Acharya Seva Yathra

[Guest guest]

Sri Raghunandana ParabrahmaNe namaha!

Srimathe Ramanujayanamaha!!

 

It’s a great privilege to share my feelings with our esteemed bhagavath bandhus.

HH’s blessings took me all the way to Badarinath to participate in Acharya Seva

Yatra. It was a tremendous unforgettable experience. We, a batch of ten ladies

started our journey to Badari on 25th and reached Rishikesh on 27th morning.

 

HH Sri Sri Sri Jeeyar Swamiji with perumal and the parivaram arrived at the

Jeeyar Mutt of Rishikesh minutes later. Soon we were there joining our voices

too in Swamiji’s Ramayan parayan. Oh! What a fortune! How compassionate is HH to

shower his grace on us! It is beyond my comprehension.

 

We were in Sundarakanda. Swamiji’s explanation of each sarga was more

‘sundaram’! We were all carried away and soon were amidst the vanaras enjoying

the delightful association of Ramachandra. Every scene was crystal clear before

the mind’s eye. Our hearts were heavy at the agony of Srirama. We entered the

yuddha kaanda. Oh! What a sanmaanam did Hanuman receive from Srirama on the

successful completion of the task! Srirama gave Himself to Hanuman! What a

matchless felicitation! Neither the penance nor their yearning could earn the

rishies such a reward. The war - What a clash of valor! Even Ravana was not a

light match for Rama. The grievous war between the giants was dreadful. Here we

were again blessed to receive the upadesam of Adithya Hridayam. Yes! After that,

Srirama eradicated the evil, the daSakantta, Ravana. Dasaratha himself came down

from the heavens to watch the great event and bless his son. Later Brahma’s

sthuthi was a verbal expression to the feelings of all beings of the universe.

Later we could participate in some sargas of Uttarakaanda where we learnt more

about Ravana and Indrajeet.

 

On 4th evening Swamiji spoke in Hindi to grace the Punjabi devotees who come

every year to Badari and our ashram.We enjoyed every bit. On 5th evening our

happiness knew no bounds when Swamiji did upadesam of Ashtasloki in the

birthplace of the Mahamantra on Smt. Thiruvengalammagaru’s request. Swamiji gave

us its essence too.

 

Every day we had theertham and prasadam after the purNaahuthi in the morning and

evening. Though it was biting cold there in Badari, all the volunteers were

doing their best serving the devotees – with hot water to quench their thirst

and steaming hot prasadam.

 

We started back on 6th morning from Badari and on 7th from Rishikesh after

taking HH Sri Sri Sri Jeeyar Swamiji’s blessings.

 

Jai Srimannarayana!

Ramanujamma rd.