Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator: Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 129 :  Eashwara darshana

The two incidents narrated below happened at different places and at different times. When both these incidents occurred this Charanadasa was at Gurunatha’s residence.

Whenever Gurunatha was traveling towards Mysore he always made it a point to visit Nanjanagud’s Nanjundeshwara temple. He used to send his devotees there regularly for darshana as well. Once he started towards Mysore in car belonging to a devotee from Hassan.

That night he stayed in Mysore, next day morning he asked the owner of the car “Today you will enable us to see Eashwara right?” The car owner did not understand the inner meaning of the question so he just kept quiet. Then Gurunatha asked him to buy some mangoes. He bought mangoes and kept them in the car.

The car started towards Nanjanagud. They had traveled some distance when they saw a man who was totally oblivious to the world; mud covered all over was walking on the road. Gurunatha asked the car to be stopped immediately. Everyone got down from the car and Gurunatha offered his respects to that man first. Later when the fruits which had been brought for him were peeled off and given to him he accepted them. Gurunatha offered some flowers at his feet and bowed to him. After that the person left the place. The whole event was as if that person had come with the sole intention of giving Darshana to Gurunatha. When he boarded the car again, Gurunatha thanked the car owner.. “Sir, thanks to you we saw Eashwara today”.

In another instance, a couple from Mangalore wanted to meet Gurunatha and had come down. Gurunatha met the couple in a devotee’s house in Chickmaglur. They had come with a doubt in their mind. Gurunatha told them, you shall get your answer very shortly, made them sit very close to him and asked them to write several times the name of senior seer of advaitha peetha. When they had finished one page a devotee came with a big photo of the same seer. The children of the devotee were very close to Gurunatha and they jumped and sat on his lap. When the couple looked up at that moment towards Gurunatha they saw lord Dattatreya along with Anagha. The couple immediately wrote on the book “We had a sighting of lord Dattatreya”. Gurunatha nodded in agreement and put his signature below that statement.

In another instance, Gurunatha had sent some devotees to Sringeri. He called them and said, “On your way back you shall meet Eashwara, please make sure you give him some fruits and offer your respects. As he had said, the devotees met a person who was stinking and unclean. Devotees offered their respects to him and gave him some fruits.

On their return, one of the devotees hesitantly put forth his doubt, “Guru, Who was that person? He was stinking very badly”.

Gurunatha replied, “It was your good fortune, Eashwara showed himself up for you”.

Gurunatha always used to say.. “You never know in which form the God will appear before you, so never show disrespect to any creature.”

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