Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator: Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 115 :  Victory celebrations or Mourning?

Politicians flocked to Gurunatha’s house during election time in a bid to get an audience. Political party leaders and candidates hoped they would get blessings from Gurunatha.

During a national election, local leaders, wanting to know their political future and get blessings from Gurunatha came to his house. Gurunatha would only look for people’s purity of thoughts and feelings. Their clothes, status or political affiliations did not matter to him.

The group that had gathered asked Gurunatha.”Sir, it is certain that our party will win elections, is it not? Our elected representative will become the Prime minister; we can make arrangements for a victory lap, is it not?

Gurunatha replied, “See, as you are expecting your party will win and your chosen candidate will become the Prime Minister also. However, in a party function he will succumb to a human bomb attack, so it is better that you prepare yourselves for mourning”.

They had known Gurunatha to be outspoken and a straight talker. So, without the courage to question him, silently they went back.

Election results came and as Gurunatha had rightly predicted their party won and their candidate became the Prime Minister. But, within months there was bomb explosion in a rally which he attended. His body was sliced into pieces beyond recognition. Guru’s words had come true yet again. Gurunatha used to visit a math near Bangalore. One of the caretakers there offered his respects to Gurunatha and asked him a question. “There are four dogs in our math, Everyday after the puja during the aarti they start whining. No matter what we do, they will not stop”.

Gurunatha smiled and said, “We take birth according to our Karmas. How your shadow follows you and not someone else’s likewise, your Karma will follow you. These dogs are none other than the people who served here earlier (giving out the names of those people). They have stolen silver articles, ornaments of the idol and other things and ended getting this life on account of their sins.

Those of us around him understood the intricacies of Karma and its seriousness. We started analyzing our own conduct and actions from that day.

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