Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator:Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 36 : Three incidents of Compassion

This chapter narrates how Guru’s compassion changed the lives of three people who were starkly different for a commoner; however Guru’s compassion towards everyone is the same.

A priest in one of the famous maths, though married for a long time, he did not have any children. Many remedies were tried through poojas/sevas and doctors were also consulted to no avail. When Gurunatha visited the math, the priest explained his problem and sought a remedy. To this Gurunatha replied, “How can you have children, when you have stolen deity’s necklace”? He went on to say “Correct your mistake and you shall have children”. Though a bit shaken by this sudden revelation, the priest confessed his act and corrected his mistake. Within a short time he was blessed with a baby and today he has two children.

A doctor used to come from Bangalore, the couple did not have children for a long time. When they came on a visit Gurunatha asked them to stay for a few days in his old house. After a few months through one of the devotees staying in Sakharaya Pattana news came that doctor’s wife had conceived. Those days mobile phones were not very common.

A few days later the doctor called again, this time he was nervous, he said “the doctors had confirmed my wife’s pregnancy but now she has menstruated, we are worried a lot. Please could you inform Gurunatha about this?”, he asked. When heard about this Gurunatha gave a remedy, he asked the lady to make something out of sand and to keep it in her house and assured her the pregnancy will hold. Defying the odds of medicine she gave birth to a healthy baby boy and now they have two kids.

Probably a week before Gurunatha left this world; I had asked him about my sister’s family. He had assured me that she would conceive in a couple of months. Gurunatha left the world but his words came true. She conceived after two months. She was a resident of Bangalore; it is a practice in that city for doctors to do a caesarian section even if there is a possibility of a normal delivery. But, as perhaps nobody can act against Guru’s wish; my sister has two children now, both of them born through normal delivery.

I wish to recall another instance which Gurunatha used to tell me..

Gurunatha used to visit Gokarna from time to time. Many Brahmins there are experts in performing Hindu rituals to be done for forefathers. Gurunatha was staying in the house of one such Brahmin who expressed sadness at not having any children. Gurunatha consoled him and assured him that he will have children. Surprised, that Brahmin replied, how that is possible when my wife is already 50 years oldl? Gurunatha only said ‘leave it Guru’s to kindness’ and left that place. It was later heard that the Brahmin had a child.

It is often said that “Guru is an ocean of compassion” probably for these reasons.

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