Sri Sadguru Mahime
Author: Charana Dasa
Translator: Shri.Ganesh Prasad
Chapter 92 : If you anger your Guru...
It is often said; even if lord Shiva
is angry with you Guru will be able to save you, if your Guru is angry with you
even Shiva himself will not be able to save you from Guru’s wrath. A Guru will
not ask anyone to come to him, but, if you do go to someone and call him a Guru
you shall be ready to execute his words.
One morning a person probably a
native of Sagara came along with his daughter. As usual breakfast and coffee
were being served. The girl was testing Gurunatha’s patience through her bad
conduct. Gurunatha ignored them for some time and then probably waited to give
the girl a chance to change her behavior. The girl probably did not get it.
Then he called a few of us and asked ...” What do you call a shop where items
like bangles, clips, tapes are sold?” We gave one answer based on what we
understood of the question. The girl immediately shouted.. “a Fancy Store”. As
soon as she said that Gurunatha turned towards her and said “You have an
illegitimate affair with a fancy store owner and you come here and act like you
have never done anything wrong in your life”. “There is no one who would not
have committed any mistakes in his life, So leave your past behind and try to
be on the right path from now, if you try and act in front of me, I shall
reveal all your secrets”.
The girl was in tears. Gurunatha
continued “So, what do you need now? You want to get married?” Giving her exact
date and description..”You shall get such an alliance, marry him and at least
from now on lead a responsible and good life” with these words Gurunatha sent
them back.
A Mysore based person was employed
in a private company. But, he had not found an alliance and his parents used to
come and ask Gurunatha about their son. A couple who happened to be distant
relative of Gurunatha came to his residence along with their daughter one day.
Gurunatha while enquiring about their wellbeing asked “Are you not going to
marry off your daughter?” The couple told him they were searching for a
suitable alliance. Gurunatha in his reply asked them “Would you accept an
alliance of my suggestion?” The couple immediately agreed. Then Gurunatha
called up his Mysore based devotee and asked them to come to his residence.
Then Gurunatha turned towards the
girl and said “I will ask you a question, please tell me the truth”. “You were
in love with a boy, what happened to that?” The girl replied, as it did not
work out, she had moved away from that relationship. Gurunatha then asked her
“was your relationship limited to friendship or had it gone beyond that?” The
girl replied “it was just a friendship”. Gurunatha again requested, “Please
tell me the truth”. The girl stuck to her words and repeated the same again.
Gurunatha who did not approve of a
lie from anyone, though angry by now gave her another chance by asking “Will
you tell or should I?”
The girl replied “What I am telling
you is the truth”.
Then Gurunatha told her..”On such a
date, in such a place.. in such a room for so many minutes..(giving the exact
description of place, time etc.) Is it not true that you were together? Do you
accept or not?”
The girl who was in tears now, bowed
at Gurunatha’s feet. Regaining his usual calm demeanor Gurunatha asked her
“Will you lead a responsible life from now on?” The girl agreed and Gurunatha
arranged her marriage with the devotee from Mysore. The couple is leading a
happy married life now.
Another devotee had opened a factory
in a neighboring state. He was visiting Gurunatha’s house regularly. During one
such visit he told Gurunatha that he was in serious financial trouble as he had
accumulated a large sum of debts. The factory was also not running. He was
scared about his livelihood; requested Gurunatha to help resolve this issue.
Gurunatha thought for a while, and
then asked him a question. “Do you want a peaceful life after repaying your
debts or you want a large sum of money?
lmmediately, that person replied “I
want money”.
Gurunatha blessed him and sent him
back. Within two years he repaid all his debts and went on to make big profits.
Just when he thought he has overcome his difficulties, he suffered a cardiac
arrest and died.
Had he asked Gurunatha that he
wanted a peaceful life, probably he would have been alive today.
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