Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator: Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 136 :  A Marriage that was to happen only at night

A person who was a lecturer in a prestigious college in Mysore was regularly visiting Gurunatha’s house. Gurunatha himself had arranged an alliance for him.

The boy and the girl had seen each other and they had finished the engagement ceremony as well and the marriage was scheduled in a marriage hall in Bangalore.

In between this, Gurunatha had called the parents on each side to his residence and told them that this marriage should not be performed during the day but should be performed during night. The parents were in a fix as they had already fixed the date/time of marriage and the marriage hall, they were thinking how this could be changed now.

Once the groom’s side relatives had come to buy clothes for the marriage to Hassan, as they finished their purchase they came directly to Gurunatha’s house. The bride’s side relatives were already at Gurunatha’s house unaware that groom will be there. As a coincidence all people had assembled at one place.

Gurunatha asked his wife to take the groom and the bride to puja room and asked aarti to be performed. He also instructed that the groom and the bride should hold their hands and walk together.

Once these rituals were done, Gurunatha said “I have done my job, now you can get marriage conducted anywhere you want to”.

During this time the groom’s sister was pregnant, it was very unlikely that she would attend the marriage and the impending delivery was a concern for the marriage date also.

Gurunatha called up the groom one day and said, “You should go and visit your sister, if your would-be agrees, you should take her along as well. As both families had immense belief in Gurunatha the groom took the bride along and went to visit his sister. They reached her house around evening 7pm. There he found that his brother-in-laws and their father were out of town on some business. Staying there overnight they were about start their return journey when his sister started crying inconsolably and even fell unconscious. Her blood pressure started fluctuating. As there was nobody else at home the couple was confused about their next step. The lecturer called up Gurunatha. But, Gurunatha did not respond properly. Now even more confused, the lecturer called up again after a few minutes. This time Gurunatha suggested she must be admitted to a hospital.

The doctor who attended told them, he can either save the baby or the mother but not both. Furher he wanted the consent letter to be signed before commencing the treatment. Her husband was contacted and consent letter was given on his behalf. Gurunatha was updated on all these events. Gurunatha suggested certain remedies to be performed over phone. By the next day afternoon the sister had delivered a healthy baby, both mother and the newborn were fine. By evening Gurunatha was also in the same town. After getting this news the groom and the bride visited the devotee’s house where Gurunatha was staying. Gurunatha made them sit in the puja room asked them to drink some milk and exchange garlands. They did as instructed.

Later Gurunatha said, “This marriage had to be performed at night. But, I wasn’t sure how to do it, today the opportunity presented itself, now you get married anywhere you want to..”. With these words he left the place. When asked about the reason behind his sister’s suffering, Gurunatha said it was because of an evil spirit.

The lecturer concluded his experience by saying.. “These events taught us how to be patient and get things done even when in adverse conditions and most importantly how you can face any situation if your Guru is with you .

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