Radhe Krishna To all,
Contd..
One day, Sri Bodendra Swamigal was camping in a village called Perambur in
Needamangalam, a place adjacent to Raja Mannarkudi in Tamizh Nadu. A couple
came to have his darshan and invited him to their home for lunch. The Swamigal
also agreed to come the next day.
On the following day, Sri Bodendra Swamigal arrived at the couple’s residence.
He sat down to eat. A plantain leaf was laid and food was served. Just then, he
noticed a little boy in the house and asked him to sit down beside him and have
his food too. In spite of his repeated requests, the little boy was
unresponsive. The parents slowly explained to the Swamigal that the boy could
neither hear nor speak. He was deaf and dumb by birth. Hearing this, tears
rolled down Swamigal’s eyes. He cried uncontrollably because, just a while
back, he had made a proclamation in one of his works that one would escape the
fear of death if he sings or hears the Taraka Nama even once. He had thought
that the Taraka Nama could spare none as everyone would at least hear the
Divine Name knowingly or unknowingly during their lifetime. He felt bad that
for this little boy because the little one could neither utter nor hear the
Lord’s Name during his lifetime and there
was no way out for him!
The devoted couple consoled the Swamigal, "This is our karma and we have
accepted it. Swamigal should not shed tears on this account. Please do accept
the 'bhiksha' [food]." At the tearful pleadings of the hosts Sri Bodendra
Swamigal had three handful of food and then took leave of them. The couple
reverentially accompanied the Swamigal to the entrance to the village. Hungry
that this boy was, he reached out to the leaf that Swamigal had eaten from, and
ate from the remnants. No sooner had he eaten the ‘Uchchishta’ from Sri
Bodendral’s leaf than he began singing the Names of the Lord! When the parents
returned to the house, they could not believe their eyes seeing their hitherto
deaf and dumb child jumping in joy crying out Bhagavan Nama in Bhakti. Indeed,
the Uchchishta of the great saint had performed this miracle!
One evening, in the place called Govindapuram, next to Tiruvidaimarudur, Sri
Bodendra Saraswati Swamigal sat on the banks of river Cauvery after his regular
‘anushtanas’ . He watched the small kids playing and joined them. He asked them
to bury him in the sand and said that he would come out of another place.
Fascinated by this play, the kids wanted to do it again and again. This
continued for some time. At one point, Swamigal was covered under the sand and
he did not come out of the other end. The kids were panicked and called the
elders nearby. The elders rushed in and decided to dig the ground in search of
the Swami. Just then, a voice came from inside asking them not to do so and
that Swamigal had gone into Jiva Samadhi there and wished to be so forever.
Even today, we have Bodendra Saraswati Swamigal’s Jiva Samadhi in Govindapuram,
a place between Aduthurai and Tiruvidaimarudur, next to Kumbakonam. It is said
that Bodendra Swamigal lives there chanting the Rama Nama all 24 hours and
round the year.
Devotees who go there and chant the Taraka Mantra in His Samadhi can hear Rama
Nama emanating from the Samadhi when they spend their night there. A few can
even see the form of the Mahan in Danda and Kamandala circumambulating the
Samadhi chanting the Rama Nama.
Today, anyone going to Sri Bodendra Saraswati Swamigal’s Samadhi Govindapuram
with problems and sufferings in their heart and pray with Bhakti are ridden of
their ills. That is the greatness of the Mahan who lived more than three
hundred years back, and lives in his Samadhi even today.
Bhagavan Nama Bodendra Sadguru Maharaj ki! Jai!
Regards
Please Chant
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
and be happy
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