Sri Sadguru Mahime
Author: Charana Dasa
Translator: Shri.Ganesh Prasad
Chapter 110 : Mystery
A boy used to visit Gurunatha’s
residence from a town about 20 kms away. He was in some business. On the merit
of his devotion and good conduct he had become very close to Gurunatha. Once a
person in the guise of a saint came to his house, as Gurunatha had told him to
respect all saints and hermits he offered his respects to him and made arrangements
for some food and water. The hermit then said.. “I have to reach my ashram
urgently, I don’t have a transport, can that be arranged?” without a second
thought the devotee gave his own car and sent him.
A few days later, Gurunatha visited
his shop and asked “you give away anything if asked by someone in the guise of
hermit, should you not to think about yourself too?”
Due to his closeness the boy
questioned Guruantha, “You were the one who taught me to respect saints and sanyasi,
now how can you say this?”.
Gurunatha replied, “What you have
done is correct, I was just thinking about you”.
A few days later, a lady came with
about 60,000 rupees and wanted to give it to that boy. The boy hesitated and
asked who she was and why she wanted to give money to him. The lady said, “I am
the mother of the saint whom you gave your own car. Though I am not able to
give you full value of the car, you must accept this”. Then the boy asked how
she arranged that money, she said she pledged her ‘thali’(mangalya, a gold
pendant) to get the required amount. Though it was a tough period for him
financially, the boy refused to accept it and said she can return the money
when she is in a better position.
In another instance, a known person
came to this boy seeking financial help. The person said he was very badly in
need of about 5 lakh rupees. He would return the money as soon as possible.
Without having a second thought the boy helped him. Later the boy found himself
in a tight spot with his finances. However the person who had taken money from
him failed to repay and absconded. With no other option left, the boy came to Gurunatha
and explained his situation. Gurunatha assured him, gave him two beetle leaves
and sent him back.
Surprisingly, the next day the
person who was absconding appeared from nowhere and gave him 5 lakh rupees,
spent some time in his shop had coffee with him and left. But, afterwards that
person was nowhere to be found.
The boy thought ...”Then who gave me
the money, could that be Guru himself in disguise?” Unable to resolve the
mystery the boy thanked Gurunatha and continued with his life.
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