  death is nearing him, requests Lord Rama  to make him a king,

For  in spite  of his silly  behaviour  was   essentially good,

And also entrusts   his  son Angadha  for  protection with God  Rama