SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 30

Om Sai Ram Readers, In the previous post you read, the power of bhasma(holy ash).Trivikram asked shri guru how chandala(demon) got knowledge.Shri guru said he got knowledge because i sprinkled bhasma on chandala.One who applies bhasma gets the knowledge of a brahmin.Shri guru then narrated a story of Mahayogi named vamadeva(who was none other than god dattareya).He used to apply bhasma to his body.Once a demon came to eat him.As the demon held vamadeva, some bhasma from his body gets rubbed onto his body.His sins were washed away.He then bowed to vamadeva and said i am enlightened with your contact, i met you due to my good deeds in previous birth.Vamadeva then gave him bhasma purified with shiva mantra.Demon applied bhasma on his body and his body was converted into heavenly body.Guru's power is beyond our imagination and no mantra is successful unless it is blessed by a Guru. That is why no salvation is possible without the Guru. He is the liberator and the protector.To read the previous posts in detail,Click the links below:


SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 1
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 2
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 3
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 4
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 5
SHRI GURUCHAITRA-Chapter 6
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 7
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 8
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 9
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 10
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 11
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 12
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 13
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 14
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 15
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 16
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 17
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 18
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 19
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 20
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 21
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 22
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 23
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 24
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 25
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 26
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 27
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 28
SHRI GURUCHARITRA-Chapter 29

 

CHAPTER 30

The Death of a Young Brahmin Husband.

When Shri Guru lived at Ganagapur, his name and fame spread all over the country. The desires of all were fulfilled by the favour of Shri Guru. Gopinath a rich Brahmin lived at Mahur. His issues did not sruvive. Both the Brahmin and his wife were devotees of Shri Datta. They had a son. When he was of 5 years, his thread ceremony was celebrated. When he became twelve years old, his mariage was celebrated. When he was of 16 years, the couple looked very charming. Both loved each other intensely. Unfortunately the youth fell ill. Many medicines were given. His wife served him devotedly. He could not take full meals. So she also did not take meals. After 3 years he developed consumption. His body emitted foul odour. Even physicians did not like to go near him. But his wife served and nurses him with great devotion. She took only as much food as her husband took. The medicines given to him were also taken by hr. She gave up rich garments and lived a very simple life. The parents of the couple were rich. Thery were pained to see the sufferings of their son and daughter-in-law. Jap,vrat,charity,sacrifices,feeding of the Brahmins and the poor had been done;but all was futile. All were passing days in grief, relying on the Almighty God. The youth tried to console his parents and wife in various ways. The wife requested her father and mother-in-law to send then to some good holy place. She said,"My husband would recoup his health ther. Shri Guru Narsinha Saraswati lives at Ganagapur. His name and fame have spread all over the country. Hence send us to him." The parents managed for their journey to Ganagaour and bade them good bye with heavy hearts. One the way, the youth had tridosh and when they reached Ganagapur, the youth died. The wife wept bitterly. She dashed her head on the ground. The local persons tried to console her but it was in vain. She exclaimed, 'I brought you away from your parents and have been the cause of your death. I have committed a great sin. How can I show my face to them now?" She fell on the dead body and wept. She decided to observe 'sati' and burn herself with the body of her husband. In the mean while, there arrived a bright looking sanyasi with ash(bhasma) marks on his body, with a wreath of Rudraksh round the neck and locks of hari on his head. Knowing the cause of her mourning, he began to advise her saying, 'Every one gets the fruit of his actions in the past. You need not mourn on the death of this youth. Every one who is born has to die one day or the other. when Ganga is flooded, logs of wood from different places come together and again part. Several birds come for shelter on a tree in the night and fly away in the morning. Similar is a family life. Due to affection, we say my father,mother, husband, son,daughter etc. but just as foam or bubbles in water do not last long, so is the life on this earth. Life is like a dream, so do not mourn.'