Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator: Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 72 : Protection for a seer

Gurunatha had kept a practice of sending Bhiksha (an assortment of food items) to seers in various maths. Once the jagadguru of the advaitha peetha had chosen a person from Chickmaglur to head a math near Mysore, after ascending the throne he came to know that some vested interests in that math were threatening the senior seer there to keep the administration in their hands. A little disappointed by the behavior of those people he once told them “A Sanyasi should always be concentrating on spiritual enlightenment and not on petty politics, please keep away from the matters of the math”. The people in administration got further upset by this and cut off food and water to the junior seer. Saddened by the developments and the hostile environment at the math the junior seer came to Gurunatha and explained his predicament.

Gurunatha then said, “Even though you are Sanyasi, you should take care of your mother, because we could not have come to this world without her. You should come out of the math and take care of your mother for two years. Then the math’s responsibility shall come to you. Later on Gurunatha visited their house also to reassure them. As he had said, after about 2 years the seer is sitting on the throne of the math.

In another instance, the seer of the advaitha peetha was going on a visit to a neighboring state. Being very close to him, Gurunatha requested, him not to leave the math for some time. But, the seer did not heed the request. Gurunatha called one of his devotees staying nearby and told him that the seer’s life was in danger and he wanted the devotee’s help, the devotee readily agreed.

As per Gurunatha’s instructions the devotee started throwing some rice flakes till the math’s entrance. The moment he came out of math’s gate he lost sense of his own whereabouts and what he was doing. He rode his bike for 3-4 kms in some direction before being stopped by a stranger. The stranger told him about his Guru’s instructions and offered him a tender coconut. Once the devotee drank the tender coconut he regained his senses and started back towards his town. By the time he approached the bridge a cowherd came and begged for something to eat. The devotee had kept some fruits as per Gurunatha’s instructions and gave it to him. The cowherd spilled it around and asked for help. Already warned by Gurunatha about this the devotee did not help him. A little later the devotee saw the cowherd ran away shouting something. The devotee came and met Gurunatha in Chickmaglur and narrated the whole incident. Gurunatha’s body which became ill and bed ridden that day survived only for about three months.

A Guru shall even give away his own life to safeguard his devotees. This is the hallmark of a real Sadguru.

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