Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1331

c8.1331

8) *Hanūmān shamed Nārada.* Nārada once met Hanūmān, who sang a song for him. Enjoying the music Nārada placed his Vīṇā on a rock which had been melted by the song of Hanūmān, and Nārada’s Vīṇā sank into the melted rock. When the singing by Hanūmān was over, the rock, as of old, became hard again and the Vīṇā got stuck up with it. Hanūmān asked Nārada to melt the rock again with a song of his and take away his Vīṇā. Nārada sang and sang, all to no purpose. The rock did not melt again. Then Hanūmān sang a song and the rock melted. After praising Hanūmān Nārada left the place ashamed. (Adbhuta Rāmāyaṇa).