Guest guest Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Namaste to all. I am writing this to convey to the members an incident which I read about a few years ago in the monthly journal of the Guruvayur Devaswom, Bhaktapriya. About the beginning of the twentieth century there was a realized soul in what was formerly the Indian State of Travancore, but which is now part of Kerala. He was popularly known as Chattambi Swamikal. Once he had gone to Thiruvanantapuram and stayed for a few days with a family. Every morning he would go for a walk. His hostess noticed that when he came back there would be some foam-like deposit on his legs which he would wash off with water. His hostess became curious and asked him how the foam-like deposit came on his legs. He asked her to wait at a particular point on the road the next morning at the time when he would be back from his walk, if she wanted to know the reason. The next morning she went and waited at that spot. When Chattambi Swamikal came there on his way back after his walk two snakes rushed out from a snake pit in a corner, came to him, went up and down his legs and, after having played in this manner for a few minutes, went back to their pit. This was a clear demonstration that the jnAni loves all creatures equally since they are all brahman. A similar incident has been recorded about Jagadguru Abhinava Vidyatirtha Swami, the previous pontiff of Sringeri Sarada Peetham. S.N.Sastri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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