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My parents worshipped Kusuma Haranath, endearingly known as Pagal Haranath by His devotees - Haranath (1865) and Kusuma Kumari (1870). I am following in the footsteps of my parents. Right from my childhood we had association with Sadhus and Saints. Therefore we developed a craze for them. When I heard from my friend R.K.Alwar about Gurudev Yogi Ramsuratkumar, I became very anxious to have his darsan. It was somewhere in 1977, our Director/Finance (NLC Ltd.) Sri V.Ramanujachari took me and Alwar in his car to Tiruvannamalai and introduced me to Gurudev. It was an old building in Sannadhi street in which Gurudev was housed by the devotees. Prior to that I was told that for 12 years he lived under the trees during day time and took shelter in the verandahs of the shops closed for the night. There were several devotees sitting in the hall. There was no external order of the things around him (at least it appeared so to human reason). Some packets, sacks of various articles, bottles, tins, withered flower garlands, drying fruits, etc. were lying helter-skelter all around. Besides Gurudev was a chain smoker. I was not conscious of those surroundings. The mind was eager to establish rapport with this Mahatma who called himself "This beggar." Our Director/Finance introduced me saying, "This is Haragopal, a devotee of Kusuma Haranath." Gurudev exclaimed, "What! Devotee of Pagal Haranath!" Then he invoked in a loud voice, "JAI HARANATH, JAI HARANATH." Tears started rolling down my cheeks. I was in ecstasy. I prostrated before him and sat amongst the devotees. He touched my soul with that utterance. This
is the uniqueness of Gurudev, touching the soul at the very first
meeting. This must be the experience of all the devotees who
went to him for the first time. They would have felt peace in
their soul and attraction towards him. As an example, I will
narrate an episode. (I am not able to trace this in my writings;
however it is still fresh in my memory). Once I went in the company
of a few devotees from Neyveli to visit Gurudev in the Sannadhi
street building. We stayed with him for some time and had pleasant
conversation. After taking his blessings, when we came out of
the building, one devotee by name Dr. Meharotra, Chief Dental
Surgeon of NLC ltd, started repeatedly exclaiming, "What
a peace! What a peace!" This was his first visit to Gurudev.
By this, my inference is that only those who are ready for the
Divine Grace would be able to visit Gurudev. The very fact that
a person has been attracted towards Gurudev is a proof that that
soul is ready for Grace. |
Il a touché mon âme avec cette
déclaration. C'est le caractère unique de Gurudev,
qui touche l'âme dès la toute première rencontre.
Cela doit être l'expérience de tous les fidèles
qui sont allés le voir la première fois. Ils auront
ressenti la paix en leur âme et de l'attirance envers lui.
A titre d'exemple, je vais raconter un épisode. (Je ne
suis pas en mesure de retracer cela dans mes écrits, mais
c'est encore frais dans ma mémoire). Je suis allé
un jour en compagnie de quelques fidèles de Neyveli rendre
visite à Gurudev dans le bâtiment de Sannadhi Street.
Nous sommes restés un certain temps avec lui et nous avons
eu une conversation agréable. Après avoir reçu
ses bénédictions, lorsque nous sommes sortis du
bâtiment, un dévot du nom de Dr Meharotra, chirurgien
dentiste en chef de NLC Ltd, s'est mis à s'exclamer à
plusieurs reprises: " Quelle paix ! Quelle paix ! "
C'était sa première visite à Gurudev. J'en
déduis par là que seuls ceux qui sont prêts
pour la Grâce Divine peuvent rendre visite à Gurudev.
Le fait même qu'une personne ait été attirée
vers Gurudev est une preuve que cette âme est prête
pour la Grâce. |