Excperience in guruvayur

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This happened in January 2004.My husband and I had planned to go to

Guruvayur and from there to Trvandrum,Madurai etc.WE arrived on 19th

morning in Thirissur and went to Guruvayur by taxi. We had a good

darsan and went to the other temples nearby and agin went to the

temple to wtness the sriveli whcih I have never seen before.It was

wonderful and when I saw Guruvayurappan on the big elephant I prayed

to Him that my spiritual progress through devotion and brahmayajna,

that is, studying scriptures and telling it to others should

continue without any obstacles and I saw the elephant shaking its

head which seemed to me that Guruvayurappan Himself granting my

wish.Actually I have not been to Guruvayur or other pilgrimage

centres for a long time and we were able to get away omly then and I

was looking forward to it very much, even copying azvar sukthis in

the divyadesams to recite on my way etc' In short it was an eagerly

looked forward trip.

 

The next day morning I wanted to go for the nirmalyaseva and got up

early and stepped out of the bathroom after cleaning my teeth and

washing my face with towel in both hands and lo! I slipped and fell

sideways bending my left leg and breaking my ankle! My husband was

not looking and by hearing my shout'Guruvayurappa,' he turned and saw

me on the floor. By that time the foot has swelled and somehow with

sheer will I manget to get up and went to bed.You could just imagine

my feelings then. After all I am human for all my philosophical

background and I was terribly disappointed at not being able to

complete my trip for which I have planned for a long time.But I

reconciled to the situation immediately thanks to my philosophy and

faith and told the Lord 'thy will be done.'

 

But the major problem was to take me to the hospital from 2nd floor

where we stayed and my husband was worried as we didi not know anyone

there.I told him to leave it to Guruvayurappan.Believe it or not, the

manager of the hotel,(it was hotel Srilekha, quite a small one and we

went there because the taxi driver took us there.)with his friends

carried me all the way down the two flights of steps on a chair and

took us to the hospital and stayed there till my leg was put in

plaster and again and brought me back.He even shifted us to the ac

room first floor and said that if we do not haveenough money with us,

because we have to pay for the treatment etc., we can return to

cChennai and send the money. Can you expect this from a total

stranger who knew us only the previous day?

 

After i got over the initial disappointment I was able to laugh at

the leela of the Lord. When we planned to leave the next day He has

made us stay there for ten days during hich my hausband had his

darsan every day though I was laid up with plastered leg! When I

exclaimed to Him that I could not get His darsan inspite of being few

yards away I had a blurred vision of the Lord at the window pane as

though tellin me that He is always with me.Writng about it even now

gives me horipulation.

 

The next hurdle was to bring me to Chennai. Our doctor whom we tele

phoned said we shoud not travel by taxi and we did not have enough

money with us to fly. My husband was very much worried as to how

could I climb into the train.Again I told His it is the

responsibility of Guruvayurappan and He will show us some way. The

same people who took us to the hospital offered to come with us in

the taxi to thirissur and put me in the train.When I had to cross the

platforms in my wheelchair they bodily carried me across and when the

train came they again lifted me wheel chair and all so that I can

simply step into the compartment Of coursearriving in Chennai we had

friends who took careof us and I had to travel on a luggage trolley

to come out of the station where the ambulance waited because they

said they did not know which platform the train was arriving due to

some last minute change. While iwas travelling along in the platform

paaserssby seeing me expressed sympathy but I was thouroughly

enjoying His leela! Last year however we went again on a good trip.

 

I thanked the Lord for two things.

1. protecting me from greater calamity. The doctars said that I am

fortunate in not breaking my back, the way I fell down, in which case

I could have been an invalid for life.

2. Giving me a wonderful husband who took care of me from the time of

fall till I recovered completely after three months.

I even composed slokas on my predicament of which I give below two as

a sample.

This one is in Tamil.

viduvEnA unnai enra virindha anbA

ennaivida Yarunakku enra ninaivA

madhikettu nee vizundhAl naAnenna seiven

enakkoorum kurumbA GuruvAyurappa

Did you make me fall out of your expanse of love as though saying " I

will not let you go. " Or " Why do you want to go to other places after

seeing me " perhaps you are mischievously smiling aas if to say " If

you arefoolish enough to fall what can I do? "

The next one is about our departure and arrival and about my good

fortune of having such a husband.

With apology to Mundakopanishad

 

dhvAsuparNA sayujA sakhAyA

samAnayAthram dvipadheEna yAthou

thsayOrEkah padhmEkam BHinakthi

pAdhOnam anyah grham Anayathi

 

Two birds, bound to one another in close friendship( this is

borrowedfrom Mundakopanishad!)went on a same journey on two legs.Of

the two one broke one leg and the other brought the one-legged home.

 

sadhyEna pathinA susrooshithA api

thathsramam dhrshtvAvisheedhathi manah

aho mahAn khalu poorvakrthapuNyah

prApthOham eedhrsam mahAnuBHAvavam

Evne though being attended to by the kind spouse seeing his ordeal my

mind is pained. Immense is the merit done in previously to get such

a great person ( as husband)