Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator: Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 149 :  The birth chart won’t come in the way of marriage

The power of a Guru cannot be described in words. It is without a beginning and an end. I had probably seen this devotee last time around 2010. I saw the same devotion and intensity in them when I recently met him to record their experiences.

The lady who was waiting for my arrival was in tears even before we started our conversation. She started like this...

Probably about 23 years ago I met Gurunatha for the first time; he had come to our house. He had bowed to my mother-in-law and also blessed us. Back then, his attire used to be like the rest of us.

Our problems started when my daughter turned 19. An astrologer who had seen her birth chart had said she had ‘kuja dosha’ (a combination in birth chart where Mars is placed in the 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th house in the Ascendant, considered inauspicious) we had to shell out about seventy thousand rupees and do some rituals to overcome the effects else it was difficult to marry her off. This gave us sleepless nights as we did not have so much money then.

“During this time I attended a marriage in Chickmaglur with my father-in-law. I saw a bearded man scolding everyone and yet many people had gathered around him. I bowed to him gripped by fear. He said “the birth chart won’t come in the way of the marriage”. When I was about to leave the marriage hall it occurred to me, what he was hinting at. Later my daughter got an alliance and the marriage took place with no sweat as per Guru’s words.” At this point she paused, probably recounting a few more incidents.

A little later, she hurriedly started her next experience as if she would want it recorded before she forgot any of the details. ” Before I married and settled down in Hassan, all of us were ardent devotees of Sai Baba. When ever I went to his ashram, I had this practice of writing down my questions in a book which was kept there. Later

on when I met Gurunatha, he answered the questions I had written there. This surprised me very much. But, I still have not understood what he meant when he cryptically told me...” the Guru in this body is not your Guru”

Generally, if I had any questions in my mind I somehow got answers for those from Gurunatha. This has continued till date. Though Gurunatha is taking good care of us I feel bad for not being able to execute his words... He had once said, ‘You need to take care of five responsibilities of your house’. In another instance he had said, ‘Your property is like a fruit that is kept locked in a cupboard, it rots there, not being of any use to anyone’. Till date I have not understood what he meant by that.

A few years after my daughter’s marriage I met Gurunatha and told him that I wanted to have a grandchild. He had assured me that, if I waited I shall have at least three. A few days later, I was standing in front of Gurunatha’s photo when a relative enquired about my daughter’s health. I told him everything’s fine; it is just that she has not given any indication of motherhood.

Then the relative replied, “Gurunatha has sent me to inform you about the good news

Hearing that, I just kept staring at Gurunatha’s photo and in my joy did not offer him anything. When I realized my mistake, I checked with my neighbor who happened to be related to him about his arrival. He said he had not come there. Then I checked with my father-in- law. He said he also did not see anyone come in. Then who is the one who gave me the good news? I have not yet found an answer.

Later my daughter called up and confirmed the news, I had already heard. With tears in her eyes she recounted her last meeting with Gurunatha.”lt was probably around the middle of 2010, I went to his residence in a relative’s car. He asked me ...” You saw a car coming; you jumped in and came here?” I silently bowed my head.

Then he came a little close to me and almost whispered... “I will climb a bier and go to the graveyard, will you accompany me?“ My mind turned blank and I could not think of anything. I did not know if I had committed any mistakes and he was scolding me for that. It is good if he keeps scolding us as we would know the mistakes we are committing and hence they will become our grace.

Two days after that conversation, I heard Gurunatha had left this world”. Tears rolled down her cheeks.

She prayed aloud to Gurunatha,”Please keep this creature always near to you, wherever you are”. I wished I had that devotion and those thoughts of complete surrender like her when I left that place.

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