OHM SHRI GURUBHYO NAMAHA

GNANANANDA GNANANANDA SADGURU GNANANANDA

BHAKTHA JANA PRIYAN

This episode is told to me by some of the devotees who were present when Gurunathar’s leelai happened. If there are any factual errors kindly correct me, because i am writing this from my memory.

He was a retired Justice from High Court. He was a straight forward man interested in literature, indigenous medicine and Aanmeegam. One day he had a doubt.  As per Smiritis and Vedhas one must do Dhana Dharmas and follow the scriptures to reduce the sin he/she had sinned in their previous birth and Gurus can help them by showing the way to reduce sins which will ultimately result in Mukthi i.e. no rebirth. The retired Justice had a Guru in the form of Sadgurunathar and following his advise and leading a life of Dharma.  The doubt he had was which birth’s sin now he is reducing and how much more sins are to be erased before his death so that he won’t have a rebirth. He searched in books and tried to learn from scholors but nobody or no books can clarify his doubt. At last he decided to seek clarification from Gurunathar and came to Thapovanam with some of his friends.

There was some rush on the day he visited thapovanam and devotees were having dharshan of Gurunathar. The justice also had dharshan and was waiting to have an audience with Gurunathar so that he can seek clarification from Gurunathar himself. Gurunathar called the Justice and told him “ Naama prasadham eduthundu konjam oyveduppom” ( let us have lunch and have some rest). So Justice and his friends took their lunch at the Ashram itself and waited in the hall. The kitchen staff were instructed by Gurunathar to offer coffee frequently to the Justice as he likes to have more cups of coffee. Accordingly he was given coffee three or four times.

In the evening Gurunathar called the Justice and his friends to his room. Before the Justice could open his mouth, Gurunathar told him “ enna innikki niraiya thadavai Kashaayam (Gurunathar used to call coffee as Kashaayam) acha? Athunaala unga vella sattaila karai pattuduche” (Did you had coffee more number of times than usual? That is why your white shirt had been stained). Then only the Justice came to know about the stain in his white shirt. He said “ Yes Swami. I had three or four cups of coffee. The Gurunathar replied”Sari. Naama konjam paal edunthundu poi antha karai melae thadavuvom. Karai podium.  Thanni oothi alambina pinnaadi inge varuvom ( go and take a small quantity of milk and apply it on the stain which will remove it and after washing let us return here). The justice did as he was told and returned to Gurunathar’s chamber. Then Gurunathar asked him ” intha karai coffee unga sattaila pattathaala yerpattathu. Athu ethanavathu cup kudikkarappo yerpattathunnu solla mudiyuma” (The stain in your shirt happened because of the spilling of coffee which you had three or four times. Can you specify at which cup of coffee is responsible for that stain). The Justice was taken aback by this question and started thinking and at last replied “ sorry swami i could not say”. Then Gurunathar told him “ Naama sattaiya kazhuvindu vara solrappo ithu eppo ethanavthu cupla pattathunngarathai pathi ninaikkaama eppadi sutham seythomo athai pola naam entha jenmathu paavamgarathai pathi kavalai padaama inime pirappu vendamnu Easwaranai venuvom” (when i asked you to clean that stain you have not thought about when the stain happened but went on cleaning. Like that let us not worry about which sin we are reducing now and seek the blessings of the God for no rebirth). The friends of Justice could not hide their surprise and asked him how his Gurunathar know the reason for his coming without asking and to them the Justice replied that is my Gurunathar.

                JAI SADGURU NATH MAHARAJ KI JAI