Dattatreya Mahima and Subramanyamji--the humble devotee of Datta

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posting given in my other group Smarthugaami Dattavibhavam.....

 

Dear All,

 

Longtime since I have given a posting in my own group. Yesterday, I

met my co-moderator, sri Subramanyam Bharathula who came all the way

from Markapuram to Chennai to see me before I leave USA. It was a

noble gesture.

 

He is tiring effortlessly to do Dattaseva and prachara even at the

cost of his own finances and abuses from his family. He is now in an

Overdraft!(credit with the bank because he used his own personal

money for the noble causes).

 

Even yesterday he came from Cudappah to serve a whole village of 200

families with Chicken gunya afflicted victims and he himself

contracted the disease for one day while serving them!

 

My heart cries for him. Though qualified he still is a clerk in LIC

with meager income but a huge heart.

 

Seeing his dedication I have left this group in his very able hands

and rarely interfere in his activities except give a posting or two.

 

But seeing his plight which he carried with noble demeneour

yesterday made me give this posting.

 

He never asked me for money but asked me to post in this group as I

do for my other Srividya group(Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru group) to

sustain interest in this rare deity.

 

I too come from Datta-sampradaya and our srividya lineage is also

Datta(Datta sampradaya baddha). My Gurunatha got his mantra from

Lord Dattatreya Himself.

 

Mr. Subramanyam is building a temple in Markapuram with his own and

some collected funds. The people in his place shoo him away and dont

give him any money, even to collect rs.100 it is a big pain in the

neck! But still he sports a smile and Datta's name on his lips.

 

Moreover many in this group and elsewhere in Andhra are more devoted

to Saibaba and know Dattatreya through Saibaba and not the reverse,

so the attention paid is meager to this great God.

 

Dattatreya has given an assurance that whosoever chants his name and

spreads his name or teachings will get His protection in all fronts.

This was the first Avadhutic promise much much before Shirdi sai

Baba's 11 sayings/promises. Dattatreya is the patron deity and the

first Guru(Adiguru) of the Avadhutha marga and I find that even

Datta devotees are not patronizing their own cult very much.

 

To cut a long story short(though I can write pages after pages of

what Mr.Subramanyam is undergoing to popularize Datta's name), He

needs more 15 lakhs of rupees to build the temple.

 

The donations can be sent to

 

Mr. Subramanyam Bharathula

LIC

Markapuram

Prakasam District

Andhrapradesh.

 

The address is not big as the twon is very small. You may also

contact him by the email(His email is : datta_gururaya)

 

Who is a true Datte Bhaktha?

 

I follow every word of my Guru and my Guru is life.I drink the

nectar water that has washed the Dattabhakta's feet. I read Sri

Gurucharitra. I do not desire opulent food and clothing. I do not

like to hear gossip. When I see how the Dattabhakthas are filled

with ecstatic love, I also become ecstatic and I roll in the dust

that has touched their feet.

 

---Verse4--------Sri Dattacharana Panjarika

 

I thus end my speeding fingers emotional and tears dropping on my

keyboard for the pains which Sri Subramanyamji is undergoing and

roll in his feet dust for my salvation

 

Yours humbly,

 

Shreeram Balijepalli