Life History of H.H. Sri Swamiji 157 Jaya Guru Datta Chapter 13 Aashadabhootulu (The Cheats) Dommi (Riots) "This is the third one. The results obtained without any personal efforts do not give the real satisfaction. Leaving it aside, even after completing the purpose for which they were sent, the Danda and Kamandalam still remain with me. It means that I have still some more use left from them," thought Swamy after completion of "Tarpanam(1)" to the Danda that day and keeping it aside. The arrival of Dandaswamy had added "Danda Pooja and Danda Tarpanam" to the daily ritual of "Sandhya". Nearly 2000-3000 devotees were attending to homa on Sundays. Starting from the early morning every Sunday turned out to be a busy day for Swamy. Concerts, Harikathas were added to the programme on Sundays. Musical concerts would go on for hours on that day. The devotees would stand in queue at the end of homa and holding on to the Danda, Swamy almost ran from the beginning to the end of the queue so that he could meet all the devotees and enquire about their welfare. He would not let go of the Danda all along. "The word of Swamy does come true," the message went all over Mysore and in turn brought more devotees. Some of them came with their problems to unburden on Swamy and get some relief. Some others came without any problems, but still wanting to get his blessings. Really speaking is there anyone without problems? No problems mean that there are no desires. It is impossible to find one who has no desires. Financial problems are probably the biggest of the problems for many. Nearly 50% of those with financial worries suffer because of laziness or due to bad habits. Such people do not accept the truth anytime and do not consider that it is all due to their own fault. Of the remaining 50%, half will be due to greed or wrong planning of their finances. The rest of them suffer because they are punished by the God by the society. Swamy felt sorry for the last 2 groups and started to assist those financially. He started giving away the money collected in the aarathi plate that day. Before giving the money he made it a point to advice each of those receiving the benefit. He said, "My child, what you have received today is "Sin money". People's sins are left in the aarathi plate in the form of money. You cannot bear its weight and you cannot digest it. You do not have the strength for it. I have given it to you so that you can tidy over your present problems. Your income is going to increase from now onwards. Consider what you have received as a loan from me. Put away Rs.1/-, 50 paise, 25 paise or whatever you can, each day as a saving to repay the loan you have. If you do not do so, the initial debt you made will keep on increasing rapidly by accumulating the interest. I cannot help you then." Swamy was not concerned about repeating the message to every individual who received the money. It is considered to be a mistake to repeat the statement several times, but as far as Swamy was concerned it did not matter. The moneys received helped so many families in different ways. It assisted in their daughter's wedding, in getting medicines to cure illness, to pay the school fees and even prevented the money lenders from taking possession of the property or the contents of the houses. Most of these people did not bother to come back to the ashrama and those who did come back did not even put a penny in the hundi or the plate. Swamy never asked even for a penny from any of them. Week after week, the devotees in need of financial assistance started coming with tales of their own and would end up with tears and sometimes cry openly. They used to beg, "Swamy, can you please let me have the collection today." Swamy who had the power of the divine vision had to think hard pulling t his tiny beard he had started to grow. If not for the special powers he exhibited and his temper, some devotees would not have hesitated to forcibly take away the collection they would not even sorry if Swamy were hurt, as long as they would receive the money that day. Swamy's short temper prevented the people from going to that extent. Swamy was perturbed at the turn of events. One Saturday, overnight, some person split the tarpaulin erected for the homa using a sharp knife. The volunteers who erected it were mad and wanted to go and find the culprit. Swamy calmed them down and said, "Do not get angry, the culprit will suffer before the end of the day". It was not clear why such harsh words came from Swamy. He was never known to use such harsh words on any. That evening, a well-respected resident of the colony had to be taken to the hospital as an emergency. He started crying out loudly in the hospital saying, "I did insult Ganapathi and he has punished me for my crime." On enquiring why he was saying so, he came up with the truth
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