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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator:Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 3 -  Sumangali Puja




A Tamilnadu based couple used to visit Gurunatha’s house often. They had been blessed by many seers including seers of Advaitha peetha in Tamilnadu. They were also staunch devotees of Gurunatha. Once at their residence in Tamilnadu they had arranged 60th year shanthi. All preparations for Sumangali Puja (a ritual in which married women are offered respects) were made and just when the married women who had especially been invited for this ritual were being called into the house after performing an aarti, a beggar woman wearing torn clothes came to their doorstep and asked for some clothes to be given as alms.

The lady of the house wanted to give a saree to that woman; however the seniors who had gathered there objected to that and said it would be against the practice of the ritual, till the invited married women are given clothes the woman begging at the doorstep has to wait. Trying to find a way out of this predicament the lady spoke to the beggar woman and asked her to return after a few minutes and she can have sumptuous food along with a saree.

After the puja the beggar woman never returned and turning away a needy woman on the day of Sumangali Puja kept lingering in the mind of the couple. Days passed by, the devotee couple visited many seers across Tamilnadu and Karnataka and came to Gurunatha’s house as well.

At the moment when they were about to enter Gurunatha’s house, they found a beggar woman asking for clothes who had an uncanny resemblance to the woman they had turned away on the day of Sumangali Puja. Gurunatha invited the beggar woman inside, offered her milk, fruits and other things and made sure this couple handed over a saree to her and paid their respects. As soon as they finished, he said “Now, the mistake has been corrected isn’t it?”

The couple in their minds thanked Gurunatha’s compassion for correcting their mistake. To the visitors who had gathered, Gurunatha had a message ...”We invite people who have more than 25 sarees at their home and give them sarees again and again. However, if a woman in torn clothes asks for a saree we won’t feel like giving, why is it so?”

The lady who recounted this experience said... “During this incident he corrected our mistake and made us aware of the real meaning of Sumangali Puja through his compassion. It is unfortunate that we cannot offer him anything in return”

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