Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator:Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 37 : Able to speak again

This person used to frequently visit Sakharaya Pattana for Gurudarshana. Gurunatha used to visit his house as well.

One day the lady of that house called up, she was very disturbed. She said “from morning my husband is unable to speak even a single word”. lmmediately, Gurunatha asked me to rush to their house. Their house was about 3 hours’ journey from Sakharaya Patna. When I went there, the lady explained, “Morning, my husband cried in pain and fell down. Not knowing what to do.. Gurunatha had given us one small thing. I kept it over his head. Later he regained balance and was able to sit down but he is still unable to speak”

Later as instructed by Gurunatha I took the couple to a devotee’s house in Chickmagalur and from there we came to Gurunatha’s house. Gurunatha was resting in another house. After hearing about our arrival he came in to the main house. Gurunatha had asked me not to fold the bed he had slept on and asked me to make sure nobody else sleeps on it. That person offered his respects to Gurunatha. Gurunatha took him inside and made him sit in front of the ‘padukas’ and asked him to read one from ‘Guru Charitra’. While reading it one word/phrase came out of his mouth.

Later, after having dinner that day Gurunatha asked that person to sleep on the mattress used by him earlier in the day and Gurunatha slept in the adjoining room. Gurunatha was habituated to getting up at 4 in the morning. That person also got up around the same time and started talking to Gurunatha. Knowing everything Gurunatha did not remind him about his loss of speech on the previous day. Many people including myself had also forgotten about that. Gurunatha’s wife, while offering coffee to him asked “when did you get your speech back?”, it was then that he realized he had lost his speech and regained it overnight.

After that person had left, Gurunatha explained the reason for his loss of speech in another context to us. Gurunatha told us “he had used bad words against the Guru, so he suffered”

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