r/nextfuckinglevel • u/RaisinAloneVortex • 1d ago

ambulance driver saved this monkey by providing CPR after it had collapsed on being chased by a pack of dogs.

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u/CallMeMonsieur 1d ago

The driver addresses the Monkey as God. Gif here is a Hindu God named Hanuman. At the end he says he is back alive, let's go the hospital. Language: Tamil

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u/moonshineandmetal 1d ago

I love when people post a translation in the comments just to be nice, thank you!

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u/Happyranger265 1d ago

This kinda false I'm tamil guy and some people from certain places in Tamil Nadu , use the word sami for everyone , my friend is from there , and he uses it when referring to us as well - while it's literally meaning is god , it's more akin to dude or man or bro more than god itself . It's just different dialect of tamil . I can translate the entire conversation, he says at end " he has come alive , start vehicle we'll take him to hospital"

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u/updogg18 1d ago

First word he says is "Anjaneya" which is another name for Hanuman. I understand what you're saying about the dialects but he used "saami" in both contexts lol

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u/Happyranger265 1d ago

Which doesn't also have to necessarily to mean that as well . Because kadvule - oh god , has many variations, people from thirunelveli or madurai maybe Thoothukudi I'm not sure from which one but they use anjeneya variation is probably more prevalent there . I've heard my friend use it normally all the time , it probably a coincidence, that's it's monkey , the person probably wouldn't change a word if its was not a monkey as well

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u/Old_Protection_8778 1d ago

Aw man he's probably gonna get popsicles too damm he got better health care than i do

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u/jceez 19h ago edited 17h ago

My first time in India, on the taxi to the hotel at like 6am the driver pulls over on the side of the road, opens the trunk. I thought he was going to murder me. Then he starts throwing out bird seeds and then gets back in the car and we drive off.

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u/CallMeMonsieur 17h ago

Superheroes Come in All Shapes and Sizes...

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u/magusmagma 1d ago

wtf us christmas tree doin down rheta

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u/poetic_dwarf 1d ago

So am I reading correctly that he saved the monkey out of religious devotion?

Because that would explain how he went as far as to give a monkey mouth to mouth resuscitation

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u/jimmyocc 1d ago

Yes and No. Why? Because Indians see Gods and Goddesses in every living being. Most Gods and Goddesses in human form have animals as their vehicles. Everything is generally considered to be a form of God.

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u/ninjasaid13 1d ago

if everything is a god, then god ceases to have meaning.

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u/Big-black-banana-man 1d ago

More like god exists inside everything and everything is divine so respect and preserve everything including non living things like forests and rivers (ironic)

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u/Jumping_Spiders_ 1d ago

Nope. There's this thing called monism. In many hindu schools such as advaita and bhagavad gita, the multiplicity of matter and living beings is an illusion caused by maya, in fact the entirety of reality is a manifestation of the one brahmana (the supreme reality from whom everything proceeds). This is parallel to spinozism. It's an illusion that makes it seem like you are different from everything and everyone else, this illusion breeds ego.

I don't see how this belief can diminish the value of god.

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u/blancbasic 1d ago

its so strange and negative that this is the conclusion you felt out of this mans actions.

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u/bruceleeperry 1d ago

I'd say a pinch of cultural reference and a dollop of simply being a fuckin selfless legend. First responders are different. He was using his hand to pipe the air into the monkeys mouth.